Debt Management Northern Ireland
This service is for Northern Ireland residents only.
If you live in England, Scotland or Wales and need contact details for Debt Management go to: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Debt Management customer service
Debt Management's role is:
- to recover overpaid benefits
- make deductions from benefits (except Universal Credit) for public utility debts
- to recover Social Security loans for social fund, discretionary support,
support for mortgage interest - recover over-payments about Welfare Supplementary Payments
- recover overpaid Universal Credit payments to landlords
- recover benefits as a result of personal injury claims and associated health services charges
More information about over-payments and how Debt Management Northern Ireland recovers them can be found at:
Online form
You can use the online form to contact Debt Management:
Post
You can write to Debt Management Northern Ireland at:
Department for Communities
PO Box 2136
Belfast
BT1 9RW
Textphone
Textphone number: 0800 587 2986 (If you are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, or have speech difficulties)
If you use sign language
You can use British Sign Language (BSL) or Irish Sign Language (ISL) to contact Debt Management:
To use the video relay service:
- check that you can use the BSL video relay service
- check that you can use the ISL video relay service
- contact Debt Management via the video relay service
The interpreter will check whether you require BSL or ISL
Repaying and managing benefit money you owe online
Check if you can use the online service to repay and manage benefit money you owe
For enquiries about the recovery of overpaid benefits, including Direct Earnings attachments:
- phone: 0800 587 1322
For enquiries about deductions from benefits for public utility debts (except Universal Credit):
- phone: 0800 587 2982
For enquiries about Social Fund loans;
- phone: 0800 022 4250
For enquiries about the recovery of Discretionary Support loans:
- phone: 0800 587 2983
For enquiries about the recovery of Support for Mortgage Interest payments:
- phone: 0800 587 2984
For enquiries about over-payments of Welfare Supplementary Payments and over-payments of Universal Credit made to landlords:
- phone: 0800 587 2985
For enquiries about recovery of benefits for health service as a result of a personal injury claim and associated health service charges, see Compensation Recovery Scheme.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4.00 pm