§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent representations he has received on his document, "Listening to Older People". [124281]
§ Mr. RookerDuring 1999 the Government led a programme of listening to older people events across the UK. The events were put on by a partnership between the Inter-Ministerial Group for Older People, the UK Secretariat for the International Year of Older Persons and mainly voluntary sector organisations working with older people.
On 17 May the Government published three documents relating to this programme of listening events. "Life begins at 50: the 1999 Listening Events"; a newsletter style account of last year's regional programme of events. "Building a Better Society for Older People: Report on the Listening Events to the Inter-Ministerial Group for Older People"; a research report on the regional events by Annette Boaz and Carol Hayden, Warwick Business School, the University of Warwick. "Life begins at 50—A Better Society for Older People"; a report setting out the key points raised by older people during the 1999 listening events, the action we have already taken to address them, and the action we will take in the future.
654WNo representations have been received on these documents.