Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money was allocated to good causes by Camelot UK Lotteries Limited by (a) region and (b) sector in each of those regions in each year since 2010.
Answered by John Whittingdale - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
The operation of the National Lottery and the distribution of good cause income are two separate processes. As the current operator of the National Lottery, Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has no influence over the distribution of National Lottery good cause income.
All good cause income generated through National Lottery sales is placed into the National Lottery Distribution Fund which is distributed by the 12 National Lottery Distributing Bodies at arms length from the Government. The Lottery Distributing Bodies distribute funding across four good cause areas as set out in legislation, the National Lottery etc Act 1993; communities 40%, arts 20%, heritage 20%, and sport 20%.
There is a publicly available database to access information on distribution of Lottery funding that can be accessed through the Gov.uk website. This website brings together National Lottery grant data from the commencement of the National Lottery in 1994 to January 2018 and allows searches to be made for good cause grants in each region within specific timeframes. Due to technical limitations with the historic database, we have not yet been able to incorporate more recent National Lottery grant data. We are currently developing a new database which will be launched this year and will include data from 2018 onwards.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has spent on advertising (a) scratch card and instant win games and (b) standard draws since 2010.
Answered by John Whittingdale - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
DCMS does not hold this information. The amount the National Lottery operator spends on advertising is a commercial decision, subject to conditions set out in the licence which specify minimum amounts that must be spent on marketing. For the current year the figure is £72m or 1.07% sales, whichever is higher. Information for further years can be found at Schedule 10, Condition 11, Part 1 of the third licence at the following link: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/NL-licences/NL-Third-licence.pdf
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much Camelot UK Lotteries Limited has spent on advertising by region in each year since 2010.
Answered by John Whittingdale - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
DCMS does not hold this information. The amount the National Lottery operator spends on advertising is a commercial decision, subject to conditions set out in the licence which specify minimum amounts that must be spent on marketing. For the current year the figure is £72m or 1.07% sales, whichever is higher. Information for further years can be found at Schedule 10, Condition 11, Part 1 of the third licence at the following link: https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/NL-licences/NL-Third-licence.pdf
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) scratch card and instant win games and (b) standard draw National Lottery tickets have been sold in each region in each year since 1994.
Answered by John Whittingdale - Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
We do not hold data on sales by region, and Camelot does not publish sales data by region due to commercial sensitivities.
The table below shows sales data for draw based games (DBGs) and instant win games from 2010/11 to 2019/20. Data prior to this time was not in a readily accessible format. Sales data for instant games is not separated further into scratchcards and online instant win games. This information has been collated from an analysis of Camelot UK Lotteries Limited annual accounts.
| DBG (£m) | Instants (£m) | Gross ticket sales (£m) |
2019/20 | £4,537.1 | £3,368.0 | £7,905.1 |
2018/19 | £4,081.8 | £3,125.0 | £7,206.8 |
2017/18 | £4,116.7 | £2,835.0 | £6,951.7 |
2016/17 | £4,023.2 | £2,902.1 | £6,925.3 |
2015/16 | £4,642.9 | £2,952.3 | £7,595.2 |
2014/15 | £4,649.0 | £2,628.8 | £7,277.8 |
2013/14 | £4,589.8 | £2,141.0 | £6,730.9 |
2012/13 | £4,915.9 | £2,062.0 | £6,977.9 |
2011/12 | £4,800.1 | £1,725.9 | £6,525.9 |
2010/11 | £4,386.3 | £1,436.1 | £5,822.4 |
In addition, annual National Lottery sales from 1994/1995 to 2019/2020 are shown below:
1994/1995 | £1,190.7m* |
1995/1996 | £5,217.0m |
1996/1997 | £4,723.0m |
1997/1998 | £5,513.7m |
1998/1999 | £5,207.0m |
1999/2000 | £5,092.6m |
2000/2001 | £4,983.3m |
2001/2002 | £4,834.4m |
2002/2003 | £4,574.5m |
2003/2004 | £4,614.6m |
2004/2005 | £4,766.1m |
2005/2006 | £5,012.8m |
2006/2007 | £4,911.4m |
2007/2008 | £4,966.3m |
2008/2009 | £5,149.1m |
2009/2010 | £5,451.8m |
2010/2011 | £5,822.4m |
2011/2012 | £6,525.9m |
2012/2013 | £6,977.9m |
2013/2014 | £6,730.9m |
2014/2015 | £7,277.8m |
2015/2016 | £7,595.2m |
2016/2017 | £6,925.3m |
2017/2018 | £6,951.7m |
2018/2019 | £7,206.8m |
2019/2020 | £7,905.1m |
*As the Lottery began in November 1994, data from 1994/1995 is only for a partial year.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to redistribute returned business rates relief from supermarkets to groups that have been excluded from Government financial support during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has been clear throughout the pandemic that businesses should use Government support appropriately, and the Government welcomes any decision to repay support where it is no longer needed. Any funds returned will support the continuing efforts to protect people’s jobs and incomes.
A range of further measures to support all businesses has been made available, including the extended job retention scheme and business interruption loans.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons the Government has learnt from the approach taken to tackling the covid-19 pandemic by Governments in (a) South America, (b) Asia and (c) elsewhere in the world.
Answered by Jo Churchill
Throughout the pandemic, the Government has maintained regular contact with many other countries, including those in South America and Asia, on a wide range of issues relating to COVID-19. We continue to monitor the outbreak around the world and, guided by the science, we will continue to work with other countries to defeat the virus.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
What steps his Department is taking to promote housebuilding.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
One of the key priorities for my Department has been ensuring that house building continues and the housing market stays open.
This Government cares deeply about building more homes and we have gone to great lengths to ensure the industry is kept open, in turn sustaining hundreds of thousands of people in numerous roles.
That is why I have written to the housing industry, alongside the Home Builders Federation and Federation of Master Builders, to make it clear that housebuilding, and the supply chains that support it, should continue during the current lockdown.
That means estate and lettings agents, show homes and sales suites can remain open; and property viewings, home repairs and maintenance, mortgage valuations and surveys can all continue to take place.
At the same time this Government is unlocking hundreds of thousands of homes through our £12 billion investment in affordable homes – the biggest investment for a decade; delivering much-needed new homes on brownfield land through our £400 million Brownfield Fund; and stimulating the market through our Stamp Duty cut.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Attorney General:
What steps she is taking to ensure that the revised Guidelines on Disclosure will result in improved performance across the criminal justice system.
Answered by Suella Braverman
I am delighted that my revised Disclosure Guidelines have now been published. These Guidelines will come into force on 31 December and will be key to the requisite culture change and thinking approach needed when investigators and prosecutors carry out their disclosure obligations.
This will ensure that better, fairer decisions are made in criminal cases, which will help to ensure that fewer cases are dropped post-charge due to issues arising due to late disclosure.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of renewing or extending the leases at state-owned motorway service areas to leverage private sector investment in (a) electric vehicle charging infrastructure, (b) HGV parking and (c) site improvements.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Ministers are considering which approach, as the current leases begin to expire from 2030, would secure best value for the taxpayer and enhance the experience for future road users. Following initial discussions with the operators, Ministers have requested that the operators work with officials to help understand how the timelines for each option could affect the timing and opportunities for any investment in the sites.
At the March 2020 Budget, the Government announced the Rapid Charging Fund was announced as part of a £500 million commitment for EV charging infrastructure.
It will be available to fund a portion of costs at strategic sites across the strategic road network where upgrading connections to meet future demand for high powered chargepoints would be prohibitively expensive and uncommercial. Timing and process for delivery of this funding will be confirmed in due course.
The Government will be working with the operators of MSAs to ensure that charging provision is in place ahead of customer demand. The aim is to help support early adoption of electric vehicles and remove range anxiety concerns for drivers on long journeys.
Asked by: Karl McCartney (Conservative - Lincoln)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with operators of state-owned motorway service areas on renewing their leases.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
In November 2018 and March 2019 ministers met all three operators who directly hold leasehold interests, MOTO, Welcome Break, and Roadchef, to seek their general views about the options on expiry of the current lease for the state-owned Motorway Service Area (MSA) sites. There has also been frequent engagement between the operators and officials regarding site improvements.
In September this year, Baroness Vere met Roadchef, to hear their current proposals for lease renewal. Topics discussed included the option of agreeing an extension to the lease well in advance of the earliest lease expiry dates in 2030, which would provide a longer tenure in which the operators could invest to modernise the ageing sites, including the upgrades to electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, provision of additional HGV parking.
Ministers are considering which approach will secure best value for the taxpayer and enhance the experience for future road users and have requested that the operators work with officials to help understand how the timelines for each option could affect the timing of any investment.
In the March 2020 Budget, the Government announced the Rapid Charging Fund was announced as part of a £500 million commitment for EV charging infrastructure.
It will be available to fund a portion of costs at strategic sites across the strategic road network where upgrading connections to meet future demand for high powered chargepoints would be prohibitively expensive and uncommercial. Timing and process for delivery of this funding will be confirmed in due course.
The Government will be working with the operators of MSAs to ensure that charging provision is in place ahead of customer demand. The aim is to help support early adoption of electric vehicles and remove range anxiety concerns for drivers on long journeys.