AQW 17349/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 14/04/2021
Answered On Date: 21/04/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 14294/17-22, for an update on the Civil Service pay award.

Answer:

I recently made a two-year pay offer for civil servants to recognised Trades Unions which are consulting with their members. The offer, which was agreed by the Executive, represents a 4.8% increase over two years on the civil service pay bill at a cost of £44 million and is in contrast to the position in England where the majority of civil servants are facing a pay freeze in 2021. The offer acknowledges the hard work of civil servants while taking account of the current financial pressures being faced.

Staff due to receive an increase under the terms of any pay award for 2020 will receive any arrears backdated to 1 August 2020.