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National Lottery Community Fund: Public Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Community Fund has spent on public affairs services provided by Lexington since July 2024; and for what purposes.

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
23 Sept 2026 · 69 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Community Fund has spent on public affairs services provided by Lexington since July 2024; and for what purposes.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The National Lottery Community Fund (‘TNLCF’) has not spent any funds on public affairs services provided by Lexington Communications since July 2024. Since this date, TNLCF has spent £41,725 (excluding VAT) on research services provided by Lexington Comm...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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