FOI Disclosure Log 2023
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This page provides links to information released by the Department for Communities in response to Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations requests. The selected requests are considered to have wider public interest.
Should you wish to request any of the attachments provided in response to a request, please contact the Freedom of Information team.
| Date | Reference | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 to date | DfC Requests 2023 | Full List of FOI Requests Received by the Department for Communities in 2023 |
| January 2024 | DfC/2023-0257 | Provision in place for staff to provide Advanced Customer Support to customers |
| December 2023 | DfC/2023-0255 | Arrangements for seating at Casement Park during Euro 2028 |
| December 2023 | DfC/2023-0252 | Investment in regeneration projects broken down by Council area |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0245 | Recovery of overpayments made through the Discretionary Support Scheme |
| December 2023 | DfC/2023-0242 | Funding paid out through the Scheme of Emergency Assistance for Flooding |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0238 | Information on funding provided to a set of named organisations between 2015 and 2019 |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0235 | Number of phones or laptops decommissioned by the Department in 2022-23 |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0229 | Seating arrangements at Casement Park during Euro 2028 |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0223 | Information regarding damage to State Care Monuments over the past 5 years |
| November 2023 | DfC/2023-0221 | A change in the Notice to Quit Policy from 28 days to 7 days |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0219 | The amount allocated to The Empty Homes Strategy since 2013 and a breakdown of hiw this was spent |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0215 | Skills and training programmes funded by the Department which offer Childcare support to participants |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0212 | Fraudulent or Suspected Fraudulent funding applications uncovered by the Department |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0207 | Information about self employed Universal Credit claimants in 2023 |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0199 | Grants made to homeowners over the last ten years under the Boiler Replacement Scheme |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0193 | Households affected by the Universal Credit two child limit |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0190 | Funding provided to retrofit social housing units and in regard to decarbonisation |
| October 2023 | DfC/2023-0184 | Expenditure to contractors involved in repairing historic monuments over the past five years |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0173 | Information about how benefit payments are made to claimants who are homeless |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0165 | Costs related to removal of bonfire material from the Galliagh area |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0157 | Details of funding to organisations in the Ballyarnett District Electoral Area |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0156 | Complaints about employment and recruitment practices by community groups in the last five years |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0143 | Details of bonfires which are located on land owned by the Department |
| August 2023 | DfC/2023-0142 | Details of occasions where the Department has obtained communications data from telecoms providers since 2018 |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0140 | Hotel stays by Departmental staff between February 2022 and July 2023 |
| August 2023 | DfC/2023-0136 | Properties purchased by the Department in the past twenty years which are unused |
| September 2023 | DfC/2023-0135 | Communications about the bonfire in the Galliagh area on Departmental land |
| August 2023 | DfC/2023/0125 | Details of meeting with the IFA or NIFL to discuss the sub-regional stadia strategy |
| August 2023 | DfC/2023-0120 | Steps the Department took to verify the legitimacy of NIPSA Industrial action |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0117 | Details of land owned by the Department which is unused, vacant or derelict |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0116 | The number of calls made to emergency services (999) by JBO staff since the start of 2022 |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0108 | Provision of gender neutral toilets in Departmental premises |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0107 | Branded merchandise purchased by the Department in the previous three years |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0096 | Details of reports and policies which have not progressed due to the absence of a Minister |
| July 2023 | DfC/2023-0095 | Details of the Ministerial car and its usage since November 2022 |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0094 | Criteria used to determine cuts to Departmental budgets |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0084 | Applications for discretionary support over the past three years by gender |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0077 | The Department’s compliance with FOI statutory deadlines |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0073 | Information about changes to the CMS fraud investigation processes |
| May 2023 | DfC/2023-0071 | Conditions which allow payment of the Universal Credit Housing Element directly to the customer |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0070 | The number of individual in receipt of an ongoing award for PIP |
| June 2023 | DfC/2023-0063 | Details of Universal Credit sanctions in the first quarter of 2023 and statistics on the Jobstart programme |
| May 2023 | DfC/2023-0061 | Amount of ESF match funding provided by the Department in the past five years |
| May 2023 | DfC/2023-0058 | Updates of guidance related to the Household Support Fund 3 |
| May 2023 | DfC/2023-0056 | Details of the Streets Ahead phases 3 and 5, the 5C's public realm projects in the Belfast area |
| April 2023 | DfC/2023-0043 | The amount of funding including a breakdown of costs related to the development of Casement Park |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0040 | The number of personal injury cases settled by each law firm in Northern Ireland in 2022 |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0036 | Number of people who presented as homeless for the past 5 years |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0033 | Funding to Cathedral Quarter Trust each year since 2018 |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0032 | Funding to Belfast City Centre Management each year since 2018 |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0027 | Funding for a Skate Plaza in Portrush Recreation Grounds |
| March 2023 | DfC/2023-0024 | Reviews and appeals of DLA entitlement for children with Downs Syndrome |
| February 2023 | DfC/2023-0019 | Amount of debt recovered from benefit claimants in the previous five years |
| January 2023 | DfC/2023-0017 | Number of male and female DLA claimants diagnosed with ADHD |
| January 2023 | DfC/2023-0012 | Number of refugees who entered N.Ireland in the previous two years |
| February 2023 | DfC/2023-0011 | Decisions not taken in the absence of a functioning Executive |
| January 2023 | DfC/2023-0010 | Housing in the Warrenpoint Burren and Rostrevor |
| February 2023 | DfC/2023-0009 | Plans for the development of the Mackies Site, Springfield Road |