Publications

The Department has commenced a review of the housing fitness standard and as a first step has circulated a discussion document and supporting papers.  The Department is seeking views on a range of issues including the possible content of any revised standard.

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to Belfast City Council Consultation - Belfast Peace IV Plan.

The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin is a quarterly bulletin containing information on new housing starts and completions, homelessness, the Residential Property Price Index and new house sales and prices.

This statistical bulletin has been produced by the Department for Employment and Learning. It provides information on the number of employment vacancies notified to JobCentres/Jobs & Benefits Offices in Northern Ireland between 1st April 2015 and 31st March 2016

DOE section 75 equality of opportunity screening analysis form

Recent changes to the List of Buildings of special architectural or historic interest 

This is the first report of the new President of Appeals Tribunals, Mr John Duffy.  The report covers the standards of decision making by the Department for Social Development for the period 6 April 2013 to 5 April 2014.

The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) cover a range of measures aimed at controlling the level and range of charges in relevant schemes which are used by employers to meet their automa

The Executive’s Child Poverty Strategy, published in March 2016, sets out the vision to eradicate child poverty in the future.

The Department has made a new Determination to give registered HAs the flexibility and discretion to apply rent increases not exceeding annual NIHE rent increases for tenants in Controlled Tenancies only.

New guidance about managing rent collection informing of a new determination for controlled tenancies.

The Department for Employment and Learning commissioned consultants, Perceptive Insight, to undertake a survey of customers who participated in the Steps to Work programme and who subsequently moved into employment.

A number of sets of existing Regulations are being amended in consequence of provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 2015 which extend to Northern Ireland.  This regulatory impact assessment considers changes to the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of I

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 years. PIP and DLA cannot be claimed at the same time.

This guide is aimed at helping older people who live in Northern Ireland find the right organisation who can offer help and advice.

Guidance on how and when to report fraud including tenancy fraud has been reviewed.  The process has been streamlined and now requires completion of 2 forms rather than 4 forms. 

The outturn results for the 2014/15 Public Library Standards which form part of the Department's Delivering Tomorrow’s Libraries policy.

This document is an addendum to previous analysis produced by the Department which outlined the Northern Ireland specific impacts of Summer Budget 2015 for benefit claimants (including Tax Credit claimants). 
 

In July 2014 the Department and Northern Ireland Housing Executive jointly procured an ‘Asset Commission’ – a large scale consultancy exercise, to examine the condition, performance and management of the NIHE’s property.

Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture and the Built Environment response to the Belfast City Council Consultation – Draft Linen Quarter Public Realm Analysis & Vision.