HC Deb 18 May 1990 vol 172 c586W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will initiate a series of local research projects into the barriers faced by older women wishing to return to work.

Mr. Nicholls

My Department has recently funded a number of studies which cast light on the problems of older people and women who wish to return to work but we have no plans for new research into the specific subject of the barriers faced by older women.