“What steps his Department is taking to encourage people aged over 50 to remain in the workforce.”
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones)
The industrial strategy has identified eight key growth-driving sectors that will be the arrowhead of our economic success, but of course they cannot succeed without the critical supply chains and foundational industries that underpin them. We are looking at all those foundational industries, including the chemicals industry, to see what the barriers to growth are, what challenges they face, and how can we overcome them through our strategy.