AQW 39802/11-15 Written question to the Minister of the Environment
To ask the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to AQW 39173/11-15, to detail the number of expressions of interest in the ‘restricted’ Northern Ireland Civil Service Voluntary Exit Scheme to generate vacancies for surplus Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency staff in Coleraine, which had been received by the December 3 2014 deadline.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 4 December 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 December 2014
- Answer due by
- 19 December 2014
- Answered
- 19 December 201415 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of the Environment
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The NICS Administrative Assistant (AA) and Administrative Officer (AO) Voluntary Exit Scheme was launched on 19 November 2014 with the aim of clearing up to 130 surplus staff at AA & AO level.
The closing date for registering an expression of interest in receiving an illustration of entitlements under the Scheme was Wednesday 3 December 2014. A total of 783 eligible staff have registered their interest in receiving an illustration which includes a small number of late applications received after the closing date but which were accepted with the approval of the Scheme Selection Panel.
Those staff who requested an illustration of entitlements have until 5.00pm on Wednesday 7 January 2015 to submit a formal application to leave under the terms of the Scheme.