Consultation outcome

Continuity of supply of essential services to insolvent businesses

From:
The Insolvency Service and Jo Swinson
Published
8 July 2014
Last updated
27 March 2015 鈥� See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Government has considered these issues that have been raised in the consultation responses and Government officials have met with a number of stakeholders to discuss how best to address these concerns.

The Government鈥檚 response can be found at www.parliament.uk by way of a Written Ministerial Statement.

Feedback received

PDF, 10.1 MB, 150 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Detail of feedback received

Most respondents expressed their support for the broad objectives of the proposals, with some commenting on how they considered the safeguards could be strengthened.

Original consultation

Summary

Consultation to seek views on the exercise of powers to ensure continuity of utility and IT services to insolvent businesses

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

Powers taken in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 enable the Government to build upon existing legislative provisions contained within the Insolvency Act 1986 relating to the protection of supply of essential utility services for insolvent businesses.

This consultation seeks views on the exercise of those powers, with a view to ensuring insolvency practitioners are more effectively able to rescue viable businesses.

Documents

MS Word Document, 1.6 MB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

MS Word Document, 67.5 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

MS Word Document, 255 KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

PDF, 550 KB, 20 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email [email protected]. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Updates to this page

Published 8 July 2014
Last updated 27 March 2015 show all updates

  1. Continuity of essential supplies to insolvent businesses impact assessment added

  2. Draft legislation added to outcome section

  3. Summary of public responses have been published

  4. First published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Related content