Publications

Details of occasions where the Department has obtained communications data from telecoms providers since 2018

Hotel stays by Departmental staff between February 2022 and July 2023

Properties purchased by the Department in the past twenty years which are unused

Communications about the bonfire in the Galliagh area on Departmental land

Steps the Department took to verify the legitimacy of NIPSA Industrial Action

Details of land owned by the Department which is unused, vacant or derelict

If you wish to receive a copy of the response to any of the requests listed in the table below please send a request to the Freedom of Information mailbox citing the relevant reference number(s).

Move to UC forms part of the wider Department of Work & Pensions (DWP) approach of moving Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit customers safely and supportively on to UC by the end of 2024.

The Department’s Equality Scheme includes a commitment to the development of an Equality Action Plan (EAP) which relates to the Department’s specific functions and aims to promote equality of opportunity and good relations by taking actions to address inequalities.

The number of calls made to emergency services (999) by JBO staff since the start of 2022

Provision of gender neutral toilets in Departmental premises

Branded merchandise purchased by the Department in the previous three years

Details of reports and policies which have not progressed due to the absence of a Minister

Details of the Ministerial car and its usage since November 2022

Criteria used to determine cuts to Departmental budgets

Applications for discretionary support over the past three years by gender

The Department’s compliance with FOI statutory deadlines

Information about changes to the CMS fraud investigation processes

Conditions which allow payment of the Universal Credit Housing Element directly to the customer

The number of individual in receipt of an ongoing award for PIP