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Guidance for creditors applying to take a debt recovery step, cancel or amend the ‘breathing space’, or have a debt removed.
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
An impact assessment into the government's Breathing Space scheme
Apply to continue with action against a debt owed to you as creditor in a ‘breathing space’, cancel or amend a breathing space, or have a debt owed to you removed from a breathing space.
How to notify DWP to stop or restart deductions from benefits for fuel, water or rent arrears when a debtor starts or ends a ‘Breathing Space’.
Service access and guidance for creditors and money advisers about Breathing Space
This guidance supports the operational competency of personnel that are required to wear, manage or train others in the use of breathing apparatus.
Seeking further views and information on how best to design a six-week breathing space scheme for individuals in debt.
Advice on the Breathing Space scheme provided to HM Treasury from the Money and Pensions service
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on HMT’s impact assessment of Breathing Space.
Ad-hoc statistics on the number of breathing spaces obtained under the Debt Respite Scheme, broken down by location, age, and money advisor organisation. The publication covers the first year of the operation of the scheme.
Appeal a debt adviser’s decision to include your address in a ‘breathing space’ for a debt that you owe.
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
Guidance for Approved Mental Health Professionals and others about mental health crisis breathing space
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