The Supreme Court held that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions cannot recoup loans and overpayments during the moratorium of a Debt Relief Order. (This is for the 1 year period after a DRO has been made). …

Source: Crumbs of comfort for those 'too poor to go bankrupt' | Nearly Legal

The Department for Work and Pensions faces shelling out after losing a legal case at the end of July. In that case, the administrative court ruled it was unlawful to use deductions from future payments of benefi ts as a means of recovering overpayments from people who had taken out debt relief orders.

Source: Benefit rulings could cost DWP