§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which local education authorities do not require schoolchildren, as a precondition for employment, to obtain a work permit from the education welfare service.
§ Mr. John PattenNo local education authority (LEA) requires a schoolchild, as a precondition of employment, to obtain a work permit. However, all LEAs except the Isles of Scilly operate byelaws which incorporate procedures to vet the part-time employment of children and, with the exception of Cornwall and Wiltshire, to issue employment cards to children who are working.