Recovery action

Once a Liability Order is made, we can choose any of the following methods to recover the money owed: 

• applying to make you bankrupt; 
• ordering your employer to make deductions from your wages;
• sending Enforcement Agents (previously known as bailiffs) which will incur further costs payable by you;
• asking the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to make deductions from your Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, Universal Credit or Pension Credit;
• putting a charging order on your property – meaning we could force you to sell your property to pay for your arrears;
• applying for you to be sent to prison.
   

The Liability Order allows us to do any of these, but only one at a time.

Please note: we assess each case on its individual merits and will apply any action most suitable to circumstances