Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 14 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 May 2007. It was answered by Baroness Jowell (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 June 2007 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect of the diversion of lottery funds for the Olympics on other potential beneficiaries of lottery funds.

Answer: The overall lottery contribution to the London 2012 Olympic games will be £2.175 billion. We appreciate that there will be a particular impact between 2009 and 2012 but there is currently projected to be over 4 billion in new lottery money available for non-Olympic good causes during that period.There is no need for existing commitments made by distributors to be affected. My Department has agreed with the Big Lottery Fund that resources for the voluntary and community sector will be protected.

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