Question follow-through · 149

Debts: Advisory Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she plans to have with the debt advice sector on the 5-year statutory review of the scheme.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she plans to have with the debt advice sector on the 5-year statutory review of the scheme.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    The Debt Respite Scheme (‘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. Given the link between mental...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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