# NCVO welcomes 'additionality' change to Lottery Bill

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/04/24/ncvo-welcomes-039additionality039-change-lottery-bill/
- Published: 2006-04-24T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has welcomed a Government
commitment to amend the Lottery Bill, following its campaign to make key changes
to the legislation regarding the ‘additionality’ principle.
The Government has agreed
to table an amendment that will mean that lottery distributors will have to report
on how their funding to the voluntary sector is free from political interference
and distinct from governmentexpenditure. NCVO hopes that the ‘additionality’ amendment
will ensure that lottery funding remains additional to core government spending.

Stuart Etherington, Chief Exectuive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
said: “This is an important victory for the voluntary and community sector. It should
guarantee that lottery funding continues to be available for much needed and valued
projects run by community groups and voluntary groups throughout the UK.

“We will work with the Government to make sure they are aware of the sector’s concerns,
when drafting the amendment, and will await the results in the third reading of 
the Bill.”

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Additionality, the principle that lottery funding should be additional to what should
be properly funded from general taxation, was one of the founding principles of 
the lottery. NCVO has been campaigning to ensure the principle of additionality 
is upheld in future lottery funding to the voluntary sector.

A further change was made to the Bill, which removed the Secretary of State’s power
to prescribe lottery expenditure. NCVO also welcomed this, as an important step 
in ensuring the lottery’s independence.

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