Publications

This circular provides updated guidance to schools, including pre-schools, to reflect legislative changes in respect of parental responsibility and provides advice on the action required in respect of a person or persons who acquire parental responsibility for a pupil.

Circular 'LSA 03-23 - High Cost Cases - Estimated Costs of any case in excess of £100,000' refers to LSA Circular 08-22 which invited practitioners to provide estimated costs for ongoing cases that are likely to be High Cost Cases and seeks reports on a

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG).

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC).

Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the Local Government Staff Commission.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of arc21.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts for Northern Ireland District Councils.

The Local Government Circular 03/2023 provides a set of consolidated guidance on councillor allowances.

Terms and conditions for the payment of civil contingencies grant 2022/23 (Q3 2022/23). Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in relation to emergencies.

A search certificate relating to a Article 22 Possession of Land (22PL) case

Circular 'LSA 02-23 - Practitioner Error and Fraud File Reviews' will be of interest to all practitioners who provide civil and criminal legal services as the Legal Services Agency begin to sample cases for the live scheme, commencing January 2023.

Circular 'LSA 01-23 - Implementation of new financial eligibility functionality in the legal aid management system' advises practitioners of the introduction of new functionality to LAMS.

This Circular provides guidance to school principals on the impact on supply teachers’ pay of the additional bank holiday to mark His Majesty the King’s Coronation on Monday 8 May 2023.

The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties.

Northern Ireland's Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Medical Officer have written to frontline health care staff in relation to current and expected service pressures. The letter pays tribute to their professionalism and dedication in support of patients.

Important letters from the Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland

Delivering the Entitlement Framework Guidance to Schools 2022/23

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of Capitalisation for Northern Ireland District Councils.

This circular, issued by the Department of Education, sets out the process and criteria which are applied to approve qualifications for use in schools in NI.  It also provides details on how the NIEFQAN file should be used.

The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties.