Publications

This report is the Executive’s Child Poverty Annual Report 2020-21 – a report to the Assembly as required by Article 12(7) of the Life Chances Act 2010.

The Department’s review of the Affordable Warmth Scheme has identified proposals for change which have the potential to increase access to grants and make the process more streamlined and these proposals were then subject to...

The COVID-19 Heating Payment Scheme will provide individuals who are in receipt of specified benefits with financial assistance in recognition of the additional costs arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Payment will...

This document provides a summary of the range of initiatives and interventions the Department for Communities provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

This publication brings together key statistics on the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

The Benefits Statistics Summary is released quarterly in the last week of February, May, August and November.

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...

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...

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...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is committed to replacing the existing legacy system used in the administration of Attendance Allowance (AA) with a more modern, useable, reliable and supportable end-to-end digital service for...

This guide contains tips and strategies to build resilience and support employees through the process of redundancy.

The Department for Communities (DfC) Finance Support service was introduced in November 2016 following the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and is one of the Department’s key priority service provisions. This critical service is...

The Department requests information from councils at the end of each Quarter on the processing of invoices as detailed in the circular LG 19/2016 Prompt Payment Guidance. LGHR publish comparative analysis on council performance to...

This report contains a detailed Balance Sheet and statement of income and expenditure for the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities 2019.

This statistical bulletin has been produced by the Department for Communities. It provides information on the number of employment vacancies notified to JobCentres/Jobs & Benefits Offices in Northern Ireland between 1 April 2020 and 31...

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 Employment Support Programme, which was available in Northern Ireland since 1981, offered opportunities to people with a disability who, although capable of meaningful employment, were unable to obtain unsubsidised jobs due to the severity...

The total number of appeals registered during the year to which this report relates was 10,428, of which 392 were monitored.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has prepared a template for the recording of Councillors’ and Committee Members’ Allowances funded by Councils in 2020/2021.