To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from employers in (a) the private sector and (b) the public sector on the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations. (118781)

I have been asked to reply.

We have received representations from the Employers Forum on Age, the Association of British Insurers and Group Risk Development about insured benefits, and from the CBI on the occupational pensions provision of the regulations. We have also received representations from the Employers Forum on Age and the Engineering Employers Federation about redundancy schemes which do not fall within the exemptions contained in the age regulations. In addition the British Boxing Board of Control has made representations about age limits for licences for professional boxers. We have had no separate representation from public sector employers.