Publications

Statistics on participation in sport: findings from the 2024/25 Continuous Household Survey.

Section 23 of the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (“the 2021 Act”) placed a duty on the Department for Communities to appoint an independent person to undertake a review of...

The Department for Communities (DfC) presents its Social Fund Account which has been prepared in accordance with a direction issued by the Department of Finance (DoF) in pursuance of section 146(4) of the Social Security...

Statistics on engagement in culture, arts and heritage: findings from the 2024/25 Continuous Household Survey.

The fact sheet provides a quarterly overview of the performance and composition of the Fund for the three months ending 30 September 2025.

We wish to better understand the Neighbourhood Renewal, Areas at Risk and Small Pockets of Deprivation programmes, which were the subject of the previous Communities Minister’s People and Place Review “to improve how the Department...

A summary of personal injury claims recorded by the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) Northern Ireland for the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2024, broken down annually and by the categories as classified by...

Budget allocated to, and spend on, the Discretionary Housing Payment scheme by the Housing Executive for 2024-2025, 2023-2024 and 2022-2023.

Up until the end of August 2025: how many claimants had successfully migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process?

This Statistical factsheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on employment vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC).

Public authorities who have Section 75 equality schemes are obliged to review those schemes periodically. A 5 year review covering the period April 2021 to September 2024 was undertaken to examine how the arrangements have...

This guidance provides advice on flooding to historic building owners. It introduces the types of flooding and the damage that different types can inflict and includes practical information about adapting historic buildings to prepare for...

As an employer, you can help us build a better understanding of the value of JobStart, and the opportunities you can provide as a JobStart Employer.

Article 4(1) of the amended Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (the 2005 Order) provides that the Department may, with the consent of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland (the C&AG), designate a...

The Department for Communities (DfC) commissioned an independent review of the mechanism of the Rates Support Grant (RSG). The review of the RSG was carried out by Business Consultancy Services (BCS) (now known as Innovation...

The Child Funeral Fund is delivered as part of the Social Fund and was introduced in Northern Ireland on 1 June 2022. Annually, in Northern Ireland there are approximately 170 deaths of children from birth...

On 8 July 2024, the department published a child maintenance consultation document: Accelerating Enforcement, that sought views on the proposed introduction of administrative liability orders and the procedure for dealing with the appeals process.

The Local Government Circular 17/2025 provides a set of consolidated guidance on councillor allowances.

The Department for Communities has published its analysis on the Fuel Poverty Strategy Consultation. The public consultation took place between 12 December 2024 and 6 March 2025.

Request for a table ranking the number of Personal Insurance (PI) claims each firm of solicitors registered with CRU in Northern Ireland for the entirety of 2024, and for January to August of 2025.