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1133009

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223803, what proportion of young people who participated and completed National Citizen Service in each year since 2011 were not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	266286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not currently collect data about the number of young people who participated in NCS who were not in education, employment or training. The Government does disaggregate NCS participant data by: black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME), minority religion, special educational needs and disability (SEND), free school meals (FSM) and young people in care.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2019 13:29:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1133010

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 226156, what the Government's timeframe is for publication of the National Citizen Service 2018 participation figures.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	266287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will publish the NCS 2018 participation figures on gov.uk by autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2019 13:30:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1123568

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 170815 on Voluntary Work: Young People, how many of the NCS participants eligible for Free School Meals completed the programme in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	248724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>National Citizen Service</em></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>England* </strong>Eligible for Free School Meals</p></td><td><p>Participants</p></td><td><p>7,302</p></td><td><p>9,283</p></td><td><p>12,334</p></td><td><p>14,427</p></td><td><p>16,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>6,535</p></td><td><p>8,465</p></td><td><p>11,486</p></td><td><p>13,459</p></td><td><p>15,511</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>London </strong> Eligible for Free School Meals</p></td><td><p>Participants</p></td><td><p>2,096</p></td><td><p>1,633</p></td><td><p>3,106</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td><td><p>4,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed</p></td><td><p>1,942</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>2,967</p></td><td><p>3,458</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Participation/completion data is not disaggregated for Northern Ireland; Wales ran an NCS pilot in 2014, but decided not to roll-out across the country; Scotland decided not to implement an NCS programme.</p><p>** The final participation and completion figures for the National Citizen Service programme in 2018 are undergoing compliance checks and will be published on gov.uk by Autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/05/2019 15:45:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1109982

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer 4 Apr 2019 to Question 238657 on Voluntary Work: Young People, whether the maximum budget allocated to NCS was lowered when the maximum participation ceiling allocated to NCS was revised downwards in the 2017 revised Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	241448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The maximum budget available for NCS was lowered in line with the lowered participation ceiling in the 2017 revised Spending Review settlement.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/04/2019 11:18:47 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1109705

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238396, whether all participants in the National Citizens Service are charged the maximum £50 sign-up fee.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	241058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Not all participants are charged the maximum £50 sign up fee. Partial and full bursaries are available to ensure the programme is accessible to every young person who wants a place.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/04/2019 15:29:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1107804

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 Feb 2019 to Question 223803, what the final (a) participation and (b) completion figures for the National Citizenship Service programme were for 2018; and if will publish the (i) original and (ii) revised Government targets for each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	238657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The final participation and completion figures for the National Citizen Service programme in 2018 are undergoing compliance checks and will be published on gov.uk once they are finalised.</p><p> </p><p>Government targets have been agreed annually between the sponsoring Government Department and the NCS Trust in line with NCS Trust projections of demand. The table attached shows annual targets and participation ceilings.</p><p> </p><p>A maximum participation ceiling was allocated to NCS in the 2015 Spending Review to ensure that no young people were turned away from the programme. This was not a participation target. The ceiling was revised downwards in the 2017 revised Spending Review settlement.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/04/2019 16:03:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Annual target data.pdf title Annual Target Data
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1105882

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2019 to Question 235376 on Voluntary Work: Young People, what the sources are of past non-public income generated to fund NCS and the forecasted £3 million of income for the upcoming financial year.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	238396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Historically, the main source of non-public income generated for NCS has been the £50 sign-up fee. A small amount of income has occasionally come from other sources, such as corporate sponsorships.</p><p> </p><p>The forecasted circa £3 million income for the upcoming financial year will be generated from sign-up fees.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 02/04/2019 10:30:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1092654

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the source of funding is for the £10 million brand refresh for the National Citizen Service; and whether he can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this contract.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	235376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>To date, over 500,000 young people have taken part in the NCS programme. The most recently published evaluation has found that 82% of young people felt more positive about people from different backgrounds, and participants are more likely to use their time to help others after NCS<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Marketing is a key recruitment driver for NCS, ensuring that more young people across the country benefit from the programme.</p><p> </p><p>The brand refresh is one part of the overall marketing and creative services tender which includes communications planning, creative strategy, brand platform, experience, advertising campaign development, and content production. The £10m figure was stated in a NCS Trust procurement document as an upper limit over 4 years. The actual cost of the contract is likely to be around £1m per year, for 4 years of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust is forecast to self-generate c. £3m income in the upcoming financial year. The brand refresh element of the marketing and creative services contract in question will be paid from those funds and we can confirm that no government funding will be spent on this element of the contract. The remainder of the contract will be funded by Government funding.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> This figure is based on the 2016 programme evaluation, which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-citizen-service-evaluation-report-2016" target="_blank">here</a>. The 2017 evaluation report is currently being finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2019 13:42:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1079354

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made in commissioning the National Citizen Service 2.0.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	227136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Recommissioning Programme is midway through its procurement of all Network Partners who will be delivering the NCS programme from 2020 onwards. All bids for those Management, Delivery and Recruitment Partners have been received, with their evaluation on track and due to complete end-March. The NCS Trust plan to award contracts in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 05/03/2019 15:39:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1077605

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223803 on Voluntary Work: Young People, if the Government will publish the (a) annual and (b) completed participation figures for 2018 once they are confirmed.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	226156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government will publish the annual and completed NCS 2018 participation figures on gov.uk once they are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/03/2019 14:55:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith