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International Day of Persons with Disabilities

I am glad to be able to tell the hon. Gentleman, who raises an important point, that in the race and disability equality Bill, which my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth referred to, we will deliver on our manifesto commitment to disability pay gap reporting for...

Member

Stephen Timms (Labour)

Type

Proceeding contributions

Date

3 December 2024

Reference

758 cc246-278

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is towards age discrimination.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2004

Reference

428 c539W; 202499

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) set retirement age applying to all or most personnel and (b) maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered is in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies.

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 July 2004

For answer on

14 September 2004

Answered on

14 September 2004

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) set retirement age applying to all or most personnel and (b) maximum age beyond which applications for employment will not be considered is in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies. [186372] Mr. Timms: The information requested is available in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Department/ Agency (a) Set retirement age (a) Maximum retirement age (b) Maximum age employment applications considered HM Treasury Age 60 Age 60 Age 59 Valuation Office Age 60 Age 65 Age 64 Royal Mint Age 60 Age 65 Permanent application up to age 59, Casual applications up to age 64 Debt Management Office Age 60 Age 70 Age 60 unless there is a business justification for an older person National Savings and Investments Age 60 None None--Age, like other diversity data is not considered as part of NSI's selection criteria which is purely role related. Office National Statistics Age 65 Age 65 Age 64 right tip until 65th Birthday Government Actuaries Dept. Age 60 None GAD currently does not operate a maximum age limit requirement. Inland Revenue Age 60 Age 65 None up to Age 65 Office of Government Commerce 1Age 60 1None None up to retirement age HM Customs and Excise 2-- 2-- Age 65 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 OGC buying solutions retirement age is currently 65 for Ban 1 (Administrative Officer equivalent) staff and 60 for all other staff. However as with OGC normal staff, consideration would be given to staff working beyond this, subject to business needs. 2 In HM Customs and Excise the set (maximum) retirement age is: 60 for staff at Bands 7 (HEO equivalent) and above, of which there were 7,877 in post (on 1 July 2004); 62 for staff at Bands 5 and 6 (EO equivalent), of which there were 8,143 in post and in post; and 65 for staff at Band 4 (AO equivalent) and below, of which there were 7,182 in post.

Date

14 September 2004

Reference

424 c1514W;424 c1512W; 186372

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if he will list the offices or agencies under his control which will be subject to L.2 of Head L in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998; how many people are currently employed in these offices; and what equal opportunities...

Asked by

John Swinney (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 December 1998

For answer on

15 December 1998

Answered on

15 December 1998

Mr. Swinney: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the offices or agencies under his control which will be subject to L.2 of Head L in Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998; how many people are currently employed in these offices; and what equal opportunities practices are adopted in these offices. [63800] Mr. Timms: This Department consists of a Headquarters business unit and a number of Executive Agencies; the Benefits Agency, Contributions Agency, Child Support Agency, Information Technology Services Agency and War Pensions Agency. In total, there are 9,434 Departmental staff in Scotland. The Department is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all staff, in all of its business units, in all locations. This commitment is set out in the Department's Equal Opportunities policy statement which was revised and issued to all staff in September. A copy has been placed in the Library. Equal Opportunities practices are integral to the work of the Department, both in terms of employment practices and service to customers. Examples include Equal Opportunities training for all staff, establishing consultative/development staff groups, a network of Harassment Advisers in each business unit, and implementing a range of "family friendly" policies such as career breaks and alternative working patterns. In addition, the Department uses the Employment Service's "positive about disabled people" symbol, conducts disability awareness sessions for staff and has completed staff disability surveys using the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) definition of disability. An increasing number of buildings occupied by the Department now fully meet the requirements of the DDA, and the impetus will be maintained by our private sector partner, Trillium, as they continue to upgrade the buildings.

Legislation

Scotland Act 1998

Date

15 December 1998

Reference

63800; 322 c497-8W

House

House of Commons

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