COM110110 - Pursuit: automatic and clerical pursuit: clerical pursuit for groups of companies

Note: Where a number of companies are part of a Group Payment Arrangement no pursuit action should be taken on a participating company in a Group Payment Arrangement (GPA) until the GPA is cleared. After clearance, each participating company is treated individually again. For further information see section 'Group Payment Arrangements' (COM96000) in the ‘Payments’ business area.

The information below relates to all other groups of companies.

Where there are a number of companies in a group, an AP for local pursuit for an individual company will be referred to the appropriate Debt Management Office as explained in subject ‘Selection For Debt Management Office Pursuit’ (COM110050) in this section. It follows that different companies in the group could be referred to different Debt Management Offices.

Where more than one Debt Management Office is involved, in approaching individual companies for payment you should consider collection of the liabilities at the Debt Management Office dealing with the parent company.

It may be necessary for the co-ordinating Debt Management Office to

• Contact the office responsible for the parent company
• Liaise with each Debt Management Office dealing with each individual company
• Arrange to transfer case responsibility of each individual company to the co-ordinating Debt Management Office