What the arrangements will be for a St Andrew's Day holiday for (a) its, (b) UK Government and (c) private sector staff in 2008 and how thi…

The Scottish Government is committed to marking St Andrew’s Day as a National Day and as a holiday. With effect from this year, staff in its core Directorates, including senior civil servants, and those agencies which make up the Scottish Government main bargaining unit have therefore been given an extra day’s holiday to celebrate St Andrew’s Day. In 2007 staff were given the option of exchanging an existing half day holiday for a half day on St Andrew’s Day.
St Andrew’s Day is a Scottish bank holiday and therefore it does not affect other parts of the UK.
Individual employers are free to decide whether to take St Andrew’s Day as a holiday.