Guidance and regulation

A Debt Relief Order (DRO) is a solution to deal with personal debts you cannot pay. It helps you make a fresh start (with some restrictions).

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Updated: 6 April 2024

The Vulnerability Toolkit and the Economic Abuse Toolkit have been designed to help public sector creditors identify and support their vulnerable customers experiencing a range of difficulties. They may also be useful to o…

• From: HM Treasury
• Updated: 20 December 2023

• Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit for service and policy managers V2 (HTML)

  The Fairness Group The government established the Fairness Group in 2016,…

• Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit for frontline debt management staff V2 (HTML)

  How to use this toolkit This toolkit has been developed by the Fairness…

• Economic Abuse Toolkit (HTML)

  The Fairness Group The government established the Fairness Group in 2016,…

Information for people who have a Debt Relief Order about what happens after.

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Updated: 19 December 2023

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’.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 6 May 2021

The purpose, membership and terms of reference for the Debt and Fraud Information Sharing Review Board.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Advice on the Breathing Space scheme provided to HM Treasury from the Money and Pensions service

• From: HM Treasury
• Updated: 26 September 2019

Resources to find details of insolvency proceedings

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Updated: 8 July 2020

These notices make directors and others responsible for paying the tax debts of companies they've been involved in.

• From: The Insolvency Service
• Updated: 24 April 2024

This Debt Fairness Charter is for people who owe personal debt to central government. It outlines how people repaying these debts should be treated.

• From: Government Finance Function and 1 others
• Updated: 11 March 2024

This treaty was presented to Parliament in July 2016.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 14 July 2016