Investors in People

HC Deb 05 June 2000 vol 351 cc144-7W

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which Careers Service contractors hold(a) a Charter Mark, (b) an Investors in People award and (c) an International Standards Organisation registration. [120779]

Mr. Wicks

[pursuant to his reply, 5 May 2000, c. 218–20W]: Three of the careers companies were inadvertently omitted. The correct response is as follows.

The Careers Service accreditations, according to the best information I have available, are contained in the following table.

Careers services	Charter mark	Investors in people	International standards organisation
North East
Future steps	No	Yes	Yes
County Durham Careers	No	Yes	No
Northumberland Guidance	No	Yes	No
City of Sunderland Careers	No	Yes	Yes
Tyneside Careers	No	Yes	No
North West
Lifetime Careers (Bolton, Bury and Rochdale)	Yes	Yes	No
Cheshire Guidance	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cumbria Careers	Yes	No	No
East Lancashire Careers	Yes	No	No
Career Decisions	Yes	No	No
Careers Partnership	Yes	No	Yes
Oldham Careers	Yes	Yes	No
St. Helens Careers Services	Yes	No	No
Lifetime Careers (Stockport and High Peak)	Yes	No	No
CareerLink	Yes	Yes	No
Wigan Careers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Career Connections	Yes	No	No
Yorkshire and The Humber
Lifetime Careers (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham)	No	Yes	No
Careers Bradford	No	Yes	No
Calderdale and Kirklees Careers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Humberside Partnership	No	Yes	No
Leeds Careers	No	Yes	No
Guidance Enterprises (York and North Yorkshire)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sheffield Careers	No	Yes	No
Guidance Enterprises (Wakefield)	Yes	Yes	No
West Midlands
Careers and Education Business Partnership	No	Yes	No
Prospects Careers (Black Country)	No	Yes	No
Quality Careers	Yes	Yes	No
Hereford and Worcester Careers	No	Yes	No
Shropshire Careers	No	Yes	No
Central Careers	No	Yes	No
3S Strategies	No	Yes	Yes
Warwickshire Careers	No	Yes	No
East Midlands
Derbyshire Careers	No	Yes	No
Leicestershire Careers	No	Yes	No
Lincolnshire Careers	No	Yes	No
Career Path (Northamptonshire)	No	Yes	No
GuideLine Careers	No	Yes	No
Eastern
CfBT Bedfordshire	No	Yes	No
Cambridgeshire Careers	No	Yes	No
Essex Careers and Business Partnership	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hertfordshire Careers	No	Yes	Yes
Norfolk Careers	No	Yes	No
Suffolk Careers	No	Yes	No
South West
Learning Partnership West (Avon)	No	Yes	No
Cornwall and Devon Careers	Yes	Yes	No
Dorset Careers	No	Yes	No
Learning Partnership West (Gloucestershire)	No	Yes	No
Somerset Careers	Yes	Yes	No
Lifetime Careers Wiltshire	Yes	Yes	No
South East
CfBT Thames Careers	No	Yes	No
Buckingham Careers	Yes	Yes	No
Sussex Careers	No	Yes	No
VT Southern Careers	No	Yes	No
Kent Careers	No	Yes	No
Surrey Careers	No	Yes	No
VT West Sussex Careers	No	Yes	No

Careers services	Charter mark	Investors in people	International standards organisation
London
Lifetime Careers Brent and Harrow	No	Yes	No
Prospects Careers (North London)	No	Yes	No
Enterprise Careers	No	Yes	No
Futures Careers	No	Yes	No
London South Bank Careers	No	Yes	No
Prospects Careers (South London)	No	Yes	No
Search	No	Yes	No
CfBT West London Careers	No	Yes	No
Capital Careers	No	No	Yes