AQW 18605/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 17/01/2013
Answered On Date: 29/01/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of Civil Servants from his Department who have left work early since 3 December 2012 due to the civil unrest associated with the flag protests; and (ii) the associated financial cost to his departmental budget.

Answer:

The Department of Education (DE) has not issued any general advice or instruction to staff to leave early as a result of recent civil unrest. DE staff can seek approval from their line manager to leave work early within the rules of the Flexible Working Time - Code of Practice. There has been no associated cost to the departmental budget.