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.
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.