PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
National Lottery (12 October 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with Camelot on steps they are taking to reverse the recent decline in national lottery sales.

Asked by:
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)

Answer

National Lottery sales are not declining. 2014/2015 was the most successful year for The National Lottery ever, achieving £7.27bn in sales and £1.96bn for good causes. Sales are up on the previous year (£6.73bn) and have even surpassed the record-breaking Olympic year of 2012/2013 (£6.9bn).


Answered by:
Dame Tracey Crouch (Conservative)
19 October 2015

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