§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the respective entitlements to sick leave during the tenth year of service and in each of the four succeeding years of service of (a) a chief education officer, (b) a typist, and (c) a classroom teacher, assuming that each of the three individuals has had no time on sick leave in the first nine years of service and then has a six-month illness lasting from June to November in the tenth year of service, and that all three are employed by the same education and library board in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. David HowellIn these circumstances a chief education officer and a typist would each be entitled to six months' sick leave on full pay, and six months on half pay. In each of the succeeding four years entitlement would be determined by deducting the aggregate of periods of absence due to sickness during the 12 months immediately preceding the first day of any new absence. A teacher is entitled to six months' sick leave on full pay and six months on half192W pay in any period of four years' service. Entitlement in the tenth year of service, and in the subsequent four years, in the circumstances described, would depend on the sickness record in the four years immediately preceding any absence from sickness.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the allowance for Northern Ireland teachers of 26 weeks of working time on full pay during illness in any period of four years was amended to six months or 183 days, thereby permitting the inclusion of school holidays in sick leave; and why this alteration was made.
§ Mr. David HowellThe original provision did not apply to all teachers. The alteration was made in 1947 as part of a general revision of sick leave regulations which introduced a uniform scheme for teachers in all types of schools.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what will be the entitlement to full pay during any further illness occurring in the next four years of those 83 or more teachers who have had any service since 4th January 1973 on half pay because of illness.
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§ Mr. David HowellThese teachers' future entitlement will depend on the aggregate of the periods of absence owing to illness which the teacher has already had and on subsequent periods of absence within a four-year period.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of the 83 or more teachers who have had service on half pay since 4th January 1973 because of illness are employed in county schools; how many are employed in maintained schools; how many are employed in voluntary schools; and how many are employed in institutions of further education.
§ Mr. Peter MillsThe information is as follows:
Type of School No. of Teachers Controlled (formerly county) schools 41 Maintained Schools 27 Voluntary Schools 13 Institutions of further education 2
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether stage 2 of the Price and Pay Code prevents or delays the implementation of the model scheme of teachers' sick pay regulations for teachers in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Peter MillsIf it were decided to implement the scheme in Northern Ireland it would be necessary to take into account the cost of implementing it in relation to the pay limit for the group concerned under the Government's counter-inflation programme.
§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what would be the estimated annual cost of implementing the model scheme of teachers' sick pay regulations for teachers in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. David HowellBecause of the discretionary provisions of the scheme it is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the cost of its implementation.