debt advice

The Money and Pensions Service provides an update on debt advice commissioning following completion of a key stage of the procurement process As well as providing money and pensions guidance through the MoneyHelper and Pension Wise brands, the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is the largest single funder of debt advice provision in England, working with a number of providers to do so....

Our 2021 Debt Need Survey looked at the need for debt advice in the UK. These reports provide estimates of the percentage of people needing debt advice in each Westminster parliamentary constituency and lower-tier local authority. Our Need for Debt Advice measure is new, and we have published an explanation of how it is calculated. The percentages shown in each report are the proportion...

The pandemic has changed the personal finances of millions of people across the UK. Paul Das, debt insight manager at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), explains how we have adapted the way we measure the need for debt advice to address the changing landscape of problem debt in the UK. We can all...

Overview We at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) want to understand the effect that the closure of face-to-face public services during the Covid-19 pandemic has on the accessibility and delivery of debt advice in the UK. While we know the temporary removal of common “triggers” for debt advice at the start of the pandemic led to a drop in demand for debt advice services, anecdotally...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has today released a Beta version of the MoneyHelper consumer website to share with stakeholders and partners, in the next exciting phase of its new consumer brand launch. MoneyHelper will deliver a single access service for people needing pensions and money guidance by consolidating the MaPS’ legacy brands: Money...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has announced the launch of its ‘MaPS Standards’. The MaPS Standards have been developed by a wide range of subject matter experts. Through a considered and collaborative process, they set out the core principles for the effective delivery, quality and performance requirements of MaPS’ Debt Advice, Pensions Guidance and Money Guidance...

What impact has Covid-19 had on financial wellbeing? Our head of insight Nick Watkins explores on how the pandemic has affected the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing goals for financial education, saving, credit use, debt advice and pensions. When we launched the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing in January 2020, we had no idea that the first Covid-19 cases would be detected in the...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) launched the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing in January 2020. The months following the launch brought the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to have a historic impact on the UK economy and people’s personal finances. To help analyse the pandemic’s impact on UK financial wellbeing, MaPS reviewed existing evidence in five separate rapid evidence...

Money problems can cause mental health problems, and mental health problems can cause money problems. This Mental Health Awareness Week policy, insights and external engagement director Sarah Porretta shares four of the ways that the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) helps customers caught in this spiral, and how your organisation can help us reach more people. Money and mental health...

Pilot will help people in England access Mental Health Crisis Breathing SpaceIt will join up healthcare services with the debt advice sectorIt forms part of the £94.6m in debt advice funding from the Money and Pensions Service in 2021/22 The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has launched an innovative new pilot to help people in mental health crisis avoid worsening debt problems, as part...

Media statement: debt advice commissioning update

Need for debt advice 2021: estimates for UK constituencies and local authorities

Who will need debt advice in the future?

Call for evidence on access to debt advice during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Money and Pensions Service launches Beta MoneyHelper site

The Money and Pensions Service announces its ‘MaPS Standards’

The 3 D’s of Covid

The impact of Covid-19 on financial wellbeing

Four ways MaPS helps customers with money and mental health problems

New £2.4m pilot for people in mental health crisis to help avoid spiralling debt

Managing money in uncertain times