AQW 50312/22-27
Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down
Tabled Date: 02/07/2026
Answered On Date: 15/07/2026
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of child maintenance officers employed by his Department; and (ii) the number of child maintenance officers absent from work on stress-related sickness absence, in each of the last three years.
Answer:
Staff Recorded in Child Maintenance Service at 1 April each year Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Headcount | 778 | 748 | 687 |
Staff Recorded in Child Maintenance Service with Stress-related Sickness Absence During the Financial Year Year | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | Headcount | 72 | 80 | 67 |
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