Liam Byrne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2016-01-28.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his plans for the future of the National Citizen Service.

Mr Rob Wilson

The 2015 Autumn Statement announced over a billion pounds for NCS over the next parliament and the Government is committed to expanding the programme to 360,000 places by 2020. In 2013, the NCS Trust, an independent social enterprise, was established to manage NCS and deliver the programme. Cabinet Office is supporting the NCS Trust to develop their plans to meet this ambitious target and further details will be made available in due course.