Regulation 14 Purposes for which information may be used

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The purposes for which information supplied in connection with matters referred to in paragraph (2) may be used are for —

(a)

the processing of any claim for a social security benefit or a war pension or for an application for a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991;

(b)

the consideration of any application for employment by a person to whom information is supplied in connection with any employment opportunity;

(c)

the consideration of the training needs of the person who supplied the information;

(d)

any purpose for which a work-focused interview may be conducted M1;

(e)

the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences relating to social security matters.

F1(f)

assessing the employment or training needs of the person to whom the information relates;

(g)

evaluating the effectiveness of training, advice, support and assistance provided;

(h)

monitoring the retention of employment.

(2)

The matters referred to in this paragraph are —

(a)

work-focused interviews; or

(b)

any other provision in or introduced by these Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 14(1)(f)(g)(h) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Claims and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/508), regs. 1, 2(4)

Marginal citations

M1: See: Regulation 3 of these Regulations.