The Lotteries Fund allocated $56,973,850 from July through September, financing several welfare programmes, the Social Welfare Department says.

About $32,617,700 went to rehabilitation services, $9,325,250 to family and child welfare, $7,661,800 to social welfare support services, $5,762,700 to elderly and medical social services, and $1,606,400 to services for offenders.