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t. e. Health and Social Care ( HSC) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Northern Ireland. Although having been created separately to the National Health Service (NHS), [1] it is nonetheless considered a part of the overall national health service in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Executive through its Department of Health is ...
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division (CMED), part of the Northern Ireland Department for Social Development, ensures that parents not living with their children continue to give them financial support. [1] The agency began operating on 1 April 2008, replacing the Northern Ireland Child Support Agency which, according to Secretary of ...
The Canada child benefit (CCB) is a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age. [4] Basic benefit for July 2019 to June 2020 is calculated as: [5] 6,639 CAD per year (553.25 CAD per month) for each eligible child under the age of 6.
The SSA building (in the foreground) lies in the grounds of Stormont Castle (background). The SSA's headquarters are located on the Stormont estate, close to Parliament Buildings. Their service extends to all of Northern Ireland, but also to 3 districts within London through back-office services on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions .
The Child Support Agency ( CSA) was a delivery arm of the Department for Work and Pensions (Child Maintenance Group) in Great Britain and the former Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland. Launched on 5 April 1993, the CSA was to implement the Child Support Act 1991 and arrange payments for parents living with their children. [1]
Under child benefit, parents receive £24 a week for one child and £15.90 for each additional child. Those amounts are due to rise to £25.60 and £16.95 a week in April.
A health and social services ministry was also included in the Northern Ireland Executive briefly established in 1974. The department was responsible for social security policy and its initials DHSS are still used locally to describe benefits and benefit claimants.
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