AQW 23588/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the financial savings that have been made through efficiencies by Sport NI since April 2022.
Asked by David Honeyford MLA on 28 February 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 28 February 2025
- Answer due by
- 18 March 2025
- Answered
- 1 April 202532 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
This issue is an operational matter for Sport NI.
I have sought the requested information from the Chief Executive, who has advised me as follows:
“Sport NI does not directly monitor and report details of financial savings arising from efficiencies. Sport NI’s focus is on living within the resource and capital budgets allocated to us by the Department, which have remained flat for the last 2 years, against a background of inflationary cost pressures. If efficiency savings are made in year, any such money is spent on sport development to maximise the impact of the budget allocated to Sport NI.”
For any future queries relating to operational matters, you may wish to contact Sport NI directly. Making direct contact with the ALB will ensure that you receive the information in the shortest possible timeframe and make best use of public resources.