AQW 25486/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 01/04/2025
Answered On Date: 23/04/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of teachers that have taken leave due to stress-related illnesses; and (ii) the total number of sick days recorded due to stress-related illnesses, in the last five years.

Answer:

The Department’s Teachers’ Pay Team has provided the following figures;

There have been 2,169 teachers who have been absent due to stress-related illness in the last 5 years.

A total of 120,308 days absence due to stress-related illness in the last 5 years has been recorded.

Please note;

Figures do not include teachers from voluntary grammar schools.

Figures are taken for the previous 5 financial years.