Publications

The Northern Ireland Homelessness bulletin is a biannual publication which contains information on a range of areas relating to homelessness.

This report is the Executive’s Child Poverty Annual Report 2019-20 – a report to the Assembly as required by Article 12(7) of the Life Chances Act 2010.

This publication brings together key statistics on the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

The households below average income report for Northern Ireland 2018-19 was released on 3 September 2020.

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

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 annum.

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 September 2017.

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a new benefit replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged between 16 to 64 years. PIP and DLA cannot be claimed at the same time. PSU have compiled statistics on the following within PIP:

Headline statistics on engagement in culture, arts and sport by young people from Northern Ireland: findings from the 2019 Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitudes Survey.

This statistical bulletin has been produced by the Department for Communities.

This Statistical Fact Sheet, 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).