Question follow-through · 112803
Employment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve employment opportunities for older people.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help improve employment opportunities for older people.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Feb 2026
Answer published
Work helps everyone play active and fulfilling roles in society while building financial security for retirement, and we recognise the wealth of skills and experience that older workers bring both to the workplace and the economy. We are committed to supp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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