PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Debt Respite Scheme (1 July 2022)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Mental Health Breathing Space Scheme, how many people (a) have accessed that scheme in each year to 30 June 2022 and (b) are estimated to access that scheme in the next 12 months.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

The Insolvency Service publishes official statistics on the breathing space scheme as part of its Monthly Insolvency Statistics series, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monthly-insolvency-statistics.

In the period from 4 May 2021 (when the scheme started) to 31 May 2022, there were 1,123 mental health breathing space registrations.

Data for June 2022 will be published in mid-July.

HM Treasury has not produced up-to-date estimates for the number of mental health breathing space registrations expected in the next 12 months.

Answered by:
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
7 July 2022