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<p>There are more older people in work than ever before, 10 million; an increase of
1.4 million over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to work with business,
stakeholders and other Departments to ensure everyone, Government, employers and individuals
can adapt to the changing face of the workforce.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has expanded the
Older Claimant Champion network in all 34 Jobcentre Plus districts. The Older Claimant
Champions work collaboratively with over 11,000 work coaches and employer facing staff
to raise the profile of older workers, highlight the benefits of employing older jobseekers
and share best practice.</p><p> </p><p>DWP research into Jobcentre Plus provision
for older claimants, published in February 2017, provided new evidence that older
claimants found Jobcentre Plus support useful. Further analysis of Jobcentre Plus
provision for older claimants is ongoing. DWP will publish an impact assessment and
cost-benefit analysis of sector-based work academy provision and Work Experience for
older claimants, in Spring 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2017, The Business In The Community:
Age at Work leadership team, as Business Champion for Older Workers, published its
first year’s report which detailed their ‘commit and publish’ campaign, encouraging
employers to monitor the age profile of their workforce, and publish workforce age
data, as well as commit to increasing the number of older workers that they employ.</p><p>
</p><p>In September 2017, DWP published ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642157/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over-since-1950.pdf"
target="_blank">Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends
over time</a>’. These experimental Official Statistics provide analysis on the headline
measures that the Government uses to monitor progress on Fuller Working Lives.</p><p>
</p><p>We have no plans to include the number of hours worked in our Annual Official
Statistics at present. The data on estimates of paid hours worked, weekly, hourly
and annual earnings for UK employees by gender and full-time/part-time working by
age group, are already publically available. They are published as part of the Office
for National Statistics’ Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings statistical bulletin,
which can be found here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2017provisionaland2016revisedresults</a></p>
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