Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100532

National Careers Service: Staff

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Lauren Edwards

LabourRochester and Strood

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many professionally qualified Level 6 and 7 careers advisers the National Careers Service employs; and how this number will change under the planned new Jobs and Careers Service.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Accurate information on the number of level 6 and 7 qualified careers advisers employed by the National Careers Service is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Following a Written Ministerial Statement made on 16th Se...

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