Equality screening archive 2025
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The purpose of policy scoping is to help prepare the background and context and set out the aims and objectives for the policy, being screened. At this stage, scoping the policy will help identify potential constraints as well as opportunities and will help the policy maker work through the screening process on a step by step basis.
Policies screened during the period: 1 January to 31 March 2025
- Annual up-rating of Social Security Pensions, Benefits and Lump Sum Payments 2025/26
- The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
- The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Amendment to the Emergency Fuel Payment (also known as the Pension Age Fuel Support Payment) scheme policy
- The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
- The Universal Credit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) (Social Sector Size Criteria) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (‘the Statutory Rule’)
- The Universal Credit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Changes to Statutory Sick Pay as proposed in the Employment Rights Bill
- Proposals to allow the Northern Ireland Housing Executive NIHE) and the Registered Housing Associations (RHAs) to work better together on the investigation of tenancy fraud
- Emergency Fuel Payment Scheme
- NIHE rent increase (2025/26)
- Developing Women in the Community Phase Three
- Transfer of the Landlord Registration Scheme
- The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Policies screened during the period: 1 April to 30 June 2025
- Rates Support Grant (RSG) Budget 2025/26
- Rollout of Universal Credit for Legacy Benefit customers
- Transfer responsibility for setting the amount of the basic allowance to be paid to councillors from individual councils to DfC
- Shankill Gateway Phase 1
- The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- The Fair Repayment Rate (FRR) and Child Maintenance deductions in UC
- Publishing the details of individuals convicted of benefit fraud
- Proposal to increase rents by 2.7% for protected and statutory tenancies for 2025/2026
Policies screened during the period: 1 July to 30 September 2025
- The Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Amendment to section 167 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
- The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Increasing the Northern Ireland Co-Ownership Housing Association (Co-Ownership) Property Value Limit (PVL) from £195,000 to £210,000
- £153m Financial Transactions Capital (FTC) funding programme for the Northern Ireland Co-Ownership Housing Association
- Civil Contingencies Budget 2025/26
- The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 - HMO fee increase
- The Social Security (Habitual Residence, Past Presence and Temporary Absence) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 2025
- The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Refresh of Advice and Debt Policy and Delivery Framework
- Housing Rights Services (HRS) Core Funding Grant - Housing Advice Services and Policy Support 2025-28
- The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund
If you have any queries about any of the screening exercises completed please contact Equality Unit.