AQW 835/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Education Welfare Officers employed in each constituency, in each of the last five years
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 31 May 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 31 May 2022
- Answer due by
- 17 June 2022
- Answered
- 17 June 202217 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Education Welfare Service does not organise its regional service around parliamentary boundaries rather through main offices based in Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Dundonald and Omagh.
The staffing complement for years 18-22 for Education Welfare Officers are as follows:
| Year | Armagh office | Ballymena office | Belfast office | Dundonald office | Omagh office | Total |
| Sept 18 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 128 |
| Aug 19 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 132 |
| Sept 20 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 128 |
| Sept 21 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 136 |
| March 22 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 135 |