Life cycle of debt agreements

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Annual administration statistics for the life cycle of Part IX debt agreements.

National debt agreement proposals as at 30 June 2022

In 2021–22, there were 4,250 debt agreement proposals received. Of these proposals, 91% reached the voting deadline.

Part IX debt agreements – proposal status as at 30 June 2022

These tables give a progressive summary of the outcome of each debt agreement proposal over the course of its life cycle as at 30 June 2022. We report these figures based on the date of lodgement of debt agreement proposals. These tables may not reconcile with figures provided in other tables.

Debt agreement activity

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

Debt agreement proposals received

17,440

13,579

9,461

4,488

4,250

Proposals rejected by Official Receiver

504

565

539

337

288

Proposals accepted by Official Receiver for creditor vote

16,900

12,992

8,908

4,143

3,960

Proposals cancelled by Official Receiver during voting period

530

448

288

133

113

Proposals reaching voting deadline

16,370

12,544

8,620

4,010

3,847

Note: Due to changes in processing timings, systems changes and delays in status updates, these tables may not reconcile fully. We released the debt agreements online service in January 2018.

Outcome of proposals that reached voting deadline as at 30 June 2022

As at 30 June 2022, creditors accepted 3,393 debt agreement proposals in 2021–22 that reached the voting deadline.

This table shows a progressive summary of the outcome of debt agreement proposals that reached the voting deadline as at 30 June 2022. We report these figures based on the date of lodgement of debt agreement proposals. These tables may not reconcile with figures provided in other tables.

Debt agreement activity

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

Reached voting deadline

16,370

12,544

8,620

4,010

3,847

Rejected by creditors or no vote received

1,663

1,047

1,304

525

454*

Accepted by creditors (new debt agreements)

14,707

11,497

7,316

3,485

3,393

* The voting period for creditors to vote on whether to accept a debt agreement proposal is generally five weeks. If we do not know the vote result on 30 June 2022, we report the outcome as ‘rejected by creditors or no vote received’. 

Note: Due to changes in processing timings, systems changes and delays in status updates, these tables may not reconcile fully. We released the debt agreements online service in January 2018.

Outcome of new debt agreements as at 30 June 2022

On 30 June 2022, 40% of debt agreements lodged in 2017–18 were still active. As debt agreements run their course, this proportion becomes progressively lower for past years.

This table shows a progressive summary of the outcome of new debt agreements as at 30 June 2022. We report these figures based on the date of lodgement of debt agreement proposals. These tables may not reconcile with figures provided in other tables.

Debt agreement activity

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

2020–21

2021–22

Terminated by creditors/court

771

409

144

52

20

Terminated by six-month arrears default

1,887

1,155

515

214

71

Agreements completed

6,098

2,050

1,894

196

36

Agreements not yet completed

5,951

7,883

4,763

3,023

3,266

Note: Due to changes in processing timings, systems changes and delays in status updates, these tables may not reconcile fully. We released the debt agreements online service in January 2018.