Catalogue description Department of Employment: Oversight of the Careers Service: Registered Files (CS Series)

These records relate to liaison with and supervision of the Careers Service, as delivered by local education authorities.

Department of Employment, Manpower General Division, 1974-1984

Department of Employment, Manpower Policy Division I, 1984-1989

Department of Employment, Training Policy Division, Branch 1C (Careers Service Branch), 1989-1990

Employment Department Group, Employment and Training Policy Division, 1990-1991

Employment Department Group, Training Enterprise and Education Directorate (TEED), 1991-1994

From 2008 Department for Work and Pensions

The Careers Service was previously known as the Youth Employment Service but became the Careers Service through the Employment and Training Act 1973. The service was to be administered through local education authorities (LEAs), but retained central responsibility through the Department of Employment. The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 replaced the requirement that LEAs must provide Careers Services with a duty for the Secretary of State for Employment to unsure the provision of a Careers Service. By 1996, the new Department for Education and Employment announced that the framework of the Careers Service would change, allowing LEAs, Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) and independent providers to work together to provide Careers Services in local areas.