Publications

Local government circular LG 33/15 - Update on Transferred Functions Grant (TFG) for 2016-17

External finance guidance circulars for 2015

Provides details of arrangements for the instruction of interpreters and translators during the 2015/16 Christmas & New Year holiday period.

This circular explains a change to the reconstitution date of some school Boards of Governors.

Local government circular LG 30/15 - Guidance of local government (accounts and audit) regulations (NI) 2015

This scheme applies to all teachers to provide leave to care for their child or support the mother/adopter following the birth or placement for adoption (subject to eligibility), irrespective of pay or weekly working hours.

This scheme applies to all eligible teachers to provide leave to care for their child or support the mother/adopter following the birth or placement for adoption for the first 12 months the child is with the family.

This scheme applies to teachers who adopt a child from within the UK or overseas (subject to eligibility) or dual approved prospective adopters or parental order parents in a surrogacy arrangement irrespective of pay or weekly working hours.

This Teachers' Maternity Leave Scheme has been updated to reflect the rules concerning statutory and occupational maternity leave as a consequence of the relevant legislation and is the result of an agreement reached between the Management and Teachers’ Sides of the

Welcome to the autumn 2015 edition of the AccessNI Newsletter. 

This circular details the financial support available for participants enrolled on the level 2 youth training and level 3 apprenticeship pilots commencing September 2015

This circular outlines the support arrangements for participants enrolled on the level 2 youth training and level 3 apprenticeship pilots commencing in Septemebr 2015, who have a learning difficulty and/or disability.

As part of an overall refresh of the corporate style and content of Northern Ireland Civil Service websites, the Department of Justice and Legal Services Agency websites have now been updated to reflect the new arrangements. 

Local government circular LG 28/15 – Statutory guidance for the operation of community planning

Advice from the Chief Medical Officer to HSC professionals for 2015

There will be significant changes to the AccessNI processes from 2 November 2015 with the commencement of parts of the Justice Act (NI) 2015.

Local government circular LG 27/15 - Qualifying condition for a smaller local government body

AccessNI is taking part in a 6 month pilot project to obtain criminal record information on applicants who originally come from two EU countries.

This circular explains the arrangements for the electronic transfer of pupils’ data from the Schools’ Information Management System (SIMS) to the Child Health System from October 2015.

This circular provides guidance on the Department’s approach to funded blended learning, clarification on the definition of blended learning and coding guidance.