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I can confirm that during the Christmas and new year break , officials and I have been looking at the detail of the submissions from city strategy consortiums , including proposals to devolve resources and proposals for local branding and more flexibility in training . The College is beginning to devolve resources and executive responsibilities . And we will strengthen Local Health Care Co-operatives , by requiring Health Boards to devolve budgets and commissioning powers . The answer to the welfare problem , they argued , was to devolve resources and responsibilities from the federal to state and local governments through block grants . The Government ’ s new approach is based on devolving decisions and action closer to rural communities , targeting greater resources at areas of greatest need , and working in partnership at national , regional and local level . If that happens , who knows when it might be appropriate to devolve police and justice powers ? By devolving decisions and delivery closer to the customer , we will be relying on the local and specialist knowledge of delivery bodies who understand the particular needs of their region - like local authorities and the voluntary and community sector . A major challenge , faced at the time was to convert policies into appropriate action by means of projects and programs , and by means of devolving rights and responsibilities over resources to the appropriate level of management .