Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Sandra Osborne (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 8 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Long-term Unemployment (Older People)
- Question
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Why does the Work programme fail the over-50s so badly, and why has it taken the Government more than three years even to begin to do anything about that?
- Answer
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On the contrary, the labour market performance of older workers has been among the best during the last four years. During a period of slow economic growth, older workers actually did the best. Nevertheless, we are not complacent, hence the new pilots that I announced last week.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 589 c636
- Session
- 2014-15
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Older people Long term unemployed people Unemployment
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- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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