HC Deb 26 October 1992 vol 212 c500W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the public holidays in each country in the European Community including the United Kingdom.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

There is no standard definition of a public holiday for European Community countries. The table following gives United Kingdom bank holidays for 1992.

Bank holidays in the United Kingdom 1992
Date
New Year's Day 1 January
Bank Holiday (Scotland) 2 January
St. Patrick's Day (Northern Ireland) 17 March
Good Friday 17 April
Easter Monday (except Scotland) 20 April
May Day Bank Holiday 4 May
Spring Bank Holiday 25 May
Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland) 13 July
Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland) 3 August
Summer Bank Holiday (except Scotland) 31 August
Christmas Day 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December
Bank Holiday 28 December