Publications

In June 2020, the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to proceed with the New Decade New Approach (NDNA) commitment to review Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) in Northern Ireland.

This quarterly publication provides an overview on the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland. This publication contains information up to the quarter ending June 2024

The Department for Communities is the sponsor Department for the Northern Ireland Museums Council. The Partnership Agreement explains the overall governance framework within which the Northern Ireland Museums Council operates, including the framework through which...

There is an undeniable need to improve our existing building stock to reduce carbon emissions and make them sustainable into the future. Our traditional and historic (solid wall) buildings play a part in this. This...

This test and learn pilot scheme proposal can be linked to the DFC “Building Inclusive Communities 2020-2025” strategy, the DFC Operational Strategy 2020-2025 and Northern Ireland Executive’s Programme for Government (PfG) (2016-2021) indicators and outcomes.The...

The new CF73 (Notification of Hospital Admission for patients on Benefit or State Pension) should be fully completed by an admission clerk upon any DfC customers admission.

Statistics on gambling licencing and industry data.

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...

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...

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

A lack of a PVL, or too high a limit, runs the risk of qualifying some people on affordability grounds who could access an otherwise appropriate and less expensive property without intervention. Equally, a PVL...

This project details the findings of a research study examining common benefit combinations for Northern Ireland. It was undertaken as part of the Department’s Economic and Social Research Programme 2022/24 and examines the benefit combinations...

This Department for Communities’ Business Plan 2024-25 has recently been approved by the Departmental Management Board. The Business Plan covers the 12 month period from April 2024 to March 2025 and sets out the steps...

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 of Finance and Personnel (now DoF) approved ‘Guidance Notes for Applications for Schemes of Emergency Financial Assistance to District Councils’ in August 2004. This guidance sets out the terms and conditions for the...

The fact sheet provides a quarterly overview of the performance and composition of the Fund for the three months ending 30 June 2024.

The Department for Communities is the sponsor Department for Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP). The Partnership Agreement explains the overall governance framework within which AOP operates, including the framework through which the necessary assurances are...

The Department requests information from councils at the end of each Quarter on the processing of invoices as detailed in the circular LG 19/2016 Prompt Payment Guidance. LGHR publish comparative analysis on council performance to...

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).