Information, Advice and Guidance Costs Study

This study accompanies the guidance on the opt out process and on maintaining high quality information, advice and guidance services from April 2008. This guidance, which is underpinned by new quality standards, will ensure that local authorities are able to maintain the quality and availability of services to young people.

The study was carried out between January and March 2006. Information was gathered from fourteen Connexions partnerships through a cost card and supplemented by interviews with twelve of them. Costs from 2005-6 were used in order to have a complete year's figures.

The purpose of the costs study was not to come up with a definitive amount. Instead the purpose was to produce a range of costs over the different blocks of activities, currently carried out by Connexions partnerships, under the broad heading of universal information, advice and guidance.

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