Question follow-through · 100531

Jobcentres

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people will access professional careers advice within the new Jobs and Careers Service.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
7 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how people will access professional careers advice within the new Jobs and Careers Service.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    We are committed to continuing the delivery of high quality, impartial careers advice in the new Jobs and Careers Service through professionally qualified careers advisers and recognise that their expertise is essential to enabling the government’s missio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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