Publications

This Impact Assessment considers two changes to the way employer debt is treated in the context of a company restructuring.

Publications include results of Social Security Agency (SSA) questions which have featured in the Northern Ireland Omnibus household survey since September 2012.

This impact assessment considers the effect on schemes of removing the transitional provisions in regulation 14 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 ('the Investment Regulations').

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers changes to the requirements relating to the disclosure of information by occupational, personal and stakeholder pension schemes.

This impact assessment covers the effects of regulations imposed on the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012. 

This report has been completed in compliance with section 2 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 which provides that “The Department shall, within two years of the date on which this Act receives Royal Assent, lay a report before the Assembly on the impact of soci

Many of the 2014 Budget reforms that introduced pensions flexibilities required substantive changes to tax legislation which come into effect from 6 April 2015.

The main thrust of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 was to improve the coverage, generosity and sustainability of the State Pension.

Following the 2014 Budget, this Regulatory Impact Assessment details the summary intervention and options in respect of disclosure requirements for trust-based pension schemes, including signposting to guidance for both scheme managers and members.

Government has an increasingly important part to play in supporting people to save for retirement. 

Reducing fraud and error is one of the Department's five key priorities.   

Publications include results of Social Security Agency (SSA) questions which have featured in the Northern Ireland Omnibus household survey since September 2012.

This guide gives detailed information about the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) element of claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). It is aimed mainly at professionals and contractors, but can also be useful for claimant customers.

As well as the Benefits Statistics Summary, PSU also provide up to date claimant numbers for each benefit. These figures are provisional and do not undergo the same scrutiny as the National Statistic.
 

The Joint Standards Committee consists of an independent chair and two other independent members who meet four times a year, fulfilling the requirements of their advisory role to the Department. 

Updated for changes as a result of the 2014 Housing SORP

Guidance on Emergency Financial Assistance to District Councils in the event of flooding following heavy rainfall or tidal surge.

Local government circular LG 26/15 - Guidance for local government performance improvement

Local government circular LG 24/15 - The local government (exclusion of non-commercial considerations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

The Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the DCAL consultation: Draft Revised Community Festivals Fund Policy and Guidance Framework.