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<p>The Big Lottery Fund is named in the Act as the distributor of dormant account
money for meeting expenditure that has a social or environmental purpose in England,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each devolved administration makes decisions
on how these funds are used.</p><p> </p><p>In England, all monies so far made available
from dormant bank accounts have been allocated to Big Society Capital, the world’s
first social investment wholesaler. The Government established Big Society Trust to
provide oversight of Big Society Capital and to ensure that this funding is spent
effectively. In the devolved administrations, Big Lottery Fund plays this monitoring
role.</p>
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