§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment in what languages information to pupils and parents, about YTS, jobs and child benefit, was distributed in Bradford upper schools prior to the end of the summer term.
§ Mr. CopeLocal education authorities have a statutory duty to provide information, advice and guidance to young people in and leaving schools and colleges to help them find employment and training. Detailed local arrangements to fulfil this duty and to promote equal opportunities are a matter for the appropriate local education authority. Information on the arrangements is not available centrally.
Information on the extension of child benefit for 16 and 17-year-old school leavers was contained in leaflet CH7 which is printed in English. In addition the child benefit centre at Washington wrote direct to over 300,000 parents whose children were assumed to be leaving school in the summer.