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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which Careers Service contractors hold (a) a Charter Mark, (b) an Investors in People award and (c) an International Standards Organisation registration. [120779] Mr. Wicks: The Careers Service accreditations are as follows: Charter Mark Calderdale and Kirklees Careers Career Connections Career Decisions CareerLink Careers Partnership Cheshire Guidance Cornwall and Devon Careers Cumbria Careers East Lancashire Careers Essex Careers and Business Partnership Guidance Enterprises (Wakefield) Guidance Enterprises (York and North Yorkshire) Lifetime Careers Bolton, Bury and Rochdale Lifetime Careers Stockport and High Peak Lifetime Careers Wiltshire Oldham Careers Quality Careers St. Helens Career Services Somerset Careers Wigan Careers Investors in People 3S Strategies Calderdale and Kirklees Careers Cambridgeshire Careers CareerLink Career Path (Northamptonshire) Careers Bradford Careers and Education Business Partnership Central Careers CfBT Bedfordshire CfBT West London Cheshire Guidance Partnership City of Sunderland Careers Cornwall and Devon Careers County Durham Careers Derbyshire Careers Dorset Careers Enterprise Careers Essex Careers and Business Partnership Futures Careers Guidance Future Steps Guidance Enterprises (York and North Yorkshire) Guidance Enterprises (Wakefield) GuideLink Careers Hereford and Worcester Careers Hertfordshire Careers Humberside Partnership Learning Partnership West (Avon) Learning Partnership West (Gloucestershire) Leeds Careers Leicestershire Careers Lifetime Careers Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Lifetime Careers Bolton, Bury and Rochdale Lifetime Careers Brent and Harrow Lifetime Careers Wiltshire Lincolnshire Careers London South Bank Careers Norfolk Careers Northumberland Guidance Company Oldham Careers Prospects Careers (Black Country) Prospects Careers (North London) Prospects Careers (South London) Quality Careers Search Sheffield Careers Shropshire Careers Somerset Careers Suffolk Careers Surrey Careers Sussex Careers Tyneside Careers Partnership VT Southern Careers VT West Sussex Careers Warwickshire careers Wigan Careers International Standards Organisation 3S Strategies Calderdale and Kirklees Careers Capital Careers Careers Partnership Cheshire Guidance City of Sunderland Careers Essex Careers and Business Partnership Future Steps Guidance Enterprises (York and North Yorkshire) Hertfordshire Careers Wigan Careers.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

349 c218-20W; 120779

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Advisory services Standards Vocational guidance Standards specifications Chartermark scheme Investors in People International Organization for Standardization

Link

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