The Department provides help and financial support if you are unemployed and looking for work. It also provides you with additional income when your earnings are low, if you are bringing up children, are retired, care for someone, are ill or have a disability.
Subtopics
- Benefits and pensions - how to apply
- A to Z of benefits
- Changes in circumstances
- General benefits information
- Benefits Information for Advisors
- Benefits Information for Employers
- Benefits Information for Healthcare Professionals
- Disability and Carer's Service
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Make the Call (MtC)
- Compensation recovery scheme
- Social security policy and guidance
- Social Security Standards Committee minutes
- Administrative Welfare Supplementary Payments
- Information for appellants, appointees, and representatives on changes to the Appeals Service NI medical records procedures
- Universal Credit
- Universal Credit and rented housing: guide for landlords
Related to Benefits
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Access to information
How to request information from the Department for Communities including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. You may also request your own personal information, via a Right of Access Request.