Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have volunteered to work for Citizens Advice Bureaux in each of the last 10 years.
The Department does not hold this information. Citizens Advice has provided the following data on volunteer numbers but this is only available for 7 of the past 10 years.
Financial Year | No. volunteers in bureaux | No. trustees | Total volunteers across bureaux |
2007-08 | 15,825 | 4,250 | 20,075 |
2008-09 | 17,309 | 4,024 | 21,333 |
2009-10 | 17,819 | 3,668 | 21,487 |
2010-11 | 18,141 | 3,525 | 21,666 |
2011-12 | 18,900 | 3,264 | 22,164 |
2012-13 | 19,050 | 2,987 | 22,037 |
2013-14 | 18,600 | 3,000 | 21,600 |
All Trustees are volunteers.