AQW 835/22-27


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 31/05/2022
Answered On Date: 17/06/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Education Welfare Officers employed in each constituency, in each of the last five years


Answer:
The Education Welfare Service does not organise its regional service around parliamentary boundaries rather through main offices based in Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Dundonald and Omagh.
The staffing complement for years 18-22 for Education Welfare Officers are as follows:
Year
Armagh
office
Ballymena
office
Belfast
office
Dundonald
office
Omagh office
Total
Sept 18
30
28
25
22
23
128
Aug 19
31
30
26
23
22
132
Sept 20
30
25
28
23
22
128
Sept 21
29
31
28
26
22
136
March 22
31
32
26
24
22
135