The Fairness Group
The Government Debt Management Function (GDMF) Functional Centre provides strategic leadership and sets the cross-government policy and strategy for managing debt owed to government. The GDMF comprises around 7,000 public servants that work across over 20 ministerial departments and Arms Length Bodies to resolve and recover debt. In 2016, the GDMF Functional Centre established the Fairness Group, bringing together central and local government, the debt advice sector, and the debt collection industry.
The Fairness Group is responsible for examining fairness in government debt management and making evidence-based recommendations for change. Fairness means identifying and supporting vulnerable people while protecting…