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The DMO carries out the government’s debt management policy of minimising financing costs over the long term, taking account of risk. We minimise the cost of offsetting the government’s net cash flows over time, while operating in a risk appetite...

• Updated: 15 April 2021

When debt payments can be taken from your wages, changing how much you pay, paying it off early, and reporting a change to your circumstances

• When repayments can be taken

  You can have debt repayments taken out of your wages if you owe someone…

• Change how much you pay

  You can apply to get the payments reduced if you cannot afford them.…

• Check how much you owe

  Contact the Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office to…

• Report a change in your circumstances

  You must report any changes in your circumstances if you’re paying off a…

• When you’ve paid off the debt

  The Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office will send you…

Website of Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

• Updated: 26 June 2025

Website of City of Wolverhampton Council

• Updated: 26 June 2025

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.

This document has been compiled to help local authorities that are interested in bidding for funding.

• Updated: 2 May 2012

Find out what help you can get to help you manage your debts.

What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors

How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.

• Updated: 27 January 2026

• Updated: 3 May 2024