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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.

Published 04 March 2022Legislation and regulations

Benefit Cap Statistics - November 2021

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.

Published 23 February 2022Statistical reports

This Regulatory Impact Assessment considers the impact of imposing requirements on trustees of certain occupational pension schemes to ensure that there is effective governance of those schemes with respect to the effects of climate change, along with related reporting and pub

Published 23 February 2022Impact assessments

The Village Catalyst grant scheme is a partnership initiative between the Department for Communities (DfC), the Department for Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE).

Published 17 February 2022Guidance literature

King’s Stables and Navan Fort Risk Assessments and Surveys

Published 31 January 2022FOI/EIR responses

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

Published 25 January 2022Legislation and regulations

PIP telephone assessment information from Capita Jan-Aug 2021

Published 18 January 2022FOI/EIR responses

The Department has been running a Social Supermarket (SSM) Pilot Programme since October 2017.

Published 18 January 2022Legislation and regulations

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.

Published 13 January 2022Legislation and regulations

The aim of the Covid Recovery Programme for Organisations is to reduce or remove operating deficits, which have arisen in the 2021/22 financial year because of the pandemic. Operating deficits, which are unrelated to COVID, will not be eligible.

Published 17 December 2021Guidance literature

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 contained powers to amend how Housing Benefit is calculated based on a claimants need rather than the size of property they occupy.  Accordingly the Housing Benefit (Amendment No.

Published 14 December 2021Legislation and regulations

This report details the findings of a scoping review of the literature on poverty in Northern Ireland, undertaken as part of the Department’s Economic and Social Research Programme 2021/22.

Published 07 December 2021Research and analysis

Family Resources Survey report 2019 - 2020

The Family Resources Survey for Northern Ireland 2019-20 was released on 25 November 2021.

Published 25 November 2021Statistical reports

Benefit Cap Statistics - August 2021

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.

Published 24 November 2021Statistical reports

PIP Assessment Appointment Waiting Times

Published 19 November 2021FOI/EIR responses

Guidance for trustees of relevant occupational defined contribution pension schemes. This guidance is effective from 1 October 2021.

Published 04 November 2021Impact assessments

“Our Lockdown World” survey was conducted from 31 March 2021 to 2 June 2021 as a follow-up to MAG’s ‘Our Changing World’ survey, which ran from 13 May 2020 to 1 June 2020.

Published 26 October 2021Statistical reports

Annual Reports for the 15 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in Belfast documenting the progress made against Neighbourhood Renewal objectives in 2019/20.

Published 25 October 2021Independent reports

Annual Reports for the 6 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in the North West documenting the progress made against Neighbourhood Renewal objectives in 2019/20.

Published 25 October 2021Independent reports

Annual Reports for the 13 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in areas outside Belfast and the North West documenting the progress made against Neighbourhood Renewal objectives in 2019/20.

Published 25 October 2021Independent reports

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