AQW 4483/16-21 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities for his intended timetable to devolve regeneration powers to local authorities.
Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 3 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 3 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 18 October 2016
- Answered
- 10 October 20167 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The extension of Regeneration and Community Development powers to Local Government did not proceed under the last mandate. The new Department for Communities (DfC) has now been established with a much wider range of responsibilities, including responsibility for local government and it will be in that context that I will wish to consider the options for going forward. Ultimately, any decision to extend powers to local government will be a matter for the Executive.