Publications

Introduction & Entitlement | Benefit Unit, Awards & Maximum Amounts | Special Cases | Living Together | Benefit Cap

Child Element | Housing Costs Element | Work Capability Elements | Carer element | Childcare Costs Element

Amounts & Part-Week Payments | Duration of Award | Effect of Work | Employed Earners | Self-Employed Earnings | Assessment Phase and Components | Sanctions | Transitions

The Department aims to provide a good level of service to its customers but sometimes things do go wrong. When that happens, we should put matters right as quickly as possible. As part of that...

Drumclay Crannóg was an artificial island, built in an area of wetland, just outside Enniskillen.

Shaftesbury Square is a major urban space at a key focal point between the city centre and the suburbs of inner South Belfast. It links the vibrant suburbs in and around the University Quarter with...

Universal Credit will support you if you are on a low income or out of work. It will give you the help you need to prepare for work, start work, or earn more money.Universal Credit...

Local Councils prompt payments report for quarter ending June 2017

Departmental Management Board Members - Interests Declared.

Headline statistics on engagement in culture, arts and leisure by young people from Northern Ireland: findings from the 2016 Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey.

This Statistical Fact Sheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on job vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC) JobCentre/Jobs...

Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2017 - Annex includes Child Maintenance Service Client Funds Account 2016-17

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 will limit the amount of time that contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA(C)) can be paid to some customers. It has also removed the special conditions that allowed...

Statistics showing the levels of adult engagement in culture, arts and leisure across the Northern Ireland's local government districts.

This publication presents the results of the Volunteering Module in the September/October 2016 Omnibus Survey. The main themes explored in the survey include levels of volunteering, support for volunteers and reasons for not undertaking volunteering...

Analytics Division delivered a presentation to a range of local government representatives on the 7 June 2017. This presentation highlighted the full range of data sources that Analytics Division have access to and the statistics...

This good practice guide aims to assist district councils achieve a consistent approach when considering serving an Urgent Works Notice on a listed building (or building in a Conservation Area(CA) where the Department of Infrastructure...

This good practice guide aims to assist councils achieve a consistent approach when identifying and protecting Historic Buildings of Local Importance. This guide is not intended to replace the need for council judgement in their...

This good practice guide aims to assist councils achieve a consistent approach when considering serving a Building Preservation Notice on an unlisted building. Its correct application will help councils to identify and satisfy legislative requirements...

Headline statistics on engagement in culture, arts and leisure: provisional findings from the 2016/17 Continuous Household Survey.