AQW 53443/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/01/2016
Answered On Date: 18/02/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the budget that will be allocated to the Active Ageing Strategy to enable its full implementation.

Answer:

Significant resources are currently deployed in providing a wide range of services for older people across Government. We have also set out at Annex B to the Active Ageing Strategy some key actions to be taken forward to help address some of the issues facing older people. It is our intention to take forward further actions as a second phase of projects (also listed in Annex B), subject to resources becoming available.

Over the next Assembly mandate, we propose to undertake a more systematic review of the wide range of measures directed to improve the lives of older people in order to ensure that we achieve the maximum outcome for the significant resources deployed in this area.