To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what payments have the (a) Learning and Skills Council and (b) Learning Skills network made to the New Local Government Network in the last 24 months. (176675)

The Learning and Skills Council has contracted for payments of £56,417 to the New Local Government Network within the last 24 months.

The Learning and Skills Network is an independent not-for-profit organisation. Information on the payments that it makes is not held centrally.