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226424

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce a cap on the amount private lotteries can raise for charities under the Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	227066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a cap on the amount private lotteries can raise for charities. The existing protections in the Gambling Act 2005, including no external advertising and limitation to single sites only, will continue to apply.</p><p>There were 16 responses to the Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2015 consultation. These, together with the Government's response to the consultation, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-incidental-non-commercial-private-society-work-and-residents-lotteries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-incidental-non-commercial-private-society-work-and-residents-lotteries</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 227067 question first answered 16/03/2015 16:18:47 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

79014

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what occasions Ministers from his Department have met (a) representatives of society lotteries and (b) representatives of Camelot or the National Lottery since December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
	uin	206678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/09/2014 08:37:20 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63865

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department's proposed constitution on society lotteries, which was first announced in December 2012, will consider ways to help the sector maximise returns to good causes.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	202398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on what elements will be considered in the consultation on society lotteries have yet to be taken. We have commissioned advice from the Gambling Commission which will inform us of the scope and content of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 15:49:16 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

63866

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on how much society lotteries have generated for good causes in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
	tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
	uin	202399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Information about how much society lotteries generate for good causes is collected by the Gambling Commission. The most up to date information can be found in the Gambling Commission's industry statistics, which are at:<a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/gambling_data__analysis/statistics/industry_statistics-1.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/gambling_data__analysis/statistics/industry_statistics-1.aspx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/07/2014 15:50:07 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1643786

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received recent representations on (a) raising and (b) removing the (i) £50 million limit on ticket sales and (b) £5 million per draw sales limit for society lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	189098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>I have received representations about society lottery limits from a range of stakeholders, including society lottery operators, charities and National Lottery stakeholders.</p><p>We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 189100 189105 189109 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:25:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1643794

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	217
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ask society lotteries how much additional funding been generated since the (a) limit on ticket sales for society lotteries was raised to £50 million and (b) per draw sales limit for society lotteries was raised to £5 million in each year since July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	189105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>I have received representations about society lottery limits from a range of stakeholders, including society lottery operators, charities and National Lottery stakeholders.</p><p>We continue to keep society lottery sales and prize limits under review with the Gambling Commission.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 189098 189100 189109 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:25:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

732966

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward proposals to require advertising of the National Gambling Helpline or BeGambleAware.org at the point of sale of lottery products, both in shops and online.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	1364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Camelot, the National Lottery operator, advertises GamCare (where details of the National Gambling Helpline can be found) through the following point of sale sources:</p><ul><li>On the back of scratchcards</li><li>On the back of lottery tickets</li><li>At the bottom of the title page and each 'play game' page of the National Lottery website</li><li>Within all player guides</li></ul><p>In addition, Camelot's licences contain various conditions that require them to ensure that both excessive and underage play are discouraged on lottery products</p><p> </p><p>Society lotteries are subject to the same regulations as gambling operators, as stipulated by The Gambling Commission's Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice and the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling. This includes the requirement to reference <a href="http://gambleaware.co.uk/" target="_blank">gambleaware.co.uk</a> in all print and broadcast advertisements.</p><p><br> At present there are no plans to change the requirements for National Lottery advertising or society lottery advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/07/2017 12:01:27 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1491527

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the increase in the annual sales limit for society lotteries from £10 million to £50 million on money returned to good causes.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	42295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The annual sales limit for society lotteries was increased from £10 million to £50 million in July 2020.</p><p>We published a review of the impact of these and other changes to society lottery sales and prize limits in March 2022 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-society-lottery-sales-and-prize-limits/one-year-review-of-society-lotteries-sales-and-prize-limits" target="_blank">link</a>). Early indicators are positive, for example the increase in the annual sales limit has allowed some multiple licensed operators who previously had annual sales in excess of £10 million, to take advantage of the new limit to restructure and become single licence holders, and use the cost savings in doing so to increase good cause returns. The review concluded that it is too soon to reach any firm view on the impact of the changes, especially during a time that the effect of the Covid pandemic made any evaluation more difficult, given changes in consumer behaviour over this period which may have had a distorting effect. We want to see more data on annual growth of the sector to fully measure their impact. Since the review, the Gambling Commission has published further data which shows that the large society lottery sector is continuing to grow.</p><p>The Gambling Commission does not collect data on the location of beneficiaries of grant funding. Society lotteries are a helpful way of permitting non-commercial societies to fundraise for good causes. Funds raised by society lotteries are distributed within the stated purposes of that society, and it is for each operator to determine where the money raised is distributed. Larger lotteries may support local, national or international charities, but many others exist solely to support their own work, such as hospice lotteries.</p><p>Legislation regarding society lotteries in Northern Ireland is determined by the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42296 question first answered 06/09/2022 09:37:08 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1491531

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the increase in the annual sales limit for society lotteries from £10 million to £50 million, if she will publish a breakdown of the distribution of overall returns to good causes across (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
	uin	42296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The annual sales limit for society lotteries was increased from £10 million to £50 million in July 2020.</p><p>We published a review of the impact of these and other changes to society lottery sales and prize limits in March 2022 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-society-lottery-sales-and-prize-limits/one-year-review-of-society-lotteries-sales-and-prize-limits" target="_blank">link</a>). Early indicators are positive, for example the increase in the annual sales limit has allowed some multiple licensed operators who previously had annual sales in excess of £10 million, to take advantage of the new limit to restructure and become single licence holders, and use the cost savings in doing so to increase good cause returns. The review concluded that it is too soon to reach any firm view on the impact of the changes, especially during a time that the effect of the Covid pandemic made any evaluation more difficult, given changes in consumer behaviour over this period which may have had a distorting effect. We want to see more data on annual growth of the sector to fully measure their impact. Since the review, the Gambling Commission has published further data which shows that the large society lottery sector is continuing to grow.</p><p>The Gambling Commission does not collect data on the location of beneficiaries of grant funding. Society lotteries are a helpful way of permitting non-commercial societies to fundraise for good causes. Funds raised by society lotteries are distributed within the stated purposes of that society, and it is for each operator to determine where the money raised is distributed. Larger lotteries may support local, national or international charities, but many others exist solely to support their own work, such as hospice lotteries.</p><p>Legislation regarding society lotteries in Northern Ireland is determined by the Northern Ireland Assembly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins grouped question UIN 42295 question first answered 06/09/2022 09:37:08 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
	tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1457907

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lotteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Gambling Commission has not yet published annual statistics for society lotteries.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	153899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission’s production and publication of the most recent Industry Statistics for the period April 2020 to March 2021, including the latest full year statistics for society lotteries, has been affected by the impact of Covid-19, the lack of and quality of data submissions from some lottery operators and resources required for the consequential quality assurance.</p><p>The Gambling Commission will next publish these statistics, covering the period April 2020- March 2021, in November 2022, which is in line with regular twice-yearly publication cycles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/04/2022 08:40:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris