§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action her Department has taken to tackle discrimination against older people. [14954]
§ John HealeyThe Department for Education and Skills is committed to tackling age discrimination against older people. Our commitment is demonstrated through raising awareness of age issues throughout the Department and eliminating age discrimination against older people. Age is a key element of the Equal Opportunities Strategy and Policy.
We have recently upgraded our membership with the Employers Forum on Age (EFA) to a 'core member', and have provided access to the EFA website through our intranet. In addition we continuously improve our systems to analyse management information relating to age, which includes information on internal vacancy filling and promotion competitions.
The Department promotes age diversity and tackles age discrimination when translating its commitment to equality of opportunity into effective strategies and 771W actions. We supported the Better Government for Older People Programme and contributed to the Performance and Innovation Unit report on Active Aging, "Winning the Generation Game".