Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Jason McCartney Excerpts
Wednesday 6th February 2013

(11 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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That is under review by the Department for Education, but I stress that NCS and programmes like it complement what is going on in schools to build the confidence of young people and change how they feel about what they achieve. They are enormously valuable.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
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10. I was delighted to attend Royds Hall school last year to see dozens of youngsters who had been inspired to sign up for the National Citizen Service. Can the Minister assure me that this fantastic scheme will be rolled out not only across my constituency, but across the rest of the country this year?

Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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My hon. Friend is a tireless champion of NCS in his area, and I am delighted that we will shortly announce plans to expand the service this year. It will expand considerably in his constituency and other areas, and I encourage colleagues to tell parents and young people about it, and to direct young people to the website, ncsyes.co.uk.