Disclosure of information by the Secretary of State5

1

The Secretary of State (or a person providing services to the Secretary of State) may supply an electricity supplier with the information referred to in paragraph (2) about a relevant SPC claimant for use by that supplier in connection with the purposes referred to in paragraph (3).

2

The information is—

a

the name, any known alias and address of a relevant SPC claimant;

b

the name, any known alias and address of the partner of a relevant SPC claimant;

c

the name and any known alias of a person appointed to act on behalf of a relevant SPC claimant.

3

The purposes are—

a

to identify domestic customers who qualify or may qualify for an automatic award;

b

to establish a domestic customer’s entitlement to an automatic award;

c

to provide domestic customers with an automatic award;

d

to contact domestic customers who have received an automatic award with a view to—

i

offering energy efficiency measures;

ii

delivering or helping to deliver energy efficiency measures;

iii

offering to place their names on a register of persons to be afforded priority services by the supplier.