Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2016 to Question 26796, whether the return of £3.98 for every £1 spent on the National Citizen Service is calculated on the basis of the cost of (a) delivery and (b) running the National Citizen Service Trust.
The return on NCS is calculated on the basis of payments made to NCS provider organisations by the NCS Trust. The methodology for assessing the value for money of the NCS programme was developed by an independent evaluation expert.