My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families (Michelle Donelan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
Information supplied by the Careers and Basic Skills Division of the Department for Education has been identified as containing incorrect information in the response provided by Kemi Badenoch MP to the Parliamentary Question from the Honourable Member for Newcastle Upon Tyne North concerning the number of careers advisers employed by schools (PQ286227).
In response to PQ286227, the correct answer is that information on roles of staff employed in schools is collected via the School Workforce Census. Information on the role(s) a staff member is employed to carry out is collected for all staff who have a contract lasting 28 days or more. As at November 2018 (the latest data available), there are 264 schools where a member of staff has been recorded with the role of careers adviser. There may be other staff in schools who fulfil this role but have not been recorded as such; they may have a contract of 28 days or less or, because schools may record up to three roles per member of staff, the school may have allocated them to other roles.
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