Speeches

Tim Loughton – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Loughton on 2016-02-04.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many teenagers have (a) commenced and (b) graduated a National Citizenship Service programme in each of the last five years.

Mr Rob Wilson

Since National Citizenship Service (NCS) began, over 200,000 young people have taken part in this life changing opportunity. NCS is the fastest growing youth movement in this country for a century, with a 46% increase in the number of participants between 2013 and 2014.

Year

Participants Commence NCS

Participants Graduated

2011

8,400

6,800

2012

26,000

22,600

2013

39,600

32,300

2014

57,800

50,900

The participant figures for 2015 will be published with the 2015 evaluation in due course.