Debt Management's role is:
- to recover overpaid benefits
- make deductions from benefits for public utility debts
- to recover Social Security loans for:
- social fund
- discretionary support
- support for mortgage interest
- recover overpayments about Welfare Supplementary Payments
- recover benefits as a result of personal injury claims and associated health services charges
You can use the online form to contact Debt Management:
You can write to Debt Management at:
Department for Communities
PO Box 2136
Belfast
BT1 9RW
Textphone number: 0800 587 2986 (for deaf or hard of hearing users and customers with 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
Please note this service is for Northern Ireland residents only.
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:
Phone: 0800 587 2982
For enquiries about the recovery of 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 overpayments of Welfare Supplementary Payments:
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 5.00 pm