Branches

NISRA Branch Structure

Department of Finance and Personnel

• Branch: Census Office for Northern Ireland
  Main Aim: To plan, undertake and report the decennial Census of Population; to disseminate Census data to Government and non-Government users.
  Tel: 028 9034 8160
  Email: census.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Central Survey Unit
  Main Aim: To provide a high quality survey research service to Government Departments, Agencies and the wider Public Sector.
  Tel: 028 9034 8201
  Email: kevin.sweeney@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Corporate Service
  Main Aim: To provide and co-ordinate services within NISRA, including business planning, financial management, personnel, staff training and premises management.
  Tel: 028 9034 8110
  Email: jacquie.hyvart@dfpni.gov.uk
  Tel: 028 9034 8120
  Email: tony.mckibben@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Demography and Methodology Branch
  Main Aims: To support Government and the wider society by improving the official demographic and geographic statistics base for Northern Ireland through the provision of reliable, fit for purpose statiatics and research tools.
  Tel: 028 9034 8155
  Email: david.marshall@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: General Register Office
  Main Aims: To administer and control the civil registration of births, deaths, marriages and adoptions and to provide certificates on request; to administer the marriage and civil partnership law;and  to prepare and publish vital statistics and sell birth, death and marriage certificates to the public.
  Tel: 028 9025 2033
  Tel: 028 9025 2037
  
  Email: stanley.campbell@dfpni.gov.uk
  Email: annette.gilkeson@dfpni.gov.uk

• Branch: Human Resource Consultancy Services
  Main Aims: To help Departments and Agencies develop, implement and evaluate their HR strategies by providing them with a wide range of high quality, cost effective professional services. These include paybill modelling, HR planning, Equal Opportunity monitoring, absenteeism monitoring, staff attitudes surveys, original research using quantitative and qualitative  techniques and the provision of key personnel statistics.
  Tel: 028 9054 7434
  Email: John.Mallon@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Regional Reporting and EU Programmes Branch
  Main Aims: To provide specialist support and advice to DFP European Division, Northern Ireland Departments and the Special EU Programmes Body with regard to the negotiation, monitoring and evaluation of European Structural Funds; to disseminate and publish cross cutting equality, social and economic statistics on the Northern Ireland region; To ensure that the United Kingdom Regional Accounts contain reliable estimates of Gross Value Added (GVA), income and expenditure in Northern Ireland; and to develop a high quality, fit for purpose, survey of people with disabilities.
  Tel: 028 9034 8203
  Email: rreb.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Rating Valuation Division
  Main Aim:

  To provide statistical research, development and support to the Domestic and Non-Domestic Rating Assessment Services provided by Valuation and Lands Agency. To contribute to the improvement and modernization of the Land and Property Service Agency through better specification, analysis and presentation of property data and to assist decision and policy making through the same means.

  Tel: 028 9025 0700
  Email: Erin.Montgomery@dfpni.gov.uk
  

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

• Branch: Farm Surveys Branch (Policy and Economics Division)
  Main Aims: To provide statistical support for the Agricultural Census and associated surveys; to publish the results of the Northern Ireland component of the UK Expenditure and Food Survey; to provide statistics for publication and to inform the Department’s policies; and to provide advice and support to the Department.
  Tel: 028 9052 4850
  Email: malcolm.megaw@dardni.gov.uk
  

Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

• Branch: Research and Statistics Branch
  Main Aims: To provide statistical and research services to the Department and its Agencies by assisting in survey design, analysis and dissemination;advising on and participating in the management and disseminating of externally commissioned research; providing research and statistical support for  DCAL´s Public Service Agreement ; providing a research and statistical evidence base to inform the work of DCAL and representing DCAL as required.
  Tel: 028 9025 8984
  Email: michael.willis@dcalni.gov.uk
  

Department of Education

• Branch: Statistics and Research Branch
  Main Aim: To influence and inform education policy through providing and disseminating high quality and timely statistics, analysis and research in proactive and innovative ways.
  Tel: 028 9127 9677
  Email: patricia.wyers@deni.gov.uk
  

Department for Employment and Learning

• Branch: Research and Evaluation Branch
  Main Aim: To provide research and evaluation services to help the Department make their programmes more effective.
  Tel: 028 9025 7609/028 9025 7510 
  Email: dave.rogers@delni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Tertiary Education Analytical Services Branch
  Main Aim: To collect and disseminate statistics in Higher and Further Education to assist DEL in meeting its business needs.
  Tel: 028 9025 7725
  Email: thomas.coyle@delni.gov.uk
  
  

Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment

• Branch: Statistics Research Branch
  Main Aim: To collate and disseminate accurate, timely and relevant economic and labour market statistics to monitor  the performance of the  NI economy and provision of an effective statistical and research service to assist DETI in achieving its business objectives
  Tel: 028 9052 9573
  Email: James.Gillan@detini.gov.uk

•  Invest Northern Ireland
  
  Branch: Corporate Information Unit
  Main Aim: To provide accurate, timely and relevant statistics and quality research in order to assist Invest NI in achieving its business objectives.
  Tel: 028 9069 8288
  Email: conan.donnelly@investni.com

• Northern Ireland Tourist Board
  Branch: Research and Evaluation 
  Main Aim: To provide accurate research and intelligence for measuring tourism industy performance
  Tel: 0280 9044 1565
  Email: g.mccracken@nitb.com

Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety

• Branch: Drug & Alcohol Information & Research Unit
  Main Aims: Development, commissioning and management of a programme of information and research in support of the drug and alcohol strategies;Management and development of the Northern Ireland Drug Misuse Database ( NI DMD ) , Substitute Prescribing Database , Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme Database and Drug Addicts Index  Database
  Tel: 028 9052 2501
  Email: kieron.moore@dhsspsni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Project Support Analysis Branch
  Main Aims: To provide analytical support to the Department, mainly in the areas of resource acquisition and allocation, workforce planning, inequalities monitoring,equality and public health;and to receive and disseminate statistics on the HPSS workforce.
  Tel: 028 9052 2008
  Email: Martin.Mayock@dhsspsni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Hospital Information Branch
  Main Aim: To collect and disseminate to the HSS, DHSSPS and the public, accurate, timely and relevant information in relation to activity within the HSS in Northern Ireland.
  Tel: 028 9052 2641
  Email: gillian.seeds@dhsspsni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Community Information Branch
  Main Aims: To collect, analyse, and disseminate a wide range of adult and children´s Personal Social Service information and community health information in order to promote effective decision-making and help monitor the delivery of personal social services policy.
  Tel: 028 9052 0726
  Email: Eugene.Mooney@dhsspsni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Family Practitioner Services Directorate
  Main Aim: To provide quality information and research in relation to the provision of Family Practitioner Services within Northern Ireland to the Health and Social Services Boards, the DHSSPS, practitioners and the public.
  Tel:028 9053 2965
  Email: Fitzpatricks@csa.n-i.nhs.uk
  
  

Department for Regional Development/ Department of thr Environment

• Branch: Central Statistics and Research Branch
  Main Aim: To support DOE and DRD in policy development and measurement of business performance by providing a high quality statistical and research service.
  Tel: 028 9054 0878
  Email: stephanie.harcourt@drdni.gov.uk
  
  

Department for Social Development

• Branch: Urban Regeneration Policy Unit
  Main Aim: To provide baseline statistics and provide monitoring and evaluation support to assist with the implementation of the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy and EU Peace Programmes;

  To provide a statistical and research service to inform the Town and City Centre Reinvigoration Strategy; and to provide statistical and research advice to Regeneration Offices and the Voluntary and Community Unit.
  Tel: 028 9082 9363
  Email:patricia.mcdowell@dsdni.gov.uk
  
  

• Branch: Statistics and Research Branch
  Main Aim: The provision of professional statistical and research servives to DSD and its agencies.
  Tel: 028 9081 9935
  Email: Chris.Morris@dsdni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Social Welfare Statistics and Consultancy Branch
  Main Aim: To provide a professional statistics and research service to the Social Security Agency  in order to allow them to secure resources and to deliver an effective service to their customers.
  Tel: 028 9081 9952
  Email: michelle.crawford@dsdni.gov.uk
  
• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPS)
  
  Branch: Management Information Branch
  Main Aim: To assist senior management and the wider Service through the provision of statistical, analytical and research support and advice.
  Tel: 028 9089 7112
  Email: richard.scullion@ppsni.gsi.gov.uk

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

• Branch: Equality Directorate Research Branch
  Main Aim: To provide professional research, evaluation and statistical expertise to the Equality Directorate of OFMDFM on equality, poverty and social need and good relations.
  Tel: 028 9052 3284
  Email: Stephen.Donnelly@ofmdfmni.gov.uk
  
  
• Branch: Review of Public Administrations Team
  Main Aim: To provide a research and statistical evidence base that will inform the implementation of the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland.
  Tel: 028 9027 7603
  Email: laura.hague@rpani.gov.uk
  

Northern Ireland Office

• Branch: Statistics and Research Branch
  Main Aim: To provide a robust research and statistical evidence base to inform the development, implementation and review of policy in support of the aims and objectives of the NIO;  and in support of the NIO´s Public Service Agreement; and to provide objective information on the operation of the Northern Ireland Criminal Justice System to Parliament, policy makers, practitioners and the general public.
  Tel: 028 9052 7538
  Email: richard.erskine@nio.x.gsi.gov.uk
  

Police Service of Northern Ireland

• Branch: Central Statistics Unit
  Main Aim: To provide the Chief Constable, the Police Service of NI, the Government and the wider community with statistical information, analysis and advice regarding crime, security and injury road traffic collision statistics.
  Tel: 028 9065 0222 ext 24135
  Email: statistics@psni.police.uk
  
  
  Northern Ireland Policing Board
  
  
• Branch: Statistics and Research Branch
  Main Aim: To provide the Northern Ireland Policing Board with statistics and research services to assist it to carry out a number of its statutory duties.
  Tel: 028 9040 8559
  Email: ian.gallagher@nipolicingboard.org.uk
  

Northern Ireland Court Service

• Branch: Business Support Group
  Main Aim: To provide statistical information, analysis, interpretation and advice to assist management
  Tel: 028 9072 8903
  Email: janisscallon@courtsni.gov.uk
  
  

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

• Branch: Information and Research Branch
  Main Aim: To provide the Probation Board for Northern Ireland with statistics and research services to inform and improve its own practice.
  Tel: 028 9026 2407
  Email: Louise.Cooper@pbni.org.uk

Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

• Branch: Policy and Practice Directorate 
  Main Aim: To provide corporate statistical and research support to the office, including resaerching/investigating, analysing and reporting on key policy and practice issues.
  Tel: 028 9082 8670
  Email: siobhan.morgan@policeombudsman.org