To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding the Learning and Skills Council has provided to promote volunteering in each local authority area in each of the last three years. (308212)

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) did not fund the promotion of volunteering before 2009. Funding is £2 million for 2009-10; and £2 million for 2010-11.

We do not have funding information broken down by local authority areas.