Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the Legatum Institute in the last 12 months.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Details of meetings that Cabinet Office Ministers have had with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government's joint venture with Equifax remains operational.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
Government entered into a contract with a subsidiary of Equifax Ltd called TDX Group Ltd, to form the joint
venture, Integrated Debt Services Ltd. This is the “Debt Market Integrator” (DMI) contract. This joint venture
remains operational.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 23331, what the average cost for each participant of the National Citizen Service has been in each year of its operation.
Answered by Rob Wilson
National Citizen Service (NCS) delivers value for money and the most recent independent evaluation demonstrated that for every £1 spent on NCS it generates up £3.98 of social benefits. The table below shows the average cost per NCS participant calculated as part of the published independent evaluation for each year of operation:
Year | Average cost per participant |
2011 | £1,553 |
2012 | £1,700 |
2013 | £1,570 |
2014 | £1,538 |
2015 | Figures will be made available in the NCS 2015 evaluation report, which will be published in due course. |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his plans for the future of the National Citizen Service.
Answered by 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.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people participated in the National Citizen Service in 2015.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Over 200,000 young people have benefitted from the National Citizen Service (NCS) since 2011. In 2014 57,789 young people took part. The figure for 2015 will be made available after an independent evaluation later this year.
The Prime Minister has announced the ambition to expand the programme to 60% of all 16 year olds by 2021 and this is the target we aim to deliver.
The funding for NCS was announced in the autumn statement and spending review. More than £1billion has been committed to the expansion of NCS in this parliament.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what forecast he has made of the number of young people that will participate in the National Citizen Service in each year from 2015 to 2020.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Over 200,000 young people have benefitted from the National Citizen Service (NCS) since 2011. In 2014 57,789 young people took part. The figure for 2015 will be made available after an independent evaluation later this year.
The Prime Minister has announced the ambition to expand the programme to 60% of all 16 year olds by 2021 and this is the target we aim to deliver.
The funding for NCS was announced in the autumn statement and spending review. More than £1billion has been committed to the expansion of NCS in this parliament.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the annual cost of providing places on the National Citizen Service for all children aged 16 and 17.
Answered by Rob Wilson
Over 200,000 young people have benefitted from the National Citizen Service (NCS) since 2011. In 2014 57,789 young people took part. The figure for 2015 will be made available after an independent evaluation later this year.
The Prime Minister has announced the ambition to expand the programme to 60% of all 16 year olds by 2021 and this is the target we aim to deliver.
The funding for NCS was announced in the autumn statement and spending review. More than £1billion has been committed to the expansion of NCS in this parliament.