To ask the Minister for Communities to detail in what capacity members of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Strategy Taskforce will be involved in the new Heritage, Culture and Creativity programme.

The formal remit of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Taskforce was discharged through the publication of “Investing in Creative Delivery”. The individual experience and insights of members of that Task Force will continue to be of great value to the development of policy for the arts and heritage and will have an important place in the stakeholder engagement and consultation phases of that work.

Given the role played by members of the Taskforce, my officials will continue to keep them informed on developments as work on the Heritage, Culture and Creativity programme progresses.