Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 30231

Public Holidays

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Mary Kelly Foy

LabourCity of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to establish additional public holidays to mark (a) St Andrew's Day, (b) St David's Day, (c) St George's Day and (d) St Patrick's Day.

Answer

Justin Madders
The current pattern of bank and public holidays is well established and accepted. The Government has no plans to change it. Northern Ireland and Scotland have additional bank holidays for St Patrick’s Day and St Andrew’s Day respectively. While an additio...

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