2166 publications
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Circular LG 23/2021 - Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) to District Councils - Flooding 07 December 2021 - 06 January 2022
The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties. Householders who are deemed eligible under the criteria...
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£500 Recognition Payment for Supporting People and Homelessness Sector Staff - screening
The Communities Minister gave a Direction for officials to put a process in place for staff working within the Supporting People and Homelessness sectors to receive an offer of a one-off £500 recognition payment, similar...
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A Scoping Review of the Literature on Poverty in Northern Ireland
This report details the findings of a scoping review of the literature on poverty in Northern Ireland, undertaken as part of the Department’s Economic and Social Research Programme 2021/22. The research explores three areas of...
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The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 - screening
This Statutory Rule is a purely technical order that provides for the revaluation of new State Pension scheme pension debits and credits that arise when a Pension Sharing Order is made by the courts where...
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The State Pension Revaluation for Transitional Pensions Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 - screening
This Statutory Rule is a technical Order giving effect to a statutory requirement to specify the percentage that will be used to revalue the “protected payment” element of a new State pension for persons who...
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FOI Disclosure Log - DFC/2021-0076
Church COVID-19 Funding / Relief
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Social Fund Account for the year ended 31 March 2020
The Department for Communities (DfC) presents its Social Fund Account which has been prepared in accordance with a direction issued by the Department of Finance (DoF) in pursuance of section 146(4) of the Social Security...
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The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill – Legislation to implement a policy change to the life expectancy timeframe in the definition of “terminally ill” used to access certain social security benefits on a fast tracked basis - screening
Currently those with a terminal health condition where their life expectancy is 6 months or less can access fast tracked financial support in certain social security benefits- Attendance Allowance, Dusability Living Allowance, Employment and Support...
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Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin July - September 2021
The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin is a quarterly bulletin containing information on new housing starts and completions, homelessness, the NI House Price Index and new house sales and prices.
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Family Resources Survey report 2019 - 2020
The Family Resources Survey for Northern Ireland 2019-20 was released on 25 November 2021.
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Notice to Quit Consultation (Extending the Notice to Quit in the Private Rented Sector) - screening
The Department previously consulted in 2017 on a proposal to extend the notice to quit that a landlord is required to give a tenant to 8 weeks however Minister does not think this is a...
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Benefits Statistics Summary Publication (National Statistics) - August 2021
The Benefits Statistics Summary is released quarterly in the last week of February, May, August and November.
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Personal Independence Payment Statistics - August 2021
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged between 16 to 64 years. PIP and DLA cannot be claimed at the same time. PSU have compiled statistics...
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Benefit Cap Statistics - August 2021
The Benefit Cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive. From 31 May 2016, the amount a household could receive in benefit income was limited to £26,000 per...
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Universal Credit Statistics - August 2021
Universal Credit is a new payment to help support households that are out of work or are on a low income. Universal Credit was introduced in Northern Ireland on a phased geographical basis from 27...
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The Art of Recovery Survive: Stabilise: Strengthen
In May 2021 the Communities Minister established a Culture, Arts & Heritage Taskforce to consider measures to support the reopening and recovery of these sectors in the short-term, paving the way for a longer term...
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2021-0010
Discretionary Support Self-Isolation Grant
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FOI Disclosure Log - DFC/2021-0011
PIP Assessment Appointment Waiting Times
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FOI Disclosure Log - DFC/2021-0029
The audit of Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
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FOI Disclosure Log - DFC/2021-0030
Departmental Buildings / Assets over 100 Years Old