Employment Age Discrimination

Dear Mr Hopkins

Reference No: RFI2009000378

Thank you for your request for information dated 22/05/2009 concerning
age discrimination.

This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

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within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act,
subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to
a third party. In some circumstances Thames Valley Police may be unable
to achieve this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and
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Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Kirsty Hopgood
Freedom of Information

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Dear Mr Hopkins,

Reference No: RFI2009000378

Thank you for your request for information dated 22/05/2009 which for
clarity I have repeated together with our responses to each of your
questions -

1. Could you please tell me if Thames Valley Police has a policy statement
regarding employment of civilian personnel that addresses the issue of the
age of applicants? If you have such a policy document, then I would like a
copy of it. It can be provided in any standard digital format.

TVP does not have a specific policy statement regarding the age of
applicants for police staff roles. The force complies with current
legislation in respect of the role and the shift pattern required for the
role.

2. I would also like to know if you have an upper age limit beyond which
you will not consider employing any person.

There is no upper age limit beyond which the force will not consider
employing an individual. Each application is dealt with on a case by case
basis, taking account of the physical demands of the role and the training
requirements for the role.

3. I would also like to know if you have a normal retirement age for
civilian employees.

Normal retirement age for police staff is 65

4. I would also like to know if the person making the decision on who to
shortlist for interview or who to hire is able to see information
revealing the age or date of birth of the applicant.

The diversity monitoring sheet which requests the date of birth and forms
part of the application form is detached prior to short listing. The
application form requests dates for relevant/professional training but not
dates for schools or university/further education which are not relevant
for the role.

5. I would also like to know how many civilian employees you have who are
aged over 65.

TVP has 30 employees over 65.

For further clarity on this topic I have included the link to our
retirement policy -

[1]http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/pub-po...

Thank you for your interest in Thames Valley Police.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Picking

Freedom of Information Officer

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