AQW 45314/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 30/04/2015
Answered On Date: 11/05/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety whether current levels of pay for Health and Social Care staff reflect the objectives of the Agenda for Change framework.

Answer:

Discussions with HSC Trade Unions regarding an affordable 2015/16 HSC Pay Award are underway. The timeframe for an announcement is not yet determined..

Information on the number of health and social care staff who have not received a 1 per cent pay uplift since April 2014, broken down by (i) Trust; (ii) profession; and (iii) pay band is not readily available and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

The 2014/15 Agenda for Change (AfC) Pay Award sought to reward all staff with at least a 1% increase and reflects the provisions set out in the AfC Terms and

Conditions of Service Handbook which are based on the need to ensure a fair system of pay for NHS employees which supports modernised working practices.