Gordon Marsden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her contribution of 25 January 2016, Official Report, column 12, what funding streams and programmes made up the £70 million which the Government is spending on careers advice in the current Parliament.

Mr Sam Gyimah

The £70 million announced by my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on 11 January 2016 is to continue to transform the quality of the careers education, advice and guidance offered to young people. We have not yet finalised how much will be spent each year or the allocation process. It will include funding for The Careers & Enterprise Company to continue the excellent work it has begun, including delivery of the new mentoring campaign also announced by the Prime Minister on 11 January.

Further information about our priorities for careers education advice and guidance in this Parliament will be set out in our new careers strategy to be published in the spring