Publications

This page contains the Stream 1 supporting documentation and online links for The Northern Ireland Football Fund (TNIFF) Grassroots Facilities Programme.

The Northern Ireland Football Fund (TNIFF) – Grassroots Facilities Programme (Pilot) will address both the deficit in grassroots football facilities and the need to refurbish existing facilities and pitches used by teams not competing in...

Please provide a breakdown of conferences, visits and trips to locations outside the UK and Ireland involving the minister during the last 12 months - the 2025 calendar year.

Details in relation to welfare or benefit fraud in Northern Ireland for each year from 2015 to 2025 inclusive.

The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin is a quarterly bulletin containing information on Social Housing Development Programme (SHDP) housing starts and completions, social housing demand, homelessness, and new house sales and prices from the National House...

The two-child limit in UC was introduced as a welfare reform measure for Northern Ireland by the Westminster Government in 2017.

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 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 September...

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

Social security benefits, pensions and lump sum payments in Northern Ireland (NI) are generally maintained in parity with Great Britain (GB).

Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is used to calculate Housing Benefit and Universal Credit housing element awards, based on the size of a household and location of a property.

Local Government Circular LG 08/2026 – District Council (Northern Ireland) Rate Statistics 2026/2027

Local Government Circular LG 09/26 - Terms and conditions for the payment of civil contingencies grant 2025/26 (Q4 2025/26). Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in...

The rates of social security benefits in Northern Ireland (NI) are generally maintained in parity with Great Britain (GB). The Regulations set the rates for a number of specific benefits as required by the Universal...

District rates as struck by each district council for the forthcoming 2026/2027 financial year.

The Department has published its response to the consultation on Section 167 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. The consultation ran from 17 September to 1 October 2025, during which stakeholders were invited to...

Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of year end accounts of the Local Government Staff Commission for 2025/26.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of the year end accounts of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC) for 2025/26.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of the year end accounts of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG) for 2025/26.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of the year end accounts for Northern Ireland District/Borough Councils for 2025/26.