Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland)
# Social Security Agency (Northern Ireland)

The Social Security Agency is a government agency in Northern Ireland. It is a department within the Department for Communities (DfC), dealing with social security.

## Services

The SSA deal with the benefits given to people who may be unemployed, supporting children under 16, unemployed with medical conditions etc. Their main goals are to:

* Assess and pay social security benefits accurately and securely
* Give advice and information about these benefits
* Handle reviews and appeals
* Prevent and detect benefit fraud, prosecute offenders and recover any benefit which has been paid incorrectly
* Recover benefit which has been paid in compensation cases
* Assess people’s financial circumstances if they are applying for legal aid

## Location

The SSA's headquarters are located on the Stormont estate, close to Parliament Buildings. Their service extends to all of Northern Ireland, but also to 3 districts within London through back-office services on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

