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Written Question
Teachers: Pay
Friday 22nd March 2019

Asked by: Maria Caulfield (Conservative - Lewes)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly she will make a decision on a teachers pay award for Northern Ireland.

Answered by Karen Bradley

The Northern Ireland Department of Finance Permanent Secretary determined 2018-19 pay policy on 22 November 2018.

In keeping with HMT policy, for 2018-19, the 1% pay award limit has been removed.

Any decision on an increase above 1% is for the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education in Northern Ireland.

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