Guidance

Debt adviser tools and information

This page provides a single entry point for tools and information for debt advisers.

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Published: 18 July 2016
• Last updated: 20 October 2021
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  1. 20 October 2021

     Breathing space service link also added to portals section

  2. 29 June 2021

     Links added to debt relief order and breathing space guidance for money advisers pages.

  3. 18 July 2016

     First published.

Application portals

Access the breathing space service

Apply for bankruptcy

Apply for a Debt Relief Order

Tools

Complain about an insolvency practitioner

Options for dealing with your debts

Insolvency Service forms for England and Wales

Searches

Contact an official receiver

Find an insolvency practitioner

Search the individual insolvency register

General information pages

Applying to become bankrupt

Access the breathing space service and guidance for money advisers

Bankruptcy: fact or fiction

Debt relief orders

The Insolvency Service technical manual

The Insolvency Service official statistics

Options for paying off your debts

Guides

Debt relief orders: guidance for debt advisers

Guidance on personal debt, bankruptcy, company liquidation, investigation and enforcement

Insolvency Practitioner tools and information

Intermediary guidance notes (V.15): DRO2 guidance for Approved Intermediaries

Launch of the new Debt Relief Order service (DRO2): What you need to know

Online Debt Solutions (ODS). Guidance for debt advisers

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