Welcome 

Welcome to MAT's Information Hub. The hub provides access to a range of information for people with an interest in money advice, credit, debt and debt remedies and recovery. Read more ...

News 

Thousands helped by debt advice services.

05 January 2009

Government funded face to face debt advice services have helped over 100,000 people in 2008, and the national telephone debt advice line has seen a significant increase in demand for advice.

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Themes 

Advice

This section of the site includes information on the provision of money and debt advice. In this section you will find a number of information resources that relate to the provision of money and debt advice and information on those providing advice, those people accessing advice, the cost of delivering advice and the outcomes and impact of advice.

This theme contains:   Need & demand for money advice | Outcomes & impact of money advice | Profiles of money advice clients | Profiles of the money advice workforce | Supply of money advice | The cost of money advice

Credit

This section of the site provides information on the availability of credit in the UK. It includes information on the current levels of credit available and being used in relation to a number of potential types of credit including credit cards, charge cards, loans, mortgages etc and to the suppliers of credit including banks, building societies and other lenders.

This theme contains:   Levels of credit | Overview of credit | Sources of credit

Debt

This section of the site provides a wide-range of information dealing with a range of issues about debt. This section includes information resources on issues such as the causes of debt, the impact of debt, different types of debt and information about people in debt.

This theme contains:   Causes of debt | Credit debt | Demographic profiles of people in debt | Housing debt | Impact of debt | Overview of debt | Socio-economic profiles of people in debt | Statutory debt | Tax debt | Utilities & telephony debt

Debt remedies and recovery

This section of the site deals specifically with debt remedies and debt recovery. It provides a range of information resources that deal with the ways both creditors and debtors can resolve outstanding debt issues and includes information on actions that can be taken to resolve debt issues including bankruptcy, individual voluntary arrangements and sanctions to recover debt including imprisonment and removal of goods.

This theme contains:   Debt recovery | Debt Remedies

Administrations What is this?

• England (117 items)
• Northern Ireland (46 items)
• Wales (103 items)
• Scotland (58 items)
• UK (157 items)
• Great Britain (8 items)
• European Union (4 items)

Frequent publishers What is this?

• CCCS (18 items)
• Bank of England (17 items)
• Insolvency Service (16 items)
• Ministry of Justice (14 items)
• Council of Mortgage Lenders (13 items)

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Recently added What is this?

• Credit Conditions Survey: Survey Results 2008 Q4 (05 Jan 09)
• An Investigation of the Relationship between Financial Capability and Psychological Well-being in Mothers of Young Children in Poor Areas in England (23 Dec 08)
• Scottish CAB Evidence Annual Review 2007/08 (23 Dec 08)

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