FOI/202000102341 · FOI · unclear
Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) approved by money advice service: FOI release
Information requested
1. The total number of Debt Payment Programmes proposed and approved by money advice service provider for the period the 5th April 2019 until the 4th April 2020. 2. The total number of Debt Payment Programmes proposed and approved by money advice service provider for the period the 4th November 2019 until today.
Response
Attached is a copy of all the information you requested, detailed below. Note that while all the information requested is available, for some parts of your request there will be differences in time period requested. The provisional October 2020 data (covering the period 01 October 2020 to 21 October 2020) is currently being prepared as part of the Scottish Statutory Debt Solutions Statistics: October 2020 report. This report will be published on Wednesday 11 November 2020, and further detailed statistics (subject to data availability and disclosure check control) will be available on request afterwards. Hence, under section 27(1) of FOISA we do not have to provide information which is already planned to be released. Hence, data for your second request is based on between 04 November 2019 and 30 September 2020. 1. The number of Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) approved by money adviser in the period 05 April 2019 to 04 April 2020 is shown in the following table. Information is based on the approved date for the DPP. Table 1: Debt Payment Programmes under the Debt Arrangement Scheme by approved date and money adviser, 5th April 2019 to 4th April 2020
Money Adviser StepChange Debt Charity Scotland 968 Carrington Dean Group Limited 791 Harper McDermott 273 KPMG LLP 166 Gregory Pennington (Wilson Andrews) 141 Campbell Dallas (Debt Solutions) Ltd. 67 Citizens Advice & Rights Fife 66 South Lanarkshire Council - Money Matters Advice Service 60 The Moray Council 57 North Lanarkshire Council 53 Begbies Traynor Central LLP 44 Murray Stewart Fraser Limited 34 J3 Debt Solutions Limited 32 Hamilton CAB 27 Other1 374 Total 3,153
Source: Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). Notes: 1. Money Advisers with less than 25 cases have been grouped and are denoted here as "Other". 2. The number of Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) approved by money adviser in the period 04 November 2019 to 30 September 2020 is shown in the following table. Information is based on the approved date for the DPP. Table 2: Debt Payment Programmes under the Debt Arrangement Scheme by approved date and money adviser, 4th November 2019 to 30th September 2020
Money Adviser Carrington Dean Group Limited 1,172 StepChange Debt Charity Scotland 582 Harper McDermott 342 Gregory Pennington (Wilson Andrews) 143 KPMG LLP 126 J3 Debt Solutions Limited 119 Begbies Traynor Central LLP 51 Citizens Advice & Rights Fife 36 South Lanarkshire Council - Money Matters Advice Service 32 The Moray Council 31 Campbell Dallas (Debt Solutions) Ltd. 29 Other1 330 Total 2,993
Source: Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB). Notes: 1. Money Advisers with less than 25 cases have been grouped and are denoted here as "Other". About FOI
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Hence, under section 27(1) of FOISA we do not have to provide information which is already planned to be released.
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