<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 5 April 2017.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 2:34, 5 April 2017

Eagle House, yes. Thank you. I would emphasise that they’re a company, but they’re non-profit and are a community interest organisation.

My final question relates to the National Citizen Service operating in England and Northern Ireland, benefiting the personal development of young people, their life experiences and the strengths that employers look for in young people. Three hundred thousand young people have taken part in this programme across England and Northern Ireland, with excellent outcomes. You wrote to the MP for the Vale of Clwyd, Dr James Davies, highlighting the fact that the Welsh Government was receiving £60 million of consequential moneys to include running a National Citizen Service, that a previous pilot project was positive in some respects, and that you promised to work with the UK Government Minister to see what might be developed, based on the National Citizen Service and existing Welsh schemes. Could you provide us with an update on where the Welsh Government are up to with that?