The ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics 2023/24 Quarter Two’ report, detailing statistics for July to September 2023, is now available.

The results from the June 2023 Agricultural Census have been released today, Thursday 14 December 2023, by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The statistics provide estimates of crop areas and numbers of livestock on active farm businesses on the survey date of 1 June 2023.

The Department of Health (DoH) has today published “Quarterly Carers’ Statistics for Northern Ireland (July – September 2023)”.

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has announced a recruitment campaign to appoint a Chair and a Non-Executive Member to the Board of Northern Ireland Water.

Provisional planning statistics for the second quarter of 2023/24 are now available. These data provide an overall view of planning activity. Alongside this there is a summary of council performance across two of the statutory targets, for major development applications and local development applications as laid out in the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015, along with other statistics of interest such as application approval rates.