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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the social and economic benefits of the National Citizen Service; and when she plans to publish an evaluation report on that service.

Consecutive, independent evaluations have demonstrated that National Citizen Service (NCS) delivers social and economic benefits. The most recently published evaluation shows that 90% of participants said that NCS helped them to develop key skills for the future. Annual evaluation reports on NCS are available on the NCS website (www.ncsyes.co.uk/our-impact).