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Debate between Richard Graham and Amber Rudd
Wednesday 19th December 2012
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Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)
4. What progress he has made on his plans for the National Citizen Service.
Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con)
10. What progress he has made on his plans for the National Citizen Service.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude)
Our ambition is to make National Citizen Service a rite of passage available to every 16 or 17-year-old. In 2011, more than 8,400 young people took part in it. This year we made the programmes available to a much larger number of people. The programmes finished recently and we await final data on the numbers. In 2014, we will ensure that 90,000 places are on offer.