Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

Housing benefit

120 Information for purposes of housing benefit

(1) The Department may supply to the Housing Executive such information of a prescribed description obtained by reason of the exercise of any of the Department’s functions under the Contributions and Benefits Act or this Act as the Executive may require in connection with any of the Executive’s functions relating to housing benefit.

(2) The Housing Executive shall supply to the Department such information of a prescribed description obtained by reason of the exercise of the Executive’s functions relating to housing benefit as the Department may require in connection with any of its functions under the Contributions and Benefits Act or this Act.

(3) It shall also be the duty of the Housing Executive to supply the Department, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time—

(a) with such information as the Department may require concerning the Executive’s performance of any of the Executive’s functions relating to housing benefit; and

(b) with such information as the Department may require to enable it—

(i) to prepare estimates of likely future amounts of housing benefit expenditure; and

(ii) to decide questions relating to the development of housing benefit policy.