AQW 32362/22-27

Mr David Honeyford
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 30/09/2025
Answered On Date: 08/10/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to outline the urgent steps her Department is taking to establish, a co-design group to redesign the Go Succeed enterprise support model, based on the findings of the interim evaluation.

Answer:

My Department has no role in the administration of Go Succeed, which is funded through the Shared Prosperity Fund. It was expected that this funding would be transferred to the Executive following the British Government's Spending Review announcement in June.

In anticipation of that announcement my Department was ready to establish a co-design group. However, the British Government has instead created a role for the NIO. I have written to the Secretary of State to ask for clarity on the future of this vital programme. Disappointingly that clarity has not yet been provided.