He is right that putting the responsibility for careers advice into the hands of schools will not resolve the conflict between the provision of universal services and targeted services for young people.
But he is wrong that the Connexions brand is tired and tainted. The evidence from large-scale surveys shows Connexions is a brand that young people have come to recognise and trust.
It is time for a rational debate on why the question about the availability and quality of careers advice keeps cropping up when social mobility is anything but.
Kieran Gordon, chief executive, Greater Merseyside Connexions Partnership
OFFENDERS NEED SECOND CHANCE
The Foyer Federation's finding that it costs £100,000 to keep just one young person in custody at a young offenders institution (YOI) and not the publicly quoted figure of £60,000 is quite staggering (CYP Now, 30 July-12 August).
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