Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 94266

National Lottery: Grants

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 2 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment her Department of made of the (a) social class (b) regional breakdown of National Lottery customers and the beneficiaries of lottery-funded grant programmes.

Answer

Ian Murray

The Gambling Commission, the regulator for the National Lottery and an arm’s-length body of DCMS, publishes annual data on National Lottery participation rates, including a breakdown by sex, age and region. A regional breakdown of lottery grant recipients...

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