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date	22/11/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to increase opportunities for work for older women in the light of the recent raising of the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	54245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions will publish an employer-led national strategy to set out the direction of the fuller working lives agenda early next year. I will be working closely with Ministerial colleagues on this strategy.</p><p>The number of older women (50-64) in work is at a record high, but we are committed to maximising women’s economic contribution at every stage of their career. Government recently announced the appointment of Business in the Community Age at Work leadership team as Business Champion for Older Workers. This team will spearhead Government’s work to support employers hiring and re-training older workers.</p><p>Working through the Women’s Business Council, we are focussing on removing barriers for older women workers, supporting them to improve their skills and return to the workplace. Barclays, a Council member company, recently launched a toolkit to extend its apprenticeship programmes to older workers, allowing them to improve their skills whilst earning.</p><p>We know that women still shoulder the burden of caring for both children and elderly relatives and so the £1.9m Carers in Employment project is exploring ways to support carers to maintain their paid employment alongside their caring responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/11/2016 17:21:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help older women and men into work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>DWP recognises and welcomes the valuable knowledge and skills that older workers bring to the work place. There are now more older people in employment than ever before, 9.6 million 50+ workers in the UK – an increase of over a million (1.3 million) over the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>As well as access to the full Jobcentre Plus offer of personalised support, we introduced Older Claimant Champions in Jobcentre Plus, and have run two yearlong trials from April 2015 to test how we support older people where age is a barrier to them finding work. The trials are being evaluated and initial results will be available in autumn 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to publish a new, employer-led national strategy later this year, setting out the future direction of the Fuller Working Lives agenda.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/06/2016 15:30:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

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registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is planning to enable more people aged over 50 to gain employment.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	16531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>DWP will continue to challenge people’s outdated perception about older workers, and build on the work started by Business Champion for Older Workers to actively promote the business case and benefits of employing older workers, seeking to engage and influence both strategically and in terms of practical advice.</p><br /><p>Jobcentre Plus continues to use a range of innovative approaches to help claimants back to work. Work Coaches have the flexibility to offer all claimants, including older people, a comprehensive menu of help which includes skills provision and job search support.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2015 10:28:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon