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  • Welfare changes overview

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Welfare changes

    The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 will introduce many changes to our current benefit systems. It will see many of them scrapped, with new benefits and payment systems introduced.

    Welfare changes overview

    There is some information on the Welfare Changes proposals on the nidirect website:

    • The introduction of Universal Credit
    • The introduction of Personal Independence Payment
    • Changes to Housing Benefit
    • The introduction of a Benefit Cap 
    • The introduction of new fraud and error powers
    • Changes to Social Fund
    • Changes to Employment and Support Allowance
    • Changes to sanctions and hardship provision

    Welfare Changes information

    To date, the changes have not been fully introduced in Northern Ireland. This information is provided for information purposes only.

    The links below provide detailed information about welfare changes. As further information becomes available, it will continue to be published on this site.

    • Benefits are changing for people of working age - what you need to know
    • Benefit Cap information
    • Discretionary Support information
      • Discretionary Support Independent Review
    • Employment and Support Allowance information
    • Housing Benefit information
    • - Social Sector Size Criteria
    • Housing Support information
    • Personal Independence Payment information
    • Universal Credit
    • - UC information booklet
    • Welfare Changes & Housing

    Related content

    • Administrative Welfare Supplementary Payments
    • New fraud and error powers
    • The Independent Welfare Change Helpline
    • Universal Credit
    • Welfare changes impact assessments
    • Welfare Mitigation Review
    • Welfare Mitigation Schemes Statutory Report
    • Welfare Mitigations Review Terms of Reference
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