Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2016 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 22 February 2016. A substantive answer was provided by Rob Wilson (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 February 2016 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
Voluntary Work: Young People
- Question
-
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 23331, what the average cost for each participant of the National Citizen Service has been in each year of its operation.
- Answer
-
National Citizen Service (NCS) delivers value for money and the most recent independent evaluation demonstrated that for every £1 spent on NCS it generates up £3.98 of social benefits. The table below shows the average cost per NCS participant calculated as part of the published independent evaluation for each year of operation:
Year
Average cost per participant
2011
£1,553
2012
£1,700
2013
£1,570
2014
£1,538
2015
Figures will be made available in the NCS 2015 evaluation report, which will be published in due course.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 26796
- Session
- 2015-16
- Related items
- Subjects
- Young people Voluntary work Per capita costs
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2020-02-04 12:06:19 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/26796
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/26796
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2015-16/26796