Dear all
I was asked a similar question about sharing information with other councils
and found the following legislation
Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997. extract
(2) Information to which this section applies may be supplied to another
such authority or person-
(a) for use in the prevention, detection, investigation or
prosecution of offences relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit;
or
(b) for use in checking the accuracy of information relating to
housing benefit or to council tax benefit and (where appropriate) amending
or supplementing such information.
I hope this assists our Local Government colleagues.
:-) JohnB
John M. Bradley
Business Systems Manager
South Lanarkshire Council
(+44) 01698 45 4041
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