AQW 13103/22-27

Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 07/06/2024
Answered On Date: 19/06/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 12219/22-27, to detail (i) the expenditure of the Executive Insight and Strategy Unit; and (ii) the areas of research which have been explored.

Answer:

In the 2023/24 financial year the Executive Insight and Strategy Unit (EISU) spent approximately £215k on staffing (one Director, 1 DP Economist and 0.5 FTE admin support), including employee costs and travel and subsistence.

The areas of research that have been explored include:

Measuring the Missions (People, Planet, Prosperity & Peace);

NI Economic progress; and

Other ad hoc research to support Ministerial and Head of Civil service engagements, such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.