AQW 52944/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 15/01/2016
Answered On Date: 26/01/2016
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the number of people that have been medically retired from the Northern Ireland Civil Service due to a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, in each of the last three years.

Answer:

This information is not held centrally therefore the Member should contact individual departments for response.

In the Department of Finance and Personnel, 1 member of staff retired, in part due to fibromyalgia in 2013, and in 2015, 1 member of staff retired due to fibromyalgia.