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This document is the Equality Impact Assessment Final Report on a Northern Ireland Assembly Bill, the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill (“the Bill”) to extend automatic enrolment for workplace pensions.

This Statutory Rule amends the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 to make changes to how the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NI

These Regulations introduce measures to the occupational pensions defined benefit (DB) scheme funding regime that will support trustees and sponsoring employers to plan and manage their DB scheme funding over the long term.  The changes are to support scheme trustees and

The Pneumoconiosis, etc., (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 makes provision for lump sum compensation payments to individuals who have one of five dust-related respiratory diseases and are unable to claim damages from employers (because they have gone

Social security benefits, pensions and lump sum payments in Northern Ireland (NI) are generally maintained in parity with Great Britain (GB).

Social security benefits, pensions and lump sum payments in Northern Ireland (NI) are generally maintained in parity with Great Britain (GB).

HB Memos contain further guidance on the interpretation of legislation to Housing Benefit and should be read in conjunction with the Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide.

The proposed statutory rule allows earnings factors derived from historic earnings to be restated at current values (i.e. values at tax year 2024/25 determined by reference to Average Weekly Earnings for 12 months ending September 2023.

There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working age people can get. This is called the Benefit Cap. The Benefit Cap can be applied through Housing Benefit (HB) and Universal Credit (UC).

The proposed statutory rule specifies the percentage by which the guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) element of an individual’s occupational pension entitlement is increased with effect from 6 April 2024 (a person could accrue a GMP in a contracted-out occupational pension

Section 170 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 allows for the administration costs of the Pensions Regulator and the Pensions Ombudsman, and in part the Money and Pensions Service to be recovered by means of an annual general levy on occupational and personal p

These regulations are mainly technical and do not reflect a change in policy.

The above proposed Statutory Rule is an annual, routine order that makes a technical amendment by setting the value of the Pension Protection Fund levy ceiling.  The value of the levy ceiling for 2024-25 is being set at £1,349,215,811.

Guidance for trustees or managers of relevant occupational pension schemes and their advisers.

These memos contain advice for decision makers on Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, new style Jobseeker’s Allowance and new style Employment and Support Allowance.