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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the underspend of the National Citizen Service was in each of the last five years.

The underspend of the National Citizen Service against its Government Grant for the last five years is presented in the table below:

* NCS programme was sponsored by the Cabinet Office in these years. DCMS will confirm the NCS underspends with the Cabinet Office and write to the Hon member on this matter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House library.