(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 42(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 provides that information relating to certain benefits may be supplied to certain persons for purposes connected with the application of grant paid under “a relevant enactment” towards certain expenditure related to welfare services. This Order specifies that a relevant enactment is section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000. Section 93 of that Act provides that the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales may pay grants to local authorities in, respectively, England and Wales towards expenditure incurred in relation to welfare services.
A full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.