Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what are the numbers of careers officers in the Employment Services Agency; and if he will specify where each is and the total cost;
(2) what is the total cost of the careers service as estimated in the last financial year.
§ Mr. Jim LesterCareers officers are employed, not by the employment services division of the Manpower Services 9W Commission, but by local education authorities. The number of posts for careers officers in each authority in England at 1 April 1980 was as follows:
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CAREERS OFFICER POSTS IN ENGLAND (INCLUDING UNEMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS) Local Education Authority Careers Officers Avon 51½ Barking 12 Barnet 13 Barnsley 16 Bedfordshire 29 Berkshire 41 Bexley 11 Birmingham 71 Bolton 15 Bradford 32 Brent 26 Bromley 14 Buckinghamshire 29 Bury 11 Calderdale 8 Cambridgeshire 33 Cheshire 55 Cleveland 45 Cornwall 20 Coventry 32 Croydon 18 Cumbria 25 Derbyshire 46 Devon 50 Doncaster 23 Dorset 31 Dudley 14 Durham 38 Ealing 18 East Sussex 33½ Enfield 13 Essex 62 Gateshead 19 Gloucestershire 27½ Hampshire 78 Haringey 17 Harrow 13 Havering 18 Hereford and Worcester 36 Hertfordshire 53 Hillingdon 15 Hounslow 13 Humberside 55 Inner London Education Authority 190½ Isle of Wight 7 Kent 77 Kingston Upon Thames 5 Kirklees 20 Knowsley 18 Lancashire 74½ Leeds 42 Leicestershire 48½ Lincolnshire 29 Liverpool 44 Manchester 40 Merton 8
Local Education Authority Careers Officers Newcastle Upon Tyne 33 Norfolk 28 Northamptonshire 28 North Tyneside 16 Northumberland 19 North Yorkshire 34 Nottinghamshire 57 Oldham 11 Oxfordshire 29 Redbridge 14 Richmond Upon Thames 8 Rochdale 13 Rotherham 16 St. Helens 15 Salford 18 Shropshire 26 Sandwell 23 Sefton 21 Sheffield 47 Solihull 13 Somerset 25½ South Tyneside 15 Staffordshire 53½ Stockport 17 Suffolk 29 Sunderland 31 Surrey 51 Sutton 7 Tameside 15 Trafford 14 Wakefield 21 Walsall 21 Waltham Forest 12 Warwickshire 29 West Sussex 24 Wigan 21 Wiltshire 32 Wirral 22 Woverhampton 27 Newham 16 TOTAL (England) 2,836 In addition, there were 2,555 posts for support staff (employment assistants and clerical staff) and 101 posts for supernumerary trainee careers officers.
The latest available information indicates that the likely cost of the regular careers services of local authorities in England in the financial year 1979–80 was £32.1 millions. Additional posts for unemployment specialists were funded directly by the Government at an estimated cost in 1979–80 of £ 2.8 million.
My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales are responsible for the careers service in those countries.