Publications

These regulations are mainly technical and do not reflect a change in policy.

The provision of support services or signposting to services is a key feature of Intermediate Rent. Intermediate Rent landlords are not required to offer support and advice on specialist matters but should signpost tenants to...

Statistics in relation to wellbeing and engagement in culture, arts, heritage and sport: findings from the 2022/23 Continuous Household Survey.

Local Government Circular LG 07/2024 – District Council (Northern Ireland) Rate Statistics 2024/2025

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...

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...

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced in Northern Ireland in June 2016, and replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged between 16 and 64 years old. PIP and DLA cannot be claimed at the...

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

The above proposed Statutory Rule is an annual, routine order that makes a technical amendment by setting the value of the Pension Protection Fund levy ceiling. The value of the levy ceiling for 2024-25 is...

To promote others to use the Living High Streets craft kit, MAG has published a pamphlet that sets out the benefits of using the Living High Streets craft kit.

Guidance for trustees or managers of relevant occupational pension schemes and their advisers.

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.

The Department for Communities (the Department) invites proposals for the development of lands at 294-296 Crumlin Road, Belfast. Proposals should be submitted no later than 12 noon on 25 April 2024

District rates as struck by each district council for the forthcoming 2024/25 financial year.

The Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in Northern Ireland requires capital investment in assets to deliver against the Executive’s Programme for Government (PfG).Asset funding typically comes from a cocktail of funders drawn from...

To assist others to use the craft kit MAG have published a starter pack that accompanies the craft kit. It has been prepared for placemaking facilitators and is also useful for Local Action Group members...

The fact sheet provides a quarterly overview of the performance and composition of the Fund for the three months ending 31 December 2022.

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.

The Department for Communities (DfC) presents its Social Fund Account which has been prepared in accordance with a direction issued by the Department of Finance (DoF) in pursuance of section 146(4) of the Social Security...

The ranking of economic projects can be relatively easily determined using a range of quantitative economic measures, but estimating the anticipated impact of arts, heritage, sports and community projects - cultural projects - is more...