Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 96330

Debt Respite Scheme

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025

Question

Rebecca Paul

ConservativeReigate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has collected data on the number of Breathing Space certifications which are subsequently cancelled due to ineligibility.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The Insolvency Service collects data regarding Breathing Space applications in England and Wales; this includes the number of applications subsequently cancelled due to ineligibility. 374,529 Breathing Space applications were registered between 4 May 2021...

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