AQW 16571/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 18/03/2021
Answered On Date: 26/03/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance to outline his plans for the future of his Department’s office estate.

Answer:

My Department is responsible for the Reform of Property Management (RPM) Programme which was established to deliver the NI Executive’s Asset Management Strategy objectives. These objectives are to: (1) reduce the net costs of service delivery through the efficient use of public assets; and, (2) promote effective asset management processes that unlock value.

The Department’s plans for the office estate are outlined as follows:

1) continue to rationalise the central government office estate;

2) continue to modernise the central government estate;

3) to promote and implement new ways of working that reduce reliance on the central government office estate and build resilience to deliver public services in the future.