Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 1
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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
A response document is linked to this report, dated 14 November 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗