Voluntary Work: Young People
(asked on 5th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic profile of the young people who have taken part in the National Citizen Service programme in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely than those from non-disadvantaged backgrounds to participate in NCS. NCS Trust assess socio-economic profile in two main ways: Free School Meals eligibility and living in a deprived area.
Free School Meals:
All
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Proportion of NCS participants eligible for FSM | 17% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 16% |
Proportion of the national population of 16-17yr olds eligible for FSM | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 12% |
London
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Proportion of NCS participants in London eligible for FSM | 21% | 15% | 22% | 24% | 24% |
Proportion of the London population of 16-17yr olds eligible for FSM | 23% | 22% | 20% | 18% | 17% |
Deprived areas (NCS Trust define as the 20% most deprived local authorities in the country):
- Compared to the national proportion of young people taking part in NCS (1 in 6), 1 in 5 of those living in the most deprived areas take part.
- Of the top 10 areas with highest NCS uptake, half are amongst the most deprived areas in the country.