HC Deb 23 January 1985 vol 71 cc460-1W
Mr. Dubs

asked 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 Patten

No 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.