Publications

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.

An application form for organisation’s who seek to invest in the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities

These reports are produced by the Historic Monuments Council (HMC) and detail the work undertaken during the relevant term. HMC advises the Department for Communities on the recording, protection, conservation and presentation of historic monuments...

Make the Call Wraparound Service (MtC) reports annually on the financial outcomes as a direct result of people using their service. However MtC also gives advice on other services and supports even though they are...

A statement of our role and service commitments in relation to development planning, development management and planning enforcement.

Local government circular LG 20/19 - Addendum to Local Government Performance Improvement guidance

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of amending existing legislation to implement provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828, on the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement by institutions for occupational retirement provision (known as “SRD II”)...

The outturn results for the 2017/18 Public Library Standards which form part of the Department's Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries policy.

Local government circular LG 19/19 - Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) to District Councils - Flooding 5 June - 5 July 2019

This Inter-Departmental Homelessness Action Plan which was first published in November 2017 has been developed to complement the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s new Homelessness Strategy. It focuses on addressing gaps in those non-accommodation services that...

This document replaces and supersedes Annex B and Annex C of Planning Policy Statement 6 (PPS6) ‘Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage’, published in March 1999.Please note the following changes which supercede Section 15 Public...

An information guide for the Second Survey of historic buildings in Northern Ireland.

Find out how Northern Ireland Co-Ownership Housing Association performed against the Regulatory Standards.

Find out how Craigowen Housing Association performed against the Regulatory Standards.

Find out how Grove Community Housing Association performed against the Regulatory Standards.

Headline statistics on engagement in culture, arts and sport: provisional findings from the 2018/19 Continuous Household Survey.

The Benefits Statistics Summary is released quarterly in the last week of February, May, August and November.Revision (10 June 2019): The figure for Personal Independence Payment clearances on page 7 of the February 2019 Benefits...

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...

These memos contain advice for decision makers on Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, new style Jobseeker’s Allowance and new style Employment and Support Allowance.

This bulletin provides statistics on key economic estimates for the Creative Industries for Northern Ireland.