Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

What next for the National Lottery?

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Jul 2021 Closed: 13 Mar 2023 9 recommendations 14 conclusions 1 report

Our inquiry examines the competition process to award the next licence for operating the National Lottery. The Gambling Commission is running the competition. The committee will also scrutinise the preferred applicant as well as the process that was involved.

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - What next for the National Lottery? HC 154 22 Nov 2022 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
19 Recommendation Fourth Report - What next for the Natio… Accepted in Part

We recommend that, over the next six months, the distributing bodies consider how they might...

We recommend that, over the next six months, the distributing bodies consider how they might more effectively ensure that recipients of funding ensure that those benefitting from that funding are aware of the source of their funding. We would like to receive a report from the National Lottery Distribution Fund …

Government response. The National Lottery Distributors agree that grant acknowledgement is vitally important and will ensure that recipients of funding acknowledge their National Lottery Funding, however, they do not mention the requested report from the National Lottery Distribution Fund.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
30 Jun 2022 Andrew Rhodes · Gambling Commission, John Tanner · Gambling Commission View ↗
26 Apr 2022 Clara Govier · People’s Postcode Lottery, Donald Macrae · Health Lottery, Tony Vick · Lotteries Council View ↗
1 Mar 2022 David Knott · National Lottery Community Fund, Dr Darren Henley OBE · Arts Council England View ↗
30 Nov 2021 Adam Peaty MBE, Anna Powell-Smith · Centre for Public Data, Dr Sasha Stark, Ellie Robinson MBE, Lauren Rowles MBE View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters
DateDirectionTitle
31 Jan 2023 Omaze response to the Committee’s What next for the National Lottery? Report, 2…
8 Dec 2022 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Na…
8 Nov 2022 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to an…
11 Oct 2022 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Na…
6 Sep 2022 To cttee Letter from Damian Collins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech …
19 Jul 2022 To cttee Letter from Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive, Gambling Commission, relating to Lo…
7 Jul 2022 Letters from Camelot relating to the National Lottery, 28 June and 4 July 2022
8 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from Dr Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, and Da…