AQW 46330/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Finance and Personnel
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail the number of temporary agency staff and temporary contract workers employed by the Northern Ireland Civil Service, for financial year between 2008 and 2015 in posts requiring (i) a graduate certificate and (ii) a postgraduate qualification.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 27 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 27 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 11 June 2015
- Answered
- 6 August 201571 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally for all departments therefore, this answer relates to DFP only.
From the information available, the Department of Finance and Personnel has employed 377 temporary agency staff for financial years between 2008 and 2015 in posts requiring a graduate certificate.
None of the posts filled by agency staff required a postgraduate qualification. Postgraduate qualifications may be accepted as an addition but is not an essential requirement.