Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Government has been notified of a provider of National Citizen Service that has (a) fallen into serious financial difficulty and (b) breached their contract with serious consequences for the NCS Trust since records began.

The National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust holds contractual relationships with nine Regional Delivery Partners who in turn hold contracts with multiple Local Delivery Partners.

Since NCS was established, the Government has been made aware of two Local Delivery Partners who have fallen into serious financial difficulty. Furthermore, the Government was made aware of one Regional Delivery Partner who breached their contract and NCS Trust subsequently took responsibility for delivering the programme in that region.