Publications

These Regulations amend a number of sets of existing Regulations relating to the administration and governance of occupational pension schemes. The aim is to ensure that occupational defined contribution pension scheme members benefit from efficient...

The Statutory Rule places administration and governance requirements on trustees of occupational defined contribution pension schemes, in particular to require trustees of certain DC pension schemes to disclose their investment returns and demonstrate that they...

It is necessary to bring in amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme in NI (LGPS (NI)) to remedy the discrimination identified in the Goodwin Ruling and the Walker Judgment. The draft Regulations also contain...

The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 make amendments to the Social Securiy (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the Immigration Regulations”). Amendments are required to ensure that the...

The current contracts for two of DfC’s In-Work Support programmes, Access to Work and Workable, to assist people with disabilities are due to expire in 2022. This presents an opportunity to review the existing provision...

Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in relation to emergencies. Article 29 (10) of the Order gives the Department the power to make grants to district...

Headline statistics on engagement in culture, arts and sport: findings from the 2020/21 Continuous Household Survey.Breach of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics: Prior to the publication of ‘Engagement in culture, arts and sport...

This guidance aims to improve both the quality of governance and the level of action trustees must take in identifying, assessing and managing climate risk.

Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021.

The Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (NI) 2021 responds to the present outbreak of coronavirus in Northern Ireland and protects tenants from eviction during the present emergency period. Given the current public health emergency and...

These Regulations provide the technical details for one of the additional tests to the contribution notice regime, “the employer resources test”. For example, they set out how the value of the resources of the employer...

The amendments are necessary as a result of the sudden and unexpected nature of the situation in Afghanistan.The Home Office (HO) has established two resettlement routes for Afghan nationals: the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy...

This short educational publication is aimed at the general public and describes the two different types of historic water pumps found in Northern Ireland ie. pumps and fountains. It also explains their special interest and...

This publication is intended to help Local Councils understand the Listing Process i.e. the process that the Department for Communities carries out in protecting buildings of special architectural or historic interest. It explains why and...

The Northern Ireland Homelessness bulletin is a biannual publication which contains information on a range of areas relating to homelessness. The report is currently divided into three sections which are: Homeless Presenters; Homeless Acceptances; and...

This quarterly publication provides an overview on the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland. This publication contains information up to the quarter ending June 2021.

The first proposed Statutory Rule, the Occupational Pension Schemes (Climate Change Governance and Reporting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 introduces requirements for trustees of certain occupational pension schemes to ensure that there is effective governance of...

The Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, as amended by Article 3 of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (NI) Order 1988 is the legislative basis upon which the Department for Communities has been delegated...

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...

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.