Can Attachment of Earnings (DWP) be holted

[Deleted User]

Hi,
I've become alerted that DWP intend to do attachment of earnings.
They finally wrote middle of this month demanding payment I didn't have it in full to give immediately at the time of demand and being stupid just didn't appreciate they would go for Attachment of Earnings in literally day's. 
My question is if I were to pay outright with payday now approaching for me, can the Attachment of Earnings immediately stop? (I've asked my Employer but yet to receive any response)
It is difficult to call out whilst at work on their specified opening times so thought I'd ask here. 

KatrinaWaves

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6184769/left-in-the-lurch/p1

You were literally advising people to get one of these recently...

Anyhoo, once you have paid the debt then yes they will no longer need an AOE. They wont be seeking to recover a debt you have already paid.

[Deleted User]

Oh good, I'll rely on your words then.  Why don't you stop bring other totally unrelated threads into it Miss Self-Right.
I have just learnt: My employer wants to forward this on to our accountants as they deal with anything PAYE related. 
Which still leaves me unclear what happens when you've made a payment but I'll guess I'll find out.

Comms69

If you want to pay it in one go, that's up to you. The AOE is only for the sum you owe. 

But quite rightly, you should perhaps not advocate it in one post and panic in the next (proving you know nothing about the topic in the process)

[Deleted User]

 The AOE is only for the sum you owe. 
No it isn't there is more to it, you 'can' be charged an Administration fee by your Employer the letter indicates.
The Employer can get into trouble not following it.
So shows how much you know too.
I just wanted to understand before paying £317.52 whether they hadn't already started to deduct from the pay period upon me.
Over. What. Was. A. Dispute. Before Covid19.
I am not panicking I have funds to clear it today/tomorrow. I will be aghast to find I pay, and still have debits from my future wage from my Employer whom I don't receive payslips from (but I don't complain about it as I rather want to keep my job atm)
Clearly I regret posting.

Comms69

Deleted User said:

 The AOE is only for the sum you owe. 
No it isn't there is more to it, you 'can' be charged an Administration fee by your Employer the letter indicates.
The Employer can get into trouble not following it.
So shows how much you know too.
I just wanted to understand before paying £317.52 whether they hadn't already started to deduct from the pay period upon me.
Over. What. Was. A. Dispute. Before Covid19.
I am not panicking I have funds to clear it today/tomorrow. I will be aghast to find I pay, and still have debits from my future wage from my Employer whom I don't receive payslips from (but I don't complain about it as I rather want to keep my job atm)
Clearly I regret posting.

Not the AOE is only for the amount you owe. Any fees charged by your employer are a contractual matter between you and your employer and not part of the AOE.

The employer wont get in trouble if you've paid it.

No idea what relevance covid 19 is. The fact you dont receive payslips (though you might do online) should be a concern; with HMRC be chasing you next for tax?

[Deleted User]

Thanks, I'm finally now going to get them as a result of all this. Oh boy, good things come out of something bad.
Update for anyone searching - My Employer now advocates letting the Attachment of Earnings carry out.
They seem to say it is treated as a repayment plan and would possibly be better for me.
How long could this tie me into them for?

Comms69

Deleted User said:

Thanks, I'm finally now going to get them as a result of all this. Oh boy, good things come out of something bad.
Update for anyone searching - My Employer now advocates letting the Attachment of Earnings carry out.
They seem to say it is treated as a repayment plan and would possibly be better for me.
How long could this tie me into them for?

Depends on how much disposable income you have, could be 3 months, or 3 years. 

Spoonie_Turtle

Deleted User said:

Thanks, I'm finally now going to get them as a result of all this. Oh boy, good things come out of something bad.
Update for anyone searching - My Employer now advocates letting the Attachment of Earnings carry out.
They seem to say it is treated as a repayment plan and would possibly be better for me.
How long could this tie me into them for?

Given that this is an employer who apparently doesn't meet their legal obligation to give you a payslip, how can you trust what they say? It may be* that they simply don't want to bother with stopping the AoE, if it's already set up then allowing it to continue means less work for them.
(*I don't know how it works, but just reading the information in this thread made that alarm bell ring. You need to know/find out for sure)

Also given that once the debt is paid the AoE has to end, I think the the question is, would you rather pay it in installments or pay it off to clear the debt?

[Deleted User]

Ah right, the DWP letter talks about taking a percent of my earnings and I must inform in 7 days if I ever change job whilst repaying though it did say my company would need to issue confirmation.
It's the DWP table I just can't work out.
My boss reckons he has personally checked my payslip for me and they haven't started already. (?)
They say it is to late  : ( and the Accountants will follow instructions.
I always believed it was the boss that hit the button on payday. Sometimes the wages hits the accounts at end of day. 
Whilst I hadn't been getting payslips, I was issued a P60 must say.
I want to pay in one-go as concerned if I ever lost my job I could really feel it in benefits reduced with all the hoo-har.
I know how bad my boss is for refunds though and keeping us waiting on payday. 

TELLIT01

If you pay the debt in full there will be no need of any Attachment of Earnings and nothing to attach to.  I would have thought that was pretty obvious.