NHS bursary & ControlCredit PLC Help do i have to pay

[walkingthrones]

In 2010 i went to university albeit for 3 months before i decided it wasn't for me. I informed the NHS Bursary on numerous occasions that they were still paying my bursary into my account over 2 years that i had left.

 

I finally managed to get it stopped and i waited for contact from them to sort out a payment plan.

 

I later moved to Yorkshire and only a few weeks ago i received this letter

 

Letter Before Claim

 

Re: NHS Services Authority -V- My name

Reference no

 

Amount outstanding: £5,522.96

 

We are instructed by our above named client with regards to the amount outstanding as detailed. The sum remains unpaid despite several requests for payment from both our client and us and is now seriously overdue.

 

You will have will have already received details relating to the outstanding debt which our client deems you are liable to pay. Given the period of the sum has been outstanding, consideration of the intervention of the county court is being considered.

 

Such action would involve the issue of a claim for the principle balance owed along with an application against you for repayment of the court issue fee our client would incur and interest at the current county court rate (this amount is calculated from the date upon which payment fell due)

 

Itemised below are general documents that may be relied on in court, copies of which would form part of any proceedings

 

a) enrolment form

b) university terms and conditions/general regulations

c) invoice (s) and statement account

 

the letter then continues to state if i wish to avoid this action then i should contact them within 14 days by phoning them or by hand written response.

 

It also describes that the letter communication complies with current pre-action court procedures and guidelines

 

I have not had a letters or communication from the NHS other than that of me contacting them several times to stop the bursary.

 

I have only just started to receive these letters from control account plc in the past few weeks over 4 years ago of when i left the University!

 

Are they working on behalf of the NHS or have they bought the debt from them?

 

I know other companies use the same tactics and have been proven that legally i do not have to pay them as i do not owe them the debt rather it is NHS i owe too.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Hi Welcome to CAG,

Have you kept the letters that you sent to the Bursary Authority?

 

 

How long is it since you received the letter?

[dx100uk]

go check your credit file

 

see if it shows and who owns it.

 

so, what have you been doing with the money?

 

dx

[walkingthrones]

Hi,

I had not sent letters to the Bursary authority.

 

I contacted them by phone.

 

I have had no further contact from them including emails or phone.

 

They knew my place of work too and did not contact me there either.

 

The latest letter from ControlAccount PLC is from 25th June 2014 and

 

i have one previous from 28th April 2014, that is all I've had. I was at Uni in 2010

[walkingthrones]

Hi

 

It does not state anywhere on my credit file.

 

long story short, at the time i was engaged and as everybody had financial difficulties paying the bills we used it to pay our housing bills. However i was not proud of this but my partner encouraged me. Obviously more fool me. We are no longer together now.

[dx100uk]

opps so the money does not exist to give it back.

 

objectively I cant see how you can wriggle out of this.

 

we are not here to assist in debt avoidance.

 

however.

there no harm in them jump through a few hoops.

 

send them a CCA request.

 

dx

[renegadeimp]

The op stated that they wanted to get into a repayment plan. But the other party ignored it.