So the findings of this summer's first pilots will be greeted with interest. Thirteen projects representing more than 400 places for young people responded to our snapshot survey, giving the first true insight into the workings of NCS on the ground.
Encouragingly, project managers on the whole say it was well received by the young participants. They also identify plenty of teething troubles, as any pilots should. Chief among these is the fact that one in four young people failed to actually finish the programme, which project chiefs attribute to its current structure and scheduling.
It is, of course, a sample. On learning about our survey, the Cabinet Office contacted providers instructing them not to respond to our investigation because it has itself commissioned an "impartial evaluation".
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