Cabinet Office Minister says the government is making changes to make sure staff know what to do in bad weather in future.
This week in the House of Keys he faced questions about confusion faced by government workers during snow earlier this month.
Mr Ashford said in future, messages about bad weather would be clearer.
But he admitted there had been problems about letting school staff know whether they were expected to work:
Sam Barks to present radio show
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Hospital sees nearly 300,000 calls over past year
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Police tackle school parking offender on first day back
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Middle gets pre-election requisition meeting
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Anyone can make parking discs - but only the DOI's are legal
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Douglas hotel's football sign could be worth £15k
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Douglas church becomes House of Dog
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Manx mums relate to Paris's school holidays feelings
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