Debt Respite Scheme
The question
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.
Answered by 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, when the scheme was launched, and 3 December 2025. Of these, 2,292 registrations have been subsequently cancelled due to ineligibility, representing 0.6% of applications. The criteria for ineligibility is taken from the official Breathing Space guidance.
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