AQW 44007/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 20/03/2015
Answered On Date: 26/03/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development, pursuant to AQW 41125/11-15, with which groups in the community and voluntary sector did he consult in order to develop the code of practice; and to detail a date for its launch.

Answer:

The Code of Practice for Reducing Bureaucracy in Grant Funding to the Voluntary and Community Sector is an internal administrative document for use by Government Departments their Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies.

The Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) participated in the project structure to help inform the emerging code. Whilst no specific date has been set for its launch (work on the code is being finalised) this is now expected to take place around May 2015.