Welfare Mitigation Schemes Statutory Report
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The Department currently administers a number of Executive approved Welfare Supplementary Payment mitigation schemes which are designed to alleviate the impact of specific changes to social security benefits. These schemes are specific to Northern Ireland, and the Department has sole responsibility for the development and implementation of the policy and operational delivery.
The Welfare Supplementary Payments (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, which received Royal Assent on 27 April 2022, introduced a statutory requirement on the Department for Communities to produce a report setting out the Department’s assessment of the operation of each of the ongoing Welfare Supplementary Payment (WSP) schemes by 31 March 2025.