AQW 4483/16-21

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 03/10/2016
Answered On Date: 10/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities for his intended timetable to devolve regeneration powers to local authorities.

Answer:

The extension of Regeneration and Community Development powers to Local Government did not proceed under the last mandate. The new Department for Communities (DfC) has now been established with a much wider range of responsibilities, including responsibility for local government and it will be in that context that I will wish to consider the options for going forward. Ultimately, any decision to extend powers to local government will be a matter for the Executive.