This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want money from the National Lottery to be used to help increase testing capacity, but it's not clear exactly what you want the Government to do to achieve this.

Spending from the National Lottery Distribution Fund, which is funded by the sale of Lottery tickets, is governed by legislation, and 40% of this money can already be used in respect of expenditure that it charitable or connected with health, education or the environment. The National Lottery has described how funds are being used to support people during the coronavirus outbreak: www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/coronavirus-pandemic-response

We have published a petition calling on the Government to allow National Lottery revenue to be used to fund the NHS, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303376

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/