Current status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 4 October 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, given that the National Lottery is a reserved matter, the Parliament has any statutory right to be consulted in relation to decisions taken on applications for Scotland by the New Opportunities Fund.
Arrangements are in place for Scottish Ministers to be consulted about initiatives in Scotland. However, decisions on applications are for the Lottery distributors, of which the New Opportunities Fund is one, and there is no statutory right for either the Westminster or Scottish Parliaments to be consulted on decisions taken on applications by any of the Lottery distributors.