17.—(1) The Secretary of State may provide the Scottish Ministers with the information described in paragraph (2) to enable them to exercise their functions under section 64 of the 2007 Act (power to use personal data to check applicant’s identity).
(2) The information is such information as the Secretary of State thinks is appropriate from data held by—
(a)the Identity and Passport Service;
(b)the UK Border Agency;
(c)the Secretary of State in connection with keeping records of national insurance numbers.