Bank and Public Holidays

The dates of the Easter bank holidays change each year and can, when the holiday year runs April to March, result in two easters falling in one holiday year.

For the second year in succession there will be nine bank and public holidays in England and Wales in 2012 instead of the usual eight days (there are usually eight bank and public holidays in Scotland but nine days if St Andrew’s Day is granted as an extra bank holiday, and ten bank and public holidays in Northern Ireland). The Scottish Government has also followed suit and announced a special bank holiday in Scotland for the Diamond Jubilee.