AQW 3266/17-22 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline (i) the criteria that will be used to review and assess arm’s-length bodies; (ii) whether that criteria will be a standard approach taken by each department; and (iii) whether all subsequent reports will be required to be produced using a standardised format.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 6 March 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 March 2020
- Answer due by
- 24 March 2020
- Answered
- 24 March 202018 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The “New Decade, New Approach” document contains a number of commitments aimed at rationalising public services and making them more effective, including through a review of arm’s-length bodies. This will require discussion at Executive level and we will update Members in due course.