Many thanks for your replies. No mention of what the repayment it for. Does give a number of 03458500293, and from googling this number gives the same number on a Gov website saying its a repayments number, so has to be right. I will write a letter to them as its easier for me and i can get help with that while using the library computer, otherwise costs too much if i'm stuck on line waiting on the phone. Many thanks.

Hello all, i'm new to forums and here and just looking for a little help and advice. Today after picking my mail up i have received a letter from Department for Works and Pensions, telling me that their records show i owe them just over £15,000. I was shocked and horrified, at first thinking is this some sort of joke. But the letter is short and looks genuine. the letter tells me that if they don't hear from me from a certain date for repayments they will accept this as my choice and issue no further reminder letters. The next step would be to recover the amount from contacting my employer or asking a debt collection agency. I have not been on any form of benefits for about 18 months now as i got dismayed and lost with the whole system in general a nd managed to get by where i can. I have no fixed address and not employed. Do i make contact with the DWP to resolve this by entering into a contract as to speaking to them? Is there anything they can do in my current circumstances? I'm lost and speechless at the moment sorry.