To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effect of provisions in the Learning and Skills Act 2000 upon the freedom of private providers of the Connexions service to operate under a lead body model.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effect of provisions in the Learning and Skills Act 2000 upon the freedom of private providers of the Connexions service to operate under a lead body model.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the future of the private sector in providing careers guidance for young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the future of the private sector in providing careers guidance for young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons his Department did not inform Parliament of its decision to launch an end-to-end review of the provision of careers services within Connexions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, for what reasons his Department did not inform Parliament of its decision to launch an end-to-end review of the provision of careers services within Connexions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will announce the findings of his Department's end-to-end review of careers guidance; and if he will present these findings in person to the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when he will announce the findings of his Department's end-to-end review of careers guidance; and if he will present these findings in person to the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many one-stop-shops are operated by the Connexions Service in England. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 30 April 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many one-stop-shops are operated by the Connexions Service in England. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 30 April 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the progress central government has made in supporting Connexions Partnerships by (a) linking its policies together at national level, (b) sending consistent messages to all Connexions partner agencies and (c) reducing bureaucracy, as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the progress central government has made in supporting Connexions Partnerships by (a) linking its policies together at national level, (b) sending consistent messages to all Connexions partner agencies and (c) reducing bureaucracy, as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) young people of the relevant age group and (b) personal advisers there are in the area of each Connexions partnership; and what the ratio of (a) to (b) is in each case. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) young people of the relevant age group and (b) personal advisers there are in the area of each Connexions partnership; and what the ratio of (a) to (b) is in each case. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long a young person has had to wait on average to speak to a Connexions personal adviser in each Connexions partnership; and what the target waiting time is for a young person to talk to a Connexions personal adviser...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how long a young person has had to wait on average to speak to a Connexions personal adviser in each Connexions partnership; and what the target waiting time is for a young person to talk to a Connexions personal adviser...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines are given to Connexions partnerships regarding the monitoring and supervision of personal advisers who are working towards an NVQ level 4 equivalent in a relevant professional discipline.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines are given to Connexions partnerships regarding the monitoring and supervision of personal advisers who are working towards an NVQ level 4 equivalent in a relevant professional discipline.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the proportion of careers guidance provided by the private sector. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the proportion of careers guidance provided by the private sector. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the total Connexions budget in 2003-04 is spent on providing careers guidance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of the total Connexions budget in 2003-04 is spent on providing careers guidance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) personal advisers and (b) staff are employed by Connexions Direct. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 12 March 2 004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many (a) personal advisers and (b) staff are employed by Connexions Direct. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 12 March 2 004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines are provided for the staffing of Connexions resource centres in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidelines are provided for the staffing of Connexions resource centres in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools (a) have a Connexions resource centre, (b) are being fitted with a Connexions resource centre and (c) have no Connexions resource centre in each Connexions partnership area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools (a) have a Connexions resource centre, (b) are being fitted with a Connexions resource centre and (c) have no Connexions resource centre in each Connexions partnership area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total budget was of the Careers Service, prior to the establishment of the Connexions Service, in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the total budget was of the Careers Service, prior to the establishment of the Connexions Service, in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what amount of money has been spent on voluntary and community services by each Connexions partnership since 2001. - Inc table. (Holding answer 12 March 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what amount of money has been spent on voluntary and community services by each Connexions partnership since 2001. - Inc table. (Holding answer 12 March 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received concerning the provision of careers guidance by Connexions personal advisers; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 1 March 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations he has received concerning the provision of careers guidance by Connexions personal advisers; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 1 March 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans his Department has to revise the provision of careers guidance to under-19s; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans his Department has to revise the provision of careers guidance to under-19s; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the benefits to young people of the Connexions card scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the benefits to young people of the Connexions card scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the OECD review of careers guidance policies in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 1 March 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the findings of the OECD review of careers guidance policies in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. - (Holding answer 1 March 2004).