Question follow-through · 20965

Teachers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on trends in the level of teachers pay in Northern Ireland.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 18 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 6 Jan 2025
Answer: 6 Jan 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on trends in the level of teachers pay in Northern Ireland.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
It is for the Northern Ireland Department of Education to set pay policy for teachers.This Government has provided a record £18.2bn funding settlement for 2025-26 to the Northern Ireland Executive. This represents a £1.5bn increase and the largest settlem...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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