AQW 6028/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 09/02/2024
Answered On Date: 15/02/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) his plans to implement a loneliness strategy; (ii) his assessment of the scale and nature of loneliness in Northern Ireland; and (iii) the anticipated cross-departmental work and responsibility that will be required in the formation and roll-out of such a strategy.

Answer:

The Department for Communities has no responsibility for loneliness policy and has no plans to implement a loneliness strategy.

A decision to develop a strategy, and identify a lead Department, would be a matter for the Executive.