Make debt deductions from an employee's pay
Change of circumstances
Write to the Centralised Attachment of Earning Payments (CAPS) office within 10 days if the employee stops working for you.
Include the:
- court case number
- attachment of earnings order number
- name of the employee
- date they stopped working for you
- name of their new employer (if you know it)
CAPS
PO Box 404
Northampton
NN1 2ZY
The court changes the order
The Civil National Business Centre will tell you in writing if the normal deduction rate or protected earnings rate changes. They can change it for 4 weeks.
When the 4 weeks is over, you have to go back to the original rates in the order.
The court cancels the order
The Civil National Business Centre will tell you in writing if the order has been ‘discharged’ (cancelled).
You can still make the deduction if you’re due to pay your employee within the next 7 days. Your employee will get a refund from CAPS.
You must stop making deductions if you’re due to pay your employee 7 days after you got the cancellation notice.