The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

[F1Provision of informationE+W+S

10.—(1) A qualifying lender shall provide the Secretary of State with information relating to—

(a)the mortgage interest payable by a borrower;

(b)the amount of the loan;

(c)the purpose for which the loan is made;

(d)the amount outstanding on the loan on which the mortgage interest is payable;

(e)any change in the amount of interest payable by the borrower;

at the times specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

[F2(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the information referred to in heads (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-paragraph (1) shall be provided at the request of the Secretary of State when a claim for—

(a)income support[F3, employment and support allowance] or income-based jobseeker’s allowance is made and a sum in respect of mortgage interest is to be brought into account in determining the applicable amount; or

(b)state pension credit is made and a sum in respect of housing costs is applicable in the claimant’s case in accordance with regulation 6(6)(c) of the State Pension Credit Regulations.]

(3) [F4Subject to sub-paragraph (4),] the information referred to in heads (d) and (e) of sub-paragraph (1) shall be provided at the request of the Secretary of State—

(a)when a claim for income support[F5, employment and support allowance][F6, state pension credit] [F7or income-based jobseeker’s allowance] ceases to be paid to a relevant beneficiary; and

(b)once every 12 months notwithstanding that, in relation to head (d), the information may already have been provided during the period of 12 months preceding the date of the Secretary of State’s request.

[F8(4) Where a claimant or his partner is a person to whom either paragraph 1A of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (housing costs)[F9, paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (housing costs)] or paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (housing costs) refers, the information to which sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)(b) refer shall be provided at the request of the Secretary of State on the anniversary of the date on which the housing costs in respect of mortgage interest were first brought into account in determining the applicable amount of the person concerned.]]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 9A inserted (25.5.1992 for specified purposes and for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1026), reg. 1(3)(4), 6