The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999

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13.—(1) A relevant authority which holds social security information may —

(a) use that information —

(i) in connection with arrangements F1 ... made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 M1 ;

(ii) for any purpose to which regulations 3, 4 and 6 of these Regulations, or any regulations inserted by these Regulations, apply; or

(iii) for purposes connected with the employment or training of the persons to whom it relates;

(b) supply the information —

(i) to any other relevant authority to enable that authority to carry out a work-focused interview or any function conferred upon it by these Regulations or by regulations inserted by these Regulations;

(ii) in so far as relevant for the purpose for which it is being provided, to any person in respect of whom the person undertaking the work-focused interview is notified has a vacancy or is about to have a vacancy in his employment or at his place of employment;

(iii) to any person (an “employment zone provider") to whom payments are made by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 60(5)(c)(i) of the Act (special schemes for claimants for jobseeker’s allowance);

(iv) to any other relevant authority in connection with any scheme operated by, or any arrangements made by, the authority for purposes connected with employment or training;

[F2 (v) to any other relevant authority in connection with arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, in particular for use by that authority in connection with the provision of advice, support and assistance which persons may need in order to acquire or enhance their skills and qualifications with a view to improving their prospects of finding and retaining employment.]

[F3 (vi) to the Scottish Ministers in connection with arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 by virtue of article 2(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2020.]

[F4 (1A) A relevant authority which holds employment or training information about a person (“P”) may supply that information to another relevant authority for use by that second authority in connection with the provision to P (pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State) of advice, support and assistance which P may need in order to acquire or enhance P’s skills and qualifications with a view to improving P’s prospects of finding and retaining employment.]

(2) An employment zone provider may supply to any other relevant authority information relating to any person participating in a scheme for which he receives a payment under section 60(5)(c)(i) of the Act where the information may be relevant to the person’s benefit entitlement.

(3) Where the work-focused interview is undertaken by a relevant authority other than the authority which obtained the information, then the authority supplying the information shall, for the purposes of that interview, supply any other social security information held by them.

(4) A relevant authority which holds social security information [F5 , or information relating to employment or training,] may supply that information to any other relevant authority for the purposes of research, monitoring or evaluation in so far as it relates to [F6 any of the purposes] specified in paragraph (5).

(5) The purposes F7 ... are —

(a) work-focused interviews;

(b) any purpose for which regulations 3, 4 and 6 of these Regulations, or any regulations inserted by these Regulations, applies;

(c) any scheme or arrangements made by the Secretary of State connected with employment or training; F8 ...

(d) section 60 of the Act.

[F9 (e) any arrangements made by the Secretary of State of the nature referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(v) or (1A); and

(f) monitoring the retention of employment.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 13(1)(a)(i) omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)

F2 Reg. 13(1)(b)(v) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)

F3 Reg. 13(1)(b)(vi) inserted (12.3.2020) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/276), arts. 1(2), 4(2)

F4 Reg. 13(1A) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)

F5 Words in reg. 13(4) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(i)

F6 Words in reg. 13(4) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(ii)

F7 Words in reg. 13(5) omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(e)

F8 Word in reg. 13(5)(c) omitted (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(f)

F9 Reg. 13(5)(e)(f) added (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(3)(g)

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c.50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c.19).