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Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy of his Department is towards age discrimination.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

7 March 2002

For answer on

17 April 2002

Answered on

17 April 2002

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the policy of his Department is towards age discrimination. [42584] Angela Eagle: The Home Office has made a commitment to provide staff of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to maximise their skills and achieve their potential. This is incorporated into our employment policy on discrimination and is set out in our new equal opportunities statement. Continuing work to promote a diverse work force will include monitoring of recruitment, selection and appraisal statistics to ensure that age discrimination is not taking place. The Department has recently completed a comprehensive review of its age retirement policy, resulting in a change in age retirement policy throughout the Home Office (including agencies), except for the prison service which is carrying out its own separate review. The new policy, which will come into force on 1 April 2002, will allow staff in all grades below the senior civil service to retire at any point between the ages of 60 and 65. The Home Office (including agencies but excluding the prison service) has also changed its recruitment policy as of 1 April 2002, to allow the recruitment of staff up to the age of 64 subject to their meeting normal standards of health. Provided that there is an expectation of a reasonable period of employment and a return on recruitment and training, the primary criterion for selection will be the ability of a candidate to carry out the duties of the vacant post. If the most suitable candidate happens to be over sixty years old, this should not prevent a candidate being offered the post. In making these various changes, the Home Office is implementing the recommendations of the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU) report "Winning the Generation Game".

Date

17 April 2002

Reference

42584; 383 c956-7W;383 c954W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the extent of the gender pay gap amongst staff in his Department.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2002

Reference

41000; 381 c1094W;381 c1096W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on progress towards the public service agreement target for increasing ethnic minority representation in the Home Office and its services. - Including figures.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 November 2001

For answer on

27 November 2001

Answered on

27 November 2001

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress towards the public service agreement target for increasing ethnic minority representation in the Home Office and its services. [16927] Angela Eagle: In July 1999 the Home Secretary set recruitment targets for the Home Office and its agencies (Police, Prison, Probation and Fire services{1}). Most of the targets have to be met by 2009. All service areas showed progress from April 2000 to March 2001. The percentage of minority ethnic staff in the core Home Office and Immigration and Nationality Directorate in London and Croydon has risen from 24 per cent. in 2000 to 28.2 per cent. this year, against a target of 25 per cent. set for 2009. The Police, Prison and Fire services are all working towards a target of 7 per cent. minority ethnic staff by 2009. So far they have progressed as follows: (2000 figures in brackets): Police 3.1 per cent. (3 per cent.), Prison 3.7 per cent. (3.2 per cent.), Fire 1.6 per cent. (1.6 per cent.). The Probation Service has increased the percentage of minority ethnic staff in the organisation from 9.3 per cent. to 9.8 per cent. since 2000. Its target for 2009 is 8.3 per cent. The Home Office and its services are working to achieve equal retention rates for white and minority ethnic staff. There is still work to be done, however and some key initiatives are being developed, for example exit interviews, support networks for minority ethnic staff and comprehensive diversity awareness training for management and staff. The Home Secretary's progression targets are expressed in different ways for the different services. Essentially they require that, by 2009, the percentage of minority ethnic staff in each grade is the same as for white staff. For example, the percentage of Senior Probation Officers who are from minority ethnic groups rose from 5.6 per cent. to 8.0 per cent. last year. The first minority ethnic Chief Officer in the Probation Service was appointed. The second annual report on targets was published on 14 November and is available in the Library. {1} The Fire Service is no longer under the remit of the Home Office following the post General Election machinery of Government changes. Responsibility now rests with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Date

27 November 2001

Reference

16927; 375 c816W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he (a) has established and (b) published a baseline for policy appraisal against which to measure progress on equal treatment. - Inc ref to 'Women and Social Security'.

Asked by

Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 1999

Reference

94860; 337 c152-3W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if an action plan for increasing the representation of women in public life has been (a) prepared by his Department and (b) published since November 1998. - Ref to 336 c682W.

Asked by

Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 October 1999

Reference

94844; 336 c877W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many and what percentage of the (i) paid and (ii) unpaid appointments which he has made to non-departmental public bodies since 1st May 1997 were women. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Jackie Ballard (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 April 1998

Reference

311 c129W; 39397

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

(Pursuant to reply at 298 c694W) How often since 1992 his Department or its predecessor departments have been responsible for employment advertisements which contained age restrictions upon those who could apply. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Linda Perham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

31 July 1997

Reference

9511; 299 c537W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

How often since 1992 his Department or its predecessor departments have been responsible for employment advertisements which contained age restrictions upon those who could apply. (Further information at 299 c537W)

Asked by

Linda Perham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 July 1997

Reference

9511; 298 c694W;298 c692W

House

House of Commons

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