Vol. 483 No. 1
80 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the systems and method, if any, which he will use in order to allocate the sum of £5 million provided in the Estimates to the promoters of certain charitable lotteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19706/97]
The charitable lotteries fund is intended to supplement the income of private charitable lotteries whose lottery products are in direct competition with comparable national lottery products.
Applications for assistance under the scheme are being evaluated by an independent committee which will advise me as to whether the applications meet the eligibility criteria laid down for the scheme.
As indicated in the published terms of the scheme, it is intended that eligible charities will be assisted in proportion to the volume of their average gross lottery turnover in the three most recent years of account as certified by the organisation's auditors.
