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<p /> <p /> <p>The Department has not commissioned any research in the last two years
specifically on age discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>(i) Previous research relating to
age discrimination in the work place includes 'Attitudes to age in Britain 2010/11'
– <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214361/ihr7.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214361/ihr7.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>and 'Second Survey on employers' policies, practices and preferences relating
to age, 2010' – <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep682.pdf"
target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep682.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>This research was commissioned by the Department as part of wider research
into the removal of the Default Retirement Age, including ‘Default Retirement Age
– employer qualitative research' –</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep672.pdf"
target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep672.pdf</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The Default Retirement Age was abolished in 2011, meaning most people can now
retire when the time is right for them. Employers can now only set a fixed retirement
age where it can be objectively justified in their particular circumstances, but this
is open to challenge at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 June we will be publishing ‘Fuller
Working Lives – A Framework for Action'. The document outlines the business case for
people to work longer at an individual, business, societal and economic level, and
sets out a number of new actions the Department will be taking forward to promote
fuller working lives.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) Relevant Departmental evaluations on this
issue concerning Jobcentre Plus include 'How ready is Jobcentre Plus to help people
in their 60s to find work?' – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-ready-is-jobcentre-plus-to-help-people-in-their-60s-find-work-ihr11"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-ready-is-jobcentre-plus-to-help-people-in-their-60s-find-work-ihr11</a>
.</p><p> </p><p>Also, where possible surveys of benefit claimants are broken down
by age, for example 'The Jobcentre Plus Offer: Final evaluation report' – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261656/rrep852.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261656/rrep852.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong>
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