Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the amount of funding generated by society lotteries for charities and causes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 in (i) total, (ii) England; (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales.

The Government recognises the importance of society lotteries as a fundraising tool for charities and other organisations. Society lotteries are a vital source of funds for these organisations, raising around £400 million a year.

In 2020, we legislated to raise the annual sales limit for large society lotteries from £10 million to £50 million. Each organisation with a society lottery licence is therefore able to sell up to £50 million of tickets per year. Most society lottery operators have sales well within this annual limit, meaning there is plenty of scope for them to continue to grow.

I have received representations about society lottery limits from a range of stakeholders, including society lottery operators, charities and National Lottery stakeholders.

We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission.