The Social Security (Use of Information for Housing Benefit and Welfare Services Purposes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Holding purposes relating to welfare services

4.—(1) This regulation prescribes the purposes for which a relevant person holds benefit or welfare services information (“holding purposes”).

(2) The holding purposes are purposes relating to welfare services which may indicate—

(a) whether a claimant is likely to have difficulty in managing his financial affairs;

(b) the probability that a claimant will pay his rent;

(c) whether a landlord—

(i) was or is to provide qualifying welfare services within the meaning of section 39(6) of the 2007 Act, but

(ii) has not provided those services or is unlikely to provide those services;

(d) whether—

(i) a claimant’s landlord is a registered housing association;

(ii) a claimant occupies as his home a dwelling which is exempt accommodation;

(iii) a claimant’s tenancy is an excluded tenancy;

(iv) a claimant occupies a houseboat, caravan or mobile home as his home, or

(v) a claimant resides in a hostel.