AQW 13358/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 25/01/2021
Answered On Date: 03/02/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy when the last review concerning the effectiveness of InvestNI was conducted.

Answer:

Invest NI was subject to an Independent Review of Economic Policy (IREP) in 2008/2009, the review focussed on the effectiveness of Invest NI’s policies and programmes to deliver the overarching productivity goal in the PfG. A final report was published in September 2009.

A further review of Invest NI’s performance, from its inception in April 2002 to March 2011, was carried out by Northern Ireland Audit Office. A final report was published in March 2012.