Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to fulfil the commitment made in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy, published in November 2016, on ensuring that northern labour market priorities inform the provision of careers advice.

In the three months leading to August 2016, employment in the Northern Powerhouse was 7.1 million, with 429,000 more people in work than in 2010, and 187,000 jobs created in the past year alone.

The provision of careers education, advice and guidance is crucial in supporting young people to make the right choices about their futures. That is why the Government is investing £90million over the course of this Parliament to improve careers and enterprise provision.

The Government will work with the Northern Powerhouse to ensure that local priorities, including labour market priorities, are fed into the provision of careers advice for young people and adults.

As set out in the Northern Powerhouse Strategy, published at the Autumn Statement this year, the Government will work with local partners in the North on the design of careers and enterprise provision for all ages, including collaboration on the work of the Careers and Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service.