Publications

This aims to confirm a rent level which is calculated to ensure the Housing Executive can adequately fund its 2024/25 budget and to maintain, to the greatest extent possible, the current value of rents amidst...

The Northern Ireland Homelessness bulletin is a biannual publication which contains information on a range of areas relating to homelessness. The report is currently divided into three sections which are: Homeless Presenters; Homeless Acceptances; and...

The proposed statutory rule specifies the percentage by which the guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) element of an individual’s occupational pension entitlement is increased with effect from 6 April 2024 (a person could accrue a GMP...

Section 170 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 allows for the administration costs of the Pensions Regulator and the Pensions Ombudsman, and in part the Money and Pensions Service to be recovered by...

The Department for Communities is the sponsor Department for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Arts Council NI). The Partnership Agreement explains the overall governance framework within which Arts Council NI operates, including the framework...

These regulations are mainly technical and do not reflect a change in policy.

The provision of support services or signposting to services is a key feature of Intermediate Rent. Intermediate Rent landlords are not required to offer support and advice on specialist matters but should signpost tenants to...

Statistics in relation to wellbeing and engagement in culture, arts, heritage and sport: findings from the 2022/23 Continuous Household Survey.

Local Government Circular LG 07/2024 – District Council (Northern Ireland) Rate Statistics 2024/2025

Universal Credit is a new payment to help support households that are out of work or are on a low income. Universal Credit was introduced in Northern Ireland on a phased geographical basis from 27...

The Benefit Cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive. From 31 May 2016, the amount a household could receive in benefit income was limited to £26,000 per...

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) was introduced in Northern Ireland in June 2016, and replaced Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged between 16 and 64 years old. PIP and DLA cannot be claimed at the...

The Benefits Statistics Summary is released quarterly in the last week of February, May, August and November.

The above proposed Statutory Rule is an annual, routine order that makes a technical amendment by setting the value of the Pension Protection Fund levy ceiling. The value of the levy ceiling for 2024-25 is...

To promote others to use the Living High Streets craft kit, MAG has published a pamphlet that sets out the benefits of using the Living High Streets craft kit.

Guidance for trustees or managers of relevant occupational pension schemes and their advisers.

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

The Department for Communities (the Department) invites proposals for the development of lands at 294-296 Crumlin Road, Belfast. Proposals should be submitted no later than 12 noon on 25 April 2024

The Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector in Northern Ireland requires capital investment in assets to deliver against the Executive’s Programme for Government (PfG).Asset funding typically comes from a cocktail of funders drawn from...

To assist others to use the craft kit MAG have published a starter pack that accompanies the craft kit. It has been prepared for placemaking facilitators and is also useful for Local Action Group members...