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The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 32 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per chargeable item at each escalation step - fixed sum by debt band, reasonable recovery costs, claim issue fee by claim value, hearing fee, enforcement fee, statutory demand, petition deposit - each quoted from the government page that sets it with its effective date; the derived figure is the TOTAL recoverable on a debt of a given size at each step, and the break-even point at which claiming costs more than the interest earned, which no single page states", "embed": "

16 to 10,000 GBP

3 published figures, Late Payment Recovery Costs, across 3 sources, read 17 October 2026

Source: latepaymentinterest.co.uk Late Payment Recovery Costs
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