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  • Debt Management

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Benefits

    Department for Communities
    Castle Court
    Level 5
    Royal Avenue
    Belfast
    BT1 1DD

    Telephone: 0800 587 1322

    Overpayments of benefits can be viewed and managed online by registering for Debt Management’s free self-service portal Repay and Manage Benefit Money You Owe.

    Alternatively, Debt Management can be contacted as above.

    Debt Management's role is to recover overpaid benefits; make deductions from benefits (except Universal Credit) for public utility debts; recover Social Security loans for Social Fund, Discretionary Support and Support for Mortgage Interest; recover overpayments in relation to Welfare Supplementary Payments, and recover benefits as a result of personal injury claims, together with any associated health services charges.

    For enquiries about Social Fund loans, phone: 0800 022 4250.

    Difficulty repaying your debt or loan

    If you are suffering financial hardship or having difficulty repaying your benefit overpayment, Social Fund or Discretionary Support loan, contact Debt Management on the relevant phone number as soon as possible to talk about your repayment plan.

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