Question follow-through · 108271
Debt Respite Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to ensure local councils adhere to creditors' responsibilities when debtors are under a Debt Respite (Breathing Space) period.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to ensure local councils adhere to creditors' responsibilities when debtors are under a Debt Respite (Breathing Space) period.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Breathing Space Scheme was launched in May 2021 to give those in problem debt the space to engage with professional debt advice by providing a temporary relief from creditor enforcement action. The scheme guidance for creditors sets out their responsi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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