English charities lose on Lottery to Scots

 English charities get almost 50 per cent less Lottery cash per head than their Scottish counterparts, it has been claimed.

The Big Lottery Fund handed English causes £510 million last year, the equivalent of £9.32 a head, while in Scotland they received £76 million, or £14.04 a head. Nadine Dorries, the Tory MP, has demanded a review. She told the Daily Mail: “The Scots already get far more than the English in terms of public spending – so why do they get so much Lottery money on top of this?”

A spokesman for the Big Lottery Fund said: “Population is one key factor we take into consideration when determining our funding, but we do so alongside other social and economic factors.”