The surplus of the National Lottery (viz. its turnover net of prizes and all costs) is transferred to the Exchequer on a regular basis. The following table shows the surplus transferred in each of the past five years:
National Lottery Surplus transferred to the Exchequer
Year
|
€m
|
2005
|
211
|
2006
|
200
|
2007
|
230
|
2008
|
265
|
2009
|
275
|
The transferred surplus is applied each year to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes. Details of the amount transferred and the allocations to the relevant subheads are set out each year in Appendix 1 of the annual Revised Book of Estimates. In recent years, the total amount provided from the Exchequer to these subheads is significantly larger than the amount available from the National Lottery surplus.