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Government Functional Standard - GovS 014: Debt

This standard is part of a suite of standards to guide people working in and with the UK government.

From:
HM Treasury and Government Debt Management Function
Published
28 May 2020
Last updated
19 June 2025 鈥� See all updates

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Government Functional Standard GovS 014, Debt

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Functional standards exist to create a coherent, effective and mutually understood way of doing business within organisations and across organisational boundaries, and to provide a stable basis for assurance, risk management, and capability improvement.

The purpose of this government functional standard is to set expectations for the management of debt owed to government departments and their arm鈥檚 length bodies. This will help achieve a more consistent approach, improve capability, minimise losses to the exchequer and ensure taxpayers money is spent in the most efficient and effective way, whilst minimising any unnecessary stress on the debtor.

This standard is part of a suite of standards to guide people working in and with the UK government.

The Government Debt Management Function functional centre will support organisations in scope to develop plans to address performance gaps, where appropriate.

For more guidance on debt, please contact the Government Debt Management Function: gdmfcentre@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 28 May 2020
Last updated 19 June 2025

  1. Added version 2.1 of the Debt Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework PDF and html format. Added version 2.1 of the Debt Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Tool. The Debt Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework and Debt Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Tool allows government organisations to assess where they are against the standard and to then plan targeted continuous improvement activities.

  2. added html version of version 2.1 of the debt standard

  3. Version 2.1 of GovS 014 replaces version 2.0 dated Jul 2021. The main changes, which reflect input from users of the previous version, relate to cross-referencing other functional standards, referencing relevant cross-government toolkits and guidance, communications, Principles 6, 7 and 8, and the reformatting of content to ensure clarity and narrative flow.

  4. Standard has been updated

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