# The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Regulation 32B: Information relating to awards of benefit

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where an authority or person to whom paragraph (2) applies has arranged with the Secretary of State for the authority or person to receive claims for a specified benefit or obtain information or evidence relating to claims for a specified benefit in accordance with regulation 4 or 4D, the authority or person may—
(a) receive information or evidence which relates to an award of that benefit and which is supplied by—
(i) the person to whom the award has been made; or
(ii) other persons in connection with the award,
and shall forward it to the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable;
(b) verify any information or evidence supplied; and
(c) record the information or evidence supplied and hold it (whether as supplied or recorded) for the purpose of forwarding it to the Secretary of State.
(2) This paragraph applies to—
(a) a local authority administering housing benefit ...;
(b) a county council in England;
(c) a person providing services to a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) a person authorised to exercise any function of a local authority relating to housing benefit ...;
(e) a person authorised to exercise any function a county council in England has under section 7A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.
(3) In paragraph (1), “specified benefit” means one or more of the following benefits—
(a) attendance allowance;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) carer's allowance;
(e) disability living allowance;
(ee) employment and support allowance;
(f) incapacity benefit;
(g) income support;
(h) jobseeker's allowance;
(i) retirement pension;
(j) state pension credit;
(k) widowed parent's allowance;
(l) winter fuel payment.
(m) state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1968/regulation/32B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-regulations-1987/regulation-32B
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