A DRO (Debt Relief Order) is a formal insolvency process for people who cannot pay their debts and who have moderately few assets of significant value, a low income with no other access to debt relief and no prospect of the situation improving.
• If you live in England or Wales you may be eligible if you owe less than £50,000 and have less than £2,000 in assets (and a car worth no more than £4,000). You must also have less than £75 in surplus income per month.
Debt Relief Orders are available through a limited number of approved intermediaries such as the Citizen’s Advice Bureau and there is no fee to apply.
Free debt counselling, debt adjusting and provision of credit information services are available from the Money Helper service an organisation set up by the Government to offer practical advice to those in debt.