Analysis by Ipsos Mori into how the National Citizen Service (NCS) performed in 2014 raises questions over the value for money delivered by the government's flagship social action programme.
Researchers found the spring and autumn programmes delivered financial benefits that, at the lower end of estimates, were less than the cost of delivering them.
The spring 2014 programme, which cost £5.9m and reached 3,594 participants, was estimated to deliver social benefits of between £4.4m and £18.3m - equating to a benefit-to-cost ratio of between £0.75 and £3.11 for every £1 spent.
Meanwhile, the autumn programme, which cost £14.9m to deliver and had 9,777 participants, was estimated to have delivered social benefits valued at between £14.3m and £25.4m - equating to a benefit-to-cost ratio of between £0.96 and £1.71 for every £1 spent.
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