Schools: Careers Advice

Baroness Wall of New Barnet Excerpts

Monday 20th October 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

Our guidance is quite clear that particularly for children with SEN, whether they have autism or are in other situations, one-to-one careers advice may well be appropriate.

[Baroness Wall of New Barnet (Lab)]

My Lords, having accepted the proposal and explanation by my noble friend Lady Prosser about the challenges faced by secondary schools, further education institutions and universities, how are the Government going to achieve their goal of having more apprenticeships—a major problem for employers—when most young people going into apprenticeships find out from family rather than from any other available careers advice?