§ Mrs. LawrenceTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the report of the Better Government for Older People programme will be published. [126312]
§ Mr. Ian McCartney"All Our Futures", the report of the Better Government for Older People programme, is being published today. Copies are being placed in the Libraries of the House.
The Government are committed to better policy making and more responsive public services as part of the "Modernising Government" agenda. The recommendations of the Better Government for Older People programme, a unique partnership between central and local government, the voluntary sector and the academic world, provide new evidence of how to combat age discrimination, better engage with older people, improve decision-making, better meet older people's needs and promote a strategic and joined-up approach to an ageing population. The Inter-Ministerial Group on Older People will now consider the recommendations carefully with a view to early action and a full response.