Millennium Commission

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The Millennium Commission in the United Kingdom was set up to aid communities at the end of the 2nd millennium and the start of the 3rd millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery.

The Commission was originally set up in 1993 through the UK government the National Lottery etc Act 1993. It was an independent Non-Departmental Public Body. Commissioners were appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister: the Chair of the Commission was, for most of its life, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and for most of its life a second cabinet Minister was also a Commissioner. During Tessa Jowell's tenure as Chair the second Minister was Richard Caborn.

Income from the National Lottery ceased in August 2001, but distribution of project grant funding continued until the Commission was abolished in November 2006. Over £2 billion was given to fund buildings, environmental projects, celebrations and community schemes.

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[edit] Examples of projects funded

[edit] Commissioners

There were initially nine commissioners, two ministers and one appointed by the opposition with six indepements; the number was reduced to five as the work of the commission decreased. The final members were

[edit] Previous commissioners

[edit] External links

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