Did a bit of Googling and came up with this, which is a note in the H of C Library, which applies to benefit payments. Paper says Government will seek to change the law to make all benefit overpayments and by implication other Government overpayments, recoverable.
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Last updated:
8 February 2011
This is quite interesting too
http://www.brethertons.co.uk/Content...%202010%20.pdf