Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 1
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Accepted
Adult careers guidance in England is fragmented, confusing, and lacks a coherent strategy.
Conclusion
Careers advice helps people achieve their potential, improving employment outcomes, as well as unlocking huge productivity gains with significant economic benefits. However, careers advice in England is a patchwork of services that lacks cohesion and is confusing and fragmented. Overall responsibility for adult careers guidance has fallen between the Department for Education (DfE), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and local government, with no coherent guiding strategy. (Conclusion, Paragraph 24)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees with the committee's assessment and will bring adult careers advice provision, currently delivered by the National Careers Service, in-house to the DWP from 30 September 2026 to create a single integrated employment and careers support service.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 14 November 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗