Question follow-through · 96326
Debt Respite Scheme: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department provides to police forces in England regarding the handling of cases where there has been an alleged abuse or fraudulent use of the Breathing Space scheme.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department provides to police forces in England regarding the handling of cases where there has been an alleged abuse or fraudulent use of the Breathing Space scheme.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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10 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Breathing Space Scheme gives debtors the space to engage with professional debt advice, or to receive crisis treatment for a mental health condition. A standard breathing space provides people in problem debt with protections from creditor enforcement...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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