Oral Question·Department for Education
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 4 September 2018Answered: 10 September 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)
As my hon. Friend says, it is against the law to impose age restrictions on jobs unless they can be objectively justified. The Equality Act 2010 provides legal redress. There is also practical help available through the Equality Advisory and Support Service, which his constituent should certainly give a call, and we have 50PLUS champions working across the whole of our jobcentre network.