Publications

This report contains a detailed balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure for the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities 2023.

These financial statements relate to the Charitable Donations & Bequests Accounts detailing receipts and payments for the financial year 2023.

The Department for Communities (DfC) presents its Social Fund Account which has been prepared in accordance with a direction issued by the Department of Finance (DoF) in pursuance of section 146(4) of the Social Security Administration (NI) Act 1992.

This document presents the findings of the first five stages of the process and the (stage 6) decisions taken by the Department for Communities with regards to Changes to the Discretionary Support Scheme. 

As required by legislation, the Department has completed a comprehensive review of the Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 to ensure it is delivering as intended. 

In accordance with section 146(5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Department is required to prepare an annual report on the operation of the Social Fund and to lay the report before the Assembly.

Discretionary Support is administered by the Department for Communities (the Department). The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 makes provision for the Department to make payments by way of grant or loan to prescribed persons.

This report gives detailed information on progress of the standard of decision making within the Child Maintenance Service.

This report is the Executive’s Child Poverty Annual Report 2021/22 – a report to the Assembly as required by Article 12(7) of the Life Chances Act 2010.

This report focuses on two main areas which are the level of decision-making accuracy in social security benefits and the level of financial accuracy.

The Department's Equality Scheme commits the Department to submitting a formal review of progress, on an annual basis, to the Equality Commission, setting out the action taken to fulfill Section 75 commitments. This is the report carried out for the year 2022-2023

The introduction of this fund for Northern Ireland on 1 June 2022 was a commitment set out in the New Decade, New Approach deal, published in January 2020.

Department for Communities Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023.

This report contains a detailed balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure for the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities 2022.

These financial statements relate to the Charitable Donations & Bequests Accounts detailing receipts and payments for the financial year 2022.

Summary evaluation report based on individual evaluations submitted by Councils regarding Community Festivals Fund outcomes for 2021-2022

These financial statements relate to the Charitable Donations & Bequests Accounts detailing receipts and payments for the financial year 2021.

This report gives detailed information on progress of the standard of decision making within the Child Maintenance Service.

This report contains a detailed balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure for the Northern Ireland Central Investment Fund for Charities 2021.