Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to make an assessment of the effect of participation in National Citizen Service on the level of young people taking part in youth full-time social action.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The NCS Trust’s online Opportunity Hub matches young people who have graduated from the NCS programme to further opportunities, including full time social action opportunities.
DCMS is carefully considering the recommendations made by the recently published independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People and will respond in due course.
Asked by: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Independent review of Full-Time Social Action, published in January 2018, what plans his Department has to establish a Ministerial group on youth full-time social action.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
We are considering the recommendations in the Full Time Social Action Review’s report, including the recommendation regarding the establishment of a ministerial group. The Government Response to the Review’s report will be published in due course.