HC Deb 14 February 1978 vol 944 cc182-3W
11. Mr. Silvester

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals she has to improve the career guidance service offered to young people at school.

Miss Margaret Jackson

My Department's circular on local education authority arrangements for the school curriculum asks authorities to report on their activities for encouraging and facilitating careers education and guidance in schools. The need for further departmental action will be reviewed in the light of the replies to that circular.

35. Mr. Michael Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals, if any, she has to improve the liaison between schools, education authorities and local offices of the Department of Employment for career guidance.

Miss Margaret Jackson

Careers education and guidance for pupils at school are provided jointly by teachers and by officers of the Careers Service which each local education authority is required to provide under the guidance of the Secretary of State for Employment. As might be expected when both schools and Careers Service are maintained by the same authority, liaison between the two services is generally good. Her Majesty's inspectors, in the course of their visits, including inspections made in collaboration with Department of Employment Careers Service inspectors, make recommendations for improvement where necessary. Liaison between local education authority career services and the local and regional offices of the Department of Employment is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment.