Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 28 June 2011, Official Report, column 762W, on schools: careers guidance, when he expects to reach a decision on the timing of the review of careers guidance.
Mr Gibb: A thematic review of young people's careers guidance will be helpful in establishing a baseline for future policy development once the new arrangements for careers guidance are implemented. Subject to the passage of the Education Bill, schools will be under a duty to secure access to independent, impartial careers guidance for their pupils from September 2012. We would not expect a thematic review to take place before that date.