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885381

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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, how much funding his Department has allocated to each regional delivery partner of the National Citizen Service programme in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	136244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is commercially sensitive and cannot be made public, as the next National Citizen Service (NCS) commissioning round of provider contracts will take place this year.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:33:20 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882151

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Youth Services
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 steps he is taking to strengthen the evidence base of open access youth work and non-formal learning opportunities for young people.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of evidence for youth work, which is why we are making investments to build and strengthen the evidence base for open access, ‘informal’ youth provision. We fund the Centre for Youth Impact in its efforts to lead the thinking around impact of work with young people and are investing £1 million in a three-year evaluation (<a href="https://yiflearning.org/" target="_blank">https://yiflearning.org/</a>) of open access youth provision through the Youth Investment Fund, which aims to develop practical and relevant measurement approaches for open access youth services.</p><p>We are also actively engaging organisations from the youth sector and young people on this issue as part of the Civil Society Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:04:22 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882222

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 steps the Government is taking to reduce (a) regional and national oversight, (b) quality assurance, (c) evaluation (d) central marketing and (e) other non-core operational delivery costs for the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>NCS Trust is the independent delivery body for National Citizen Service and has responsibility for the activities listed. DCMS agrees the NCS Trust annual budget following a rigorous assessment of the Trust’s spending plans to ensure that the programme is managed efficiently and delivers value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:49:52 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882297

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	National Citizen Service Trust
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 plans his Department has put in place to ensure that the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust has the governance, leadership and expertise necessary to deliver the expansion of the NCS programme; and if he will publish the NCS Trust’s full action plan on governance and capabilities improvements.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The NCS Trust has developed plans to improve organisational governance, leadership and expertise. These plans were published on the Public Accounts Committee website on 3rd November 2017.</p><p>Furthermore, improving governance was one of the key aims of the National Citizen Service Act (2017). The Act combined with the NCS Trust Royal Charter, will ensure that the NCS Trust is more accountable to parliament whilst preserving its operational independence and expertise.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:16:36 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882353

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, whether the Government is going to meet its target date of April 2018 for moving the management of the National Citizen Service from a community interest company to a royal chartered public sector body.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the National Citizen Service Trust on a plan for transition to a Royal Charter body, to make sure the move is completed quickly and smoothly, with as little disruption to the NCS programme as possible. A key step in the process is to appoint a new Chair. The appointment campaign for the new Chair role is currently live and due to close on the 25th April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:52:42 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882357

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	National Citizen Service Trust
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 progress has been made on the recruitment of board members to the National Citizen Service Trust; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the time taken for that recruitment on the conversion of the trust to a royal charter body.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are currently in the process of recruiting a Chair and other non-executive board members for the National Citizen Service Trust Royal Charter body. The advert for the new Chair role is due to close on the 25th April 2018. In order for the new organisation to go live, the Chair and at least 8 non-executive Board members must have been appointed.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/04/2018 12:54:15 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882391

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, for what reason there is a variation in cost between National Citizen Service delivery partner providers for (a) the activity based residential from £201 to £725 and (b) the skills based residential from £100 to £1,040, in Cost Benchmark Report, National Citizen Service, Final Report of 7 February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>These figures compare the costs of the NCS programme to other similar programmes which are not part of NCS, for example those delivered by outdoor activity centres, rather than variations of costs within the NCS delivery network itself.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/04/2018 16:13:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882746

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, with reference to the Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts, Forty Sixth Report of Sessions 2016-2017, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, National Citizen Service, Cm 9505, published in October 2017, what progress his Department has made on the February 2018 target for the implementation of a clear plan, and to secure agreement with other Government Departments.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS updated the Public Accounts Committee in March 2018 on plans to evaluate the long term outcomes of the National Citizen Service programme, including progress in securing agreement from other Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:17:51 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882748

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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 target his Department has set for the number of participations on the National Citizens Service programme for (a) 2018 and (b) 2017-18; and when the results will be published.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The target number of participants for the National Citizen Service programme in 2018 is <em>‘more than 100,000’.</em> The results will be published in early 2019.</p><p>The 2017 target was 101,000 participants, and the National Citizen Service Trust achieved 99,179.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:18:45 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

882762

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, with reference to the Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts, on the Forty Sixth Report of Sessions 2016-2017, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, National Citizen Service, Cm 9505, published in October 2017, what steps the Government is taking to ensure safeguarding is embedded into National Citizen Service; and what policies and procedures around safeguarding the National Citizen Service Trust has enhanced since October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	135824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Safeguarding is of paramount concern to the National Citizen Service Trust and following the recommendation made by the Committee of Public Accounts, the NCS Trust continue to enhance their policies and practices. Since October 2017 the NCS Trust has developed:</p><ul><li>NCS Trust Safeguarding Capability Assessment Framework which sets out safeguarding standards and can be used for self assessment by partners;</li><li>NCS Trust Drugs, Alcohol and Psychoactive Substance Policy which provides guidance for partners on how incidents relating to these substances should be managed on NCS programmes; and,</li><li>NCS Trust Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Assessment Tool which gives guidance to partners on how to assess if a young person may be at risk and the actions they can take to support individuals deemed to be at risk.</li></ul> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/04/2018 16:20:05 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith