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, what recent assessment of the value for money of the National Citizenship Service his Department has commissioned or reviewed.

Mr Rob Wilson

Value for money assessments take place yearly as part of the independent evaluation of the National Citizen Service (NCS).

The most recent 2014 evaluation shows that every £1 spent on NCS generates up to £3.98 of social benefits. This figure quantifies a range of benefits, including the time participants spend volunteering on their social action projects.

It is estimated by the NCS Trust that NCS participants have volunteered 8 million hours since the programme began in 2011.