The Department for Communities is currently developing a new provision, called In-Work Support or IWS, to support disabled people in Northern Ireland to retain and progress in employment. This single provision will replace two current programmes, Access to Work (NI) and Workable NI. ...More
The Department for Communities is consulting on a Scheme of Delegation for the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
The High Court Judgment of May 2019 in McKee & Hughes (and others) v The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, subsequently confirmed by the Court of Appeal in...More
A Covid Counterfactual: What if Government had not provided support?
Gareth Hetherington MBE, Director of UUEPC; and Dr. Eoin Magennis, Senior Economist at UUEPC
At the session UUEPC Director Gareth Hetherington MBE and Senior Economist Dr Eoin...More
Web Accessibility: Everyone's important!
The session will be lead by Michael Loughridge
To register your interest in attending please complete this short registration form. Following registration we will issue an email containing the WebEx link to the session. In the event that the...More
The Information and Communications Unit in the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (the Office) produces five Official Statistics publications annually, together with quarterly Official Statistics bulletins.
We would like to better understand how the statistics...More
You are invited to take part in a joint consultation on the above.
4 th PPS Equality Scheme
Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 requires public authorities to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity and regard to the desirability...More
The Executive Office publish the Northern Ireland Good Relations Indicators report. We are interested in understanding more about the quality of the publication and how it is used. This is important, as it will help us to provide a high quality service which meets users' needs,
Your views...More
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 . ...More
The Department for Communities is the lead government department for supporting the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE).
We are also the lead funder of strategic capacity building in the Sector in Northern Ireland. We fund a range of organisations to provide...More
This is a public consultation to seek your views on a new Protocol between the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS) and the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) regarding the exercise of criminal jurisdiction in Northern Ireland.
The primary purpose of...More
Dear owner, we would like to know a little more about the issues that you are facing as you manage, maintain and develop the listed building at this address. This will help us to understand the overall issues that listed building owners face and help us develop and refine the support we offer....More
This consultation will enable staff or members of the public to input their name and address details to have an application form for a Budgeting Loan or Sure Start Maternity Grant application form posted out. The form should be returned to us using the prepaid envelope provided.
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The Department of Justice is consulting on forms of evidence of domestic abuse that should trigger an automatic prohibition of cross-examination in person in family courts.
The Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 makes provision, still to be commenced, to protect...More
The Departments of Health and Justice are seeking views on a new draft Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy to cover the period from 2023 until 2030. This will replace the current Stopping Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse Strategy which is now in its final year. ...More
The Department for the Economy (DfE) published the new Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland [1] in December 2021. The vision of the Strategy sets out how we will achieve net zero carbon and affordable energy, in line with UK Government commitments, by 2050. ...More
Welcome to the Court Funds Office client survey and thank you for taking the time to share your views on the service we provide. The Court Funds Office greatly values feedback from our clients as it helps us in understanding how we might do things better in the future. We are particularly...More
We hope you enjoyed your visit to Northern Ireland and found the trip beneficial. It would be appreciated if you could take a few minutes to provide some feedback.
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The Executive Office International Relations team are based within the Northern Ireland Civil Service and work to develop mutually beneficial relationships with countries, regions and organisations.
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The Executive Office have published "A Respect Index for Northern Ireland (as measured by the Everyday Discrimination Scale): 2016 - 2021" report. We are interested in understanding more about the quality of the publication and how it is used. This is important, as it will help us to...More
The Executive Office have published the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Experiences and Attitudes of 16-year-olds in Northern Ireland report. We are interested in understanding more about the quality of the publication and how it is used. This is important, as it will help us to...More
The biannual Northern Ireland Homelessness Bulletin has been developed by the Professional Services Unit (PSU) working within the Department for Communities (DfC), Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) and forms part of a new...More
Professional Services Unit (PSU) produces annual and quarterly NI Housing Statistics Publications. These are National Statistics publications and as such must adhere to the Code of Practice for Official Statistics as enforced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The principles and protocols of...More