In its report into youth services the committee said it could not give its backing to the programme in its current form given the costs involved and the degree to which youth services across the country are being cut.
The analysis of the programme by the committee compared the NCS scheme with a similar model provided by the German government. While NCS costs around £1,182 per young person for a six-week stint, the German equivalent cost £1,228 per young person for a whole year’s work-based volunteering.
While the committee praised the aspiration of the government to eventually expand NCS to reach all 16-year-olds, it said the cost would surpass £350m each year even if only half the young people take up the scheme, a sum the members could not support.
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