Approved Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) by provider: FOI release

Information requested

1. Number of approved applications broken down by money advisor for the financial years 2018/19 and 2019/2020. 
2. Since 4 November 2019, a breakdown number of cases allocated to each of the Payment Distributors.

Response

1. Table 1.1: The number of approved Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) under the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) by money adviser organisation, 2018-19 (1)

Organisation		2018-19
Stepchange Debt Charity Scotland		1,161
Carrington Dean Group		241
KPMG		169
Murray Stewart Fraser		101
Citizens Advice & Rights Fife North Lanarkshire Council		95
North Lanarkshire Council		92
Gregory Pennington (Wilson Andrews)		78
Campbell Dallas		49
South Lanarkshire Council - Money Matters Advice Service		49
Begbies Traynor Central		43
Dumfries & Galloway CAS		39
Hamilton CAB		37
The Moray Council		37
Perth CAB		35
Money Matters		27
Others		291
Total		2,544

Table 1.2: The number of (provisional) approved Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) under the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) by money adviser organisation, 2019-20 (1)

Organisation		2018-19
Stepchange Debt Charity Scotland		967
Carrington Dean Group		779
Harper McDermott		264
KPMG		166
Gregory Pennington (Wilson Andrews)		141
Citizens Advice & Rights Fife		69
Campbell Dallas		67
South Lanarkshire Council - Money Matters Advice Service		60
The Moray Council		57
North Lanarkshire Council		54
Begbies Traynor Central		44
Murray Stewart Fraser		34
J3 Debt Solutions		32
Hamilton CAB		27
Others		366
Total		3,127

(1) Displaying money adviser organisations with 25 or more approved DPPs only.

2. Table 2: The number of approved Debt Payment Programmes (DPPs) under the Debt Arrangement Scheme (DAS) by payment distributor, since 04 November 2019 up to 31 March 2020 (1)

Organisation		2018-19
Carrington Dean		628
Accountant in Bankruptcy		361
StepChange		329
Think Link		71
Wylie & Bisset LLP		7
Total		1,396

(1) Note that, since 04 November 2019, money adviser organisations allocated a Payment Distributor to an approved DPP on behalf of the debtor.
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