Publications

The NI Heritage Statistics document was recorded on 31 March 2019 and sets out how Northern Ireland’s historic environment contributes to our prosperity, progress and personality.  It demonstrates, with reference to case studies, that our heritage has a wide, positi

In March 2020, in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Department for Communities, made regulations which increased the standard allowance of UC by an amount equal to £86.67 per assessment period (equivalent to £20 per week

This guidance document is intended to help applicants and agents;

In May 2021, the Department for Communities established a Culture, Arts & Heritage recovery taskforce of 26 members to respond to COVID-19 and consider measures to support the short term reopening and recovery of the sector.

This document sets out guidance on what planning applicants should do if they wish to develop within a scheduled area.

The Department for Communities Voluntary and Community Division (VCD) has established a formal change programme aimed at improving how the Department ‘incentivises, supports and enhances community empowerment through an innovative and sustainable voluntary and community

The purpose of the Rule is to prevent an employee from experiencing disadvantage in relation to Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance as a result of their being ‘furloughed’ under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the CJRS”).

The assessment of need has helped establish the following overall aim for the project.

In total 7,741 appeals regarding decisions made by the Department for Communities were registered between April 2019 and March 2020.

Support for owners to carry out minor works to keep scheduled historic monuments protected.

The Department aims to provide a good level of service to its customers but sometimes things do go wrong. When that happens, we should put matters right as quickly as possible. As part of that process, we should consider redress.

Global wholesale energy costs, particularly gas and oil, have increased at unprecedented rates. This has resulted in significant increases in gas, home heating oil and electricity bills for households in NI.

JobStart is an Employer Incentive Scheme and is designed to create 6 to 9 month job opportunities aimed at those young people aged between 16-24 who are job ready, including those with disabilities, those who are Not in Employment Education or Training (NEET), Looked After Chi

Make the Call Wraparound Service (MtC) reports annually on the financial outcomes as a direct result of people using their service.  However MtC also gives advice on other services and supports even though they are not as easy to quantify.

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).

The Department is required by the Equality Commission to undertake an Audit of Inequalities.

Guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment in Northern Ireland

The Welfare Reform Mitigations Working Group Report was published on 19 January 2016 and the report and its recommendations were endorsed at the Executive meeting on 21 January 2016.  Professor Evason’s report was subsequently presented to the Social Development Com