AQW 4681/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities what measures she has taken to ensure welfare mitigation measures are protected in the absence of an Executive post 28 October 2022.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 13 October 2022
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 13 October 2022
- Answer due by
- 5 February 2024
- Answered
- 16 May 2024581 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
On 31 January 2022 the Assembly approved the Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022. This legislation extended the period for which all Welfare Supplementary Payments, excluding the Social Sector Size Criteria, could be paid up to 31 March 2025. Further legislation extended the Social Sector Size Criteria mitigation payments for an indefinite period.
The Welfare Supplementary Payments (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 introduced a statutory requirement on my Department to produce a report setting out an assessment of the operation of each of the ongoing Welfare Supplementary Payment schemes by 31 March 2025.