Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have participated in National Citizen Service schemes in (a) England and (b) North Swindon in each year since 2010.

National Citizen Service has been run in England since 2011. In the first year of pilots 8,434 took part and in the second 25,377. In 2013’s session there were 39,994 participants.

The 2014 NCS programme is ongoing and the number of participants will be reported as part of an independent evaluation following the conclusion of the programme.

Details of participation rates have been held at local authority level since 2012. In Wiltshire there were 69 participants in 2012 and 174 in 2013’s session.