Publications

The EU is currently reviewing the format of Plant Passports. This letter to growers and horticultural businesses outlines some of the changes proposed, and how to contribute to the Consultation.

This guidance is issued by the Minister of Justice under Article 50 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008.

The Benefit Cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive.

Northern Ireland Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17

DAERA has updated its Information Security Policy to reflect recent developments in cyber security and to align with internationally recognised best practice prescribed by the ISO270001:2022 standard.

Here you can find helpful user guides for all of our Online Services. 

The Department of Finance has undertaken a review of the effects of the provisions of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (the Act). The review is a requirement of section 10(9) of the Act itself:

The Department of Health is recruiting the following:

2 Non-Executive Lay Members;

1 Non-Executive District Councillor Member; and

1 Non-Executive Trade Union Member.

Analysis of NIPS prisoner population

The Department for Infrastructure has made a Statutory Rule entitled The On-Street (Residents Parking Zone – Rugby Road/College Park Avenue (Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R.2017 No. 206) which will come into operation on 30 October 2017.

Notice for public body/competant authority of a proposal to carry out an operation or activity specified by DAERA as likely to damage an ASSI
 

A public consultation period on the draft development plan for St Patrick’s Barracks took place in Ballymena from 28 November 2016 – 4 March 2017 with a follow up exhibition held on 15 June 2017.

External financial guidance issued by DoH to the Health and Social Care bodies (HSC) and Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs)

This is a short guide to the Public Interest Disclosure (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, which protects workers who ‘blow the whistle’ about wrongdoing.

The Department remains committed to the fulfilment of the two
disability duties, as set out in Section 49A of the Disability
Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, across the Department’s functions.
 

• Author: Statistics and Research Branch
• Publication Date: 29 September 2017

• Author: Statistics and Research Branch
• Publication Date: 29 September 2017

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.

Changes to the HSC Pension Scheme mean that the normal retirement age (NRA) in the 2015 section of the Scheme is now equal to the state pension.

The Permanent Secretaries Group comprises of the 8 Departmental Permanent Secretaries and is chaired by the Head of the Civil Service.