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Department for Work and Pensions five year strategy
— opportunity and security throughout life; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | | Corporate Author | Department for Work and Pensions - DWP |
| Publisher | TSO, London, 2005 |
| Pages | 92 pp (Cm 6447) |
| Source | TSO, PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. www.tso.co.uk/bookshop |
| Keywords | Department for Work and Pensions ; Employment ; Social security benefits ; Retirement ; Physical disabilities ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The strategy covers issues concerning employment, support for people with health conditions and disabilities, and retirement. In Chapter 5, "Preparing for retirement", whilst the DWP's goal is "to ensure that people have the information and opportunities to work and save for retirement", the Department is also committed to supporting people to work longer. Chapter 6, "Security and dignity in retirement" notes the challenges of an ageing population. There is a proposal for Joint Teams between local authorities and the Pension Service's local service, which will carry out a single assessment visit to a pensioner to identify potential entitlement to Pension Credit and other benefits. Overall aims include: delivering better employment outcomes for those who have been disadvantaged in the past (including older workers); enabling citizens to plan for their retirement, with the choice of working longer; tackling pensioner poverty; and a reformed benefit structure. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050203001 B |
| Classmark | PCWP: WJ: JH: G3: BN: TM2: 6OA |
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