Territorial governments are thus devolved by acts of Congress. Local government is devolved to seven local borough and district councils. Separate agencies exist to handle complaints relating to departments and agencies of the devolved administrations. Nonetheless, since the late 1990s certain autonomy and powers have been gradually devolved. He increasingly devolved authority on them. All matters that are not specifically reserved are automatically devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Since that time, the federal government has slowly devolved legislative jurisdiction to the territories. Together they make up the Scottish Government, the executive arm of the devolved government. Since 1998, Northern Ireland has devolved government within the United Kingdom. All have the same status, except London which has substantive devolved powers. The Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly have powers closer to those already devolved to Scotland. These powers were not devolved after the Belfast Agreement. The Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly have powers similar to those devolved to Scotland. Between 1994 and 2011, nine regions had officially devolved functions within government. The operation was successful, but the conflict soon devolved into ethnic violence.