Publications

The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 which amended the Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020 No. 53) and, in particular, the expiry...

The purpose of the Rule is to prevent an employee from experiencing disadvantage in relation to Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance as a result of their being ‘furloughed’ under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

The aim of Workable is to provide appropriate supports to assist people with disabilities integrate into the workplace. The Programme helps people with substantial disability related barriers to employment, to find work and help those...

The outturn results for the 2018/19 Public Library Standards which form part of the Department's Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries policy.

The outturn results for the 2019/20 Public Library Standards which form part of the Department's Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries policy.

This report focuses on two main areas; the level of decision making accuracy in social security benefits and the level of financial accuracy. The purpose is to establish if the decisions to award claims to...

Local Government Circular LG 13/2021 – District Council (Northern Ireland) Rate Statistics 2021/2022

In March 2020, in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Department for Communities, made regulations which increased the standard allowance of UC by an amount equal to £86.67...

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...

The purpose of this Statutory Rule is to add new personal allowance rates into the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006. These rates will...

These Regulations amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982, in order to ensure that individuals will be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) for the full period for which they are required...

The Department owns a large area of land just off the Springfield Road, Belfast. The Education Authority approached the Department with the intention of acquiring 0.69 acres of the site to improve access to the...

HB Memos contain further guidance on the interpretation of legislation to Housing Benefit and should be read in conjunction with the Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide.

In response to the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and Built Environment in Northern Ireland distributed a survey to gather feedback on people’s experiences of our built environment during...

The Economic and Social Research Review aims to capture and disseminate key economic and social research relevant to the Department’s policy agenda to inform evidence-based policy making.It is intended that the Economic & Social Research...

The DRS IS/JSA On-boarding solution is critical to supporting the new ways of working required by operations due to Covid-19 and the new blended approach to working from home. The on boarding of IS/JSA to...

The Northern Ireland poverty bulletin 2019/20 was released on 25 March 2021. This covers the period pre COVID-19. The proposed date of next publication will be Spring 2022.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG)

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of arc21.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC).