Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 188088, how much good cause income was generated through National Lottery sales and placed into the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994.
Proceeds from the National Lottery due to the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF) from the operator are calculated as set out in the terms of the third National Lottery Licence. Total annual National Lottery good cause income since 1994, is shown in the table below.
Total NLDF income is set out in the table below. In addition to income received through sales, good cause income received into the NLDF also includes unclaimed prizes and investment income, amongst other additions, although sales income makes up c 92% of the total. More detailed information is available in the National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Report.
Year | Total Returns to Good Causes (£m) |
1994/95 | £299* |
1995/96 | £1,536 |
1996/97 | £1,588 |
1997/98 | £1,952 |
1998/99 | £1,919 |
1999/00 | £1,766 |
2000/01 | £1,773 |
2001/02 | £1,842 |
2002/03 | £1,592 |
2003/04 | £1,394 |
2004/05 | £1,475 |
2005/06 | £1,500 |
2006/07 | £1,296 |
2007/08 | £1,301 |
2008/09 | £1,316 |
2009/10 | £1,496 |
2010/11 | £1,569 |
2011/12 | £1,693 |
2012/13 | £1,936 |
2013/14 | £1,700 |
2014/15 | £1,963 |
2015/16 | £1,934 |
2016/17 | £1,638 |
2017/18 | £1,644 |
2018/19 | £1,615 |
2019/20 | £1,801 |
* As the Lottery began in November 1994, data from 1994/1995 is only for a partial year.