AQW 7822/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 29/02/2024
Answered On Date: 06/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) how the Education Authority (EA) tracks the number of non-teaching staff employed by the EA and schools; and (ii) how many non-teaching staff are employed by the EA and schools as at 29 February 2024.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) has provided the following information:

The EA records new employees and leavers on a daily basis on the EA One system. The EA One system is the database from which the payroll is run and it records all non-teaching staff employed by position name, working location and grade.

The EA employs 40,763 non-teaching staff as at 29 February 2024.