AQW 34284/22-27
Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley
Tabled Date: 23/10/2025
Answered On Date: 04/11/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Department of Education staff who have moved on from their position, broken down by (i) grade; and (ii) reason for leaving post, in each of the last three years.
Answer:
The number of Department of Education staff who have moved from their position broken down by grade in each of the last three years is presented in Table 1 below: Grade | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 | G5+ | 1 | 6 | 1 | G6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | G7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | DP | 9 | 4 | 6 | SO | 3 | 9 | 9 | EOI | 4 | 2 | 0 | EOII | 4 | 5 | 8 | AO | 5 | 6 | 2 | AA | 6 | 4 | 3 | Total | 38 | 44 | 30 |
The number of Department of Education staff who have moved from their position broken down by reason for leaving in each of the last three years is presented in Table 2 below: Reason for leaving | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 | Moved to another Department | 11 | 17 | 9 | Resignation | 4 | 10 | 2 | Age Retirement | 5 | 10 | 9 | Early Retirement | 11 | 4 | 3 | Other | 7 | 3 | 7 | Total | 38 | 44 | 30 |
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