AQW 3266/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 06/03/2020
Answered On Date: 24/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline (i) the criteria that will be used to review and assess arm’s-length bodies; (ii) whether that criteria will be a standard approach taken by each department; and (iii) whether all subsequent reports will be required to be produced using a standardised format.

Answer:

The “New Decade, New Approach” document contains a number of commitments aimed at rationalising public services and making them more effective, including through a review of arm’s-length bodies. This will require discussion at Executive level and we will update Members in due course.