the bbc has seen data that suggests older workers are less likely to get jobs at the treasury than younger people. it comes as the chancellorjeremy hunt urges over—50s to return to work, to help tackle staff shortages. the treasury said its recruitment processes were "fair, open and based on merit". our business reporter noor nanji is with me now. tell us more about what was found in the data? we tell us more about what was found in the data? ~ , ., ., ., the data? we used a freedom of information _ the data? we used a freedom of information request _ the data? we used a freedom of information request to _ the data? we used a freedom of information request to see i information request to see recruitment data from the treasury over the past five years and the results were very interesting. what they reveal is that older workers who gotjob interviews that the treasury, they got a lower proportion ofjob offers compared to younger workers. proportion ofjob offers compared to youngerworkers. if proportion ofjob offers compared to younger workers. if we take a look at the numbers we can see 17% of over 50s who got interviews at the treasury were successful at getting job offers. that compares with 20% of people in their 30s and 22% for under 30s. we also asked to see the average age of people working at the

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