Department for Communities

Department for Communities

Department overview
Formed	May 2016
Preceding agencies	Department for Social Development Department for Employment and Learning Department of the Environment Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Causeway Exchange, 1-7 Bedford Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT2 7EG
Employees	7,452 (September 2011)[1]
Annual budget	£505.4 million (current) & £161.6 million (capital) for 2011–12[2]
Minister responsible	Gordon Lyons
Department executive	Colum Boyle[3], Permanent Secretary
Website	www.communities-ni.gov.uk

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The Department for Communities (DfC, Irish: An Roinn Pobal; Ulster Scots: Depairtment fur Commonities^[4]) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Communities. The department was previously created in May 2016 following the Fresh Start Agreement and the dissolution of several departments, such as the Department for Social Development, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Department for Employment and Learning from which several functions have amalgamated.