Hidden in the government's plans to create millions of new apprenticeships and tackle the welfare bill is a measure to provide Jobcentre Plus adviser support for schools across England.
The government says the plans, included in the Full Employment and Welfare Benefits Bill, will supplement school careers advice services and provide routes into work experience and apprenticeships.
However, the move has drawn scorn from some careers guidance experts, who say it is an attempt by the government to deal with the effects of the 2010 decision to devolve responsibility for providing careers advice from local authorities to schools.
"What it shows is that the government is having to find ways of addressing the problem created by huge levels of careers adviser job cuts over the past five years," says Denise Bertuchi, assistant national officer at union Unison.
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