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AgeEquality & Diversity Protected Characteristics

Table: The following table lists documents and links to websites relevant to the Protected Characteristic - Age

ESFRS Action Plan	Age Action Plan 2009-2012 [pdf, 31K, opens in new tab]
ESFRS Policies or Schemes	Age Discrimination Manual Note [pdf, 206K, opens in new tab]
Current Legislation	The Equality Act 2010 - External Link
Archived Legislation	The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 - External Link
Links
- External Link	Age UK - External Link
- External Link	Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity - External Link
- External Link	Employer's Forum on Age - External Link

Census data

The age structure of the UK population has become older in the last three decades, and is likely to become older still in the next three decades.

East Sussex has the highest numbers of very elderly people in the English County. Life expectancy is approximately one year more than the national average (men live to 78 and women to 82 in East Sussex.

East Sussex has 1% fewer under 16s than the national average and the life expectancy in Brighton and Hove is 81 for females and 76 for males.