The last post has made me look up the article in last week's Third Sector about the Lottery's donation of £45 million to the Schools Food Trust. ACEVO, the body that represents the chief executives of charities, has invoked the Freedom of Information Act in a bid to make public correspondence between ministers and the Big Lottery Fund.

The article quotes ACEVO chief executive Stephen Bubb describing it as "completely improper use of lottery money" and Lindsay Boswell, director of the Institute of Fundraising, calling it a "disgrace" that would result in charities losing millions of pounds.