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  • A consultation on the proposed expansion of Out of Court Disposals including Penalty Notices in the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

    The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on proposals to divert more cases involving low-level offending behaviour away from the criminal courts. The proposals outlined seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system by expanding the use of out of court disposals. Specifically, the consultation invites views on expanding police powers to enable a greater range of offences regarded as low-level offending to be diverted away... More
    Opened 7 July 2025

  • PERMA Evaluation Questions

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    Opened 4 July 2025

  • Employment and Support Allowance Claim Form July 25

    How to claim You can submit a claim to New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) online by following the link below. Entitlement to New Style ESA is dependent on your National Insurance record. For more information on the entitlement conditions, please visit NI Direct . You can ask a friend or relative or an organisation that you know and trust to help you. Alternatively you can contact ESA for help on 0800 085 6318. If you have speech or... More
    Opened 1 July 2025

  • The Appeals Service (NI) - Customer Satisfaction Survey

    The Appeals Service (NI) welcomes feedback from appellants, representatives and other related parties on the level of Customer Service experienced during interactions with our team, where the information gathered is collated to evaluate, develop and improve upon our customer communication and engagement strategies. The information provided in this optional survey will be dealt with in confidence and will only be used by The Appeals Service (NI) in evaluating customer experience... More
    Opened 30 June 2025

  • Official Statistics Consultation

    Analytics Division within the Department for Communities (DfC) is reaching out to users to better understand how the culture, arts, heritage and sport statistics are being used. We are interested in whether the range and type of outputs meet user needs, if any improvements could be made to the reports and views on the proposed changes to the publication schedule. We are interested in your views if you use one or more of the following statistical publications relating to culture,... More
    Opened 27 June 2025

  • SSPLD Training Survey

    Social Security Policy, Legislation and Decision Making Services are undertaking this training survey to help understand your training experience since you joined the directorate. We aim to secure information about what was good about your training experience, what wasn’t so good, and how we can improve the future training experience. The survey is anonymous and the findings of the survey will help inform future training planning. We thank you in anticipation of your valued... More
    Opened 27 June 2025

  • DMS Training Survey

    Social Security Policy, Legislation and Decision Making Services are undertaking this training survey to help understand your training experience since you joined the directorate. We aim to secure information about what was good about your training experience, what wasn’t so good, and how we can improve the future training experience. The survey is anonymous and the findings of the survey will help inform future training planning. We thank you in... More
    Opened 27 June 2025

  • PBNI Content Manager Training Feedback Survey 2025

    During 2024/2025, you received Content Manager training, we would like to hear your thoughts on the content and delivery of the training provided in order to identify any areas of improvement that can be made to the delivery of Content Manager training. More
    Opened 25 June 2025

  • Team Building Workshop Evaluation Survey

    Thank you for attending the recent team building workshop with your Work Psychologist. Your feedback is important as it helps improve and make future workshops even better. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and share your thoughts. It is voluntary and no personal data will be collected. All responses will be anonymous. More
    Opened 23 June 2025

  • Shaping Sustainable Places - Public Consultation

    Welcome to the Public Consultation for the Shaping Sustainable Places Programme. Shaping Sustainable Places has been developed by the Department for Communities working in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, and the Department for Infrastructure. Shaping Sustainable Places proposes a long-term programme of regeneration interventions to reshape our village, town and city centres. We are carrying out a public consultation on... More
    Opened 23 June 2025

  • Woodlands JJC Parent / Guardian Survey 2025-2026

    In our effort for continuous improvement, Woodlands JJC are keen to establish what the significant others in our Young People's lives feel about our facility and the care we provide. More
    Opened 19 June 2025

  • Proposal to increase the existing maximum sentences for the offence of causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm

    The Department of Justice is inviting views on proposed legislative changes to increase the existing maximum statutory custodial sentences for the offence of "causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm". The consultation seeks views on whether the current maximum sentences of 14 years (in the case of causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die) and 10 years (in the case of causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to... More
    Opened 19 June 2025

  • Survey of Designated Organisations representatives who attended PCSP Joint Committee workshop in November 2024

    Thank you for attending the Joint Committee Designated Organisations workshop at Newforge on 14 November 2024. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide honest feedback so that we can use this to assess the usefulness of the workshop and whether a further workshop is required. This survey would also like to ascertain if the workshop has changed anything in your partnership working with PCSPs since. More
    Opened 17 June 2025

  • NICS Well Champions Interest Form

    Interested in becoming a NICS Well Champion? The current role of the NICS WELL Champion is to: Act as a point of contact in your building for the NICS WELL Team Assist the NICS WELL Team in the organisation of health and wellbeing events/activities for your colleagues in their workplace Provide valuable feedback to the NICS WELL Team on what’s happening in your workplace More
    Opened 17 June 2025

  • Draft Anti-Poverty Strategy Public Consultation

    The Anti-Poverty Strategy sets out the Executive’s commitment to a joined up, long term approach to addressing poverty. It seeks to remove barriers and support equality of opportunity for those experiencing or at risk of poverty. It sets a clear framework within which actions to tackle poverty will be taken forward in a practical and sustainable manner. Our vision for this work is as follows: Working together, poverty and its impacts will be effectively and sustainably eradicated across... More
    Opened 17 June 2025

  • PBNI Practice Standards Survey 2025

    The purpose of this survey is to gather staff views on the extent to which current PBNI Practice Standards are safe, clear, fit for purpose and supportive of high-quality service delivery with our service users. More
    Opened 16 June 2025

  • NICS Well Programme Evaluation

    It would be massively appreciated to get your feedback to help us develop and shape the WELL Programme going forward to maximise its effectiveness for staff, so we would really appreciate your thoughts in our survey below. More
    Opened 12 June 2025

  • Communities in Transition - Entry Survey 25/26

    The Communities in Transition Project is working towards building community resilience to paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime. In order to measure the effectiveness of the CIT projects delivered we will measure the success of projects using entry and exit surveys of those involved in the projects. For the purpose of this data gathering exercise, we are using a standardised questionnaire across all areas and all issues. CIT will measure an increase in community... More
    Opened 6 June 2025

  • Communities in Transition - Exit Survey 25/26

    The Communities in Transition Project is working towards building community resilience to paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime. In order to measure the effectiveness of the CIT projects delivered we will measure the success of projects using entry and exit surveys of those involved in the projects. For the purpose of this data gathering exercise, we are using a standardised questionnaire across all areas and all issues. CIT will measure an increase in community... More
    Opened 6 June 2025

  • Communities in Transition - Youth Exit Survey 25/26

    The Communities in Transition Project is working towards building community resilience to paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime. In order to measure the effectiveness of the CIT projects delivered we will measure the success of projects using entry and exit surveys of those involved in the projects. For the purpose of this data gathering exercise, we are using a standardised questionnaire across all areas and all issues. CIT will measure an increase in community... More
    Opened 6 June 2025

  • Communities in Transition - Youth Entry Survey 25/26

    The Communities in Transition Project is working towards building community resilience to paramilitarism, criminality and organised crime. In order to measure the effectiveness of the CIT projects delivered we will measure the success of projects using entry and exit surveys of those involved in the projects. For the purpose of this data gathering exercise, we are using a standardised questionnaire across all areas and all issues. CIT will measure an increase in community... More
    Opened 6 June 2025

  • Free Period Products scheme feedback survey

    Period products are essential items for personal care, which address a normal biological need. Period inequality (meaning the lack of access to these essential items) can negatively impact dignity and contribute to poor mental health and wellbeing. In recognition of this, the Northern Ireland Assembly passed the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) in May 2022, which aims to ensure that period products are available free of charge to anyone who needs... More
    Opened 28 May 2025

  • PBNI Consultee List 2025

    PBNI would like to update their consultee list for their equality scheme. We invite you to complete the following short survey. We appreciate your feedback. More
    Opened 27 May 2025

  • Broadcasting of Courts

    The consultation is seeking views on proposals to permit the recording and broadcasting of some court proceedings, including judgments and legal exchanges in the Court of Appeal and sentencing remarks in Crown Court cases. The priorities of the Department of Justice (“the Department”), as outlined in its Corporate Plan for 2022-25, include the strategic theme of delivering an effective justice system. One objective under that theme is to make our justice system faster and... More
    Opened 20 May 2025

  • Victims and Witnesses Strategy 2025 - 2030 Consultation

    Purpose of this consultation The Minister of Justice is committed to improving the experience of victims and witnesses of crime in the criminal justice system. In addition to the trauma that the crime itself can cause, it is recognised that the process of engaging with the criminal justice system can also be daunting, challenging and at times disorienting for victims and witnesses. The Department of Justice has already put in place a range of measures to support victims and... More
    Opened 19 May 2025

  • Sentence Reduction for Guilty Pleas

    The purpose of this consultation is to invite your views on the way in which the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland deals with reductions in sentence length when a plea of guilty is entered. The law requires a court, when determining a person’s sentence, to take into account any plea of guilty, the reasons or circumstances behind it, and the timing of that plea. Reductions of up to around a third can be applied to what the sentence would otherwise have been, depending on... More
    Opened 16 May 2025

  • Strengthening Inspection Legislation for Schools and Other Education and Training Establishments

    Inspection is a critical part of school improvement, of supporting and maintaining the professionalism of our teaching workforce and of providing assurances to the public that our schools and other education and training establishments are providing quality education. It is vital to all learners. The prolonged absence of inspection during the past decade due to its inclusion within Action Short of Strike means many schools have not been identified for the... More
    Opened 15 May 2025

  • EQIA on DfC Budget for 2025-26

    In order to comply with its obligations under section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment on its allocation as outlined in the NI Budget 2025-26. The Budget 2025-26 was announced by the Finance Minister on 3 April 2025. To find out more about how we handle your personal information, DfC’s Privacy Notice can be viewed online at DfC Privacy Notice . In order to facilitate the survey, Citizen Space, which is... More
    Opened 15 May 2025

  • A consultation on the contents of the list of Qualifying Offences as specified under Article 53A of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

    The Department of Justice (DoJ) is seeking your views on the proposed updates to the list of qualifying offences contained in Article 53A of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (PACE NI). The Qualifying Offences list is a key component of the legislative framework governing the retention of DNA and fingerprints in Northern Ireland, contained within the Justice Bill, that is currently being scrutinised by the Northern Ireland Assembly. We would encourage... More
    Opened 1 May 2025

  • Consultation on Court Fees 2026-2029

    The Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to court fees, including annual increases. Court fees are an important part of the overall funding model for the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS). NICTS aims to achieve full cost recovery in respect of civil and family court services from the fees charged, however the cost recovery rate is currently less than 80%. NICTS must work to ensure that it continues to maintain... More
    Opened 30 April 2025
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