Part 5Social security: general

Information-sharing: Secretary of State and DPP

128I1Information-sharing between Secretary of State and DPP

1

The Secretary of State may supply social security information F1or child support information to a person specified in subsection (2) for use for a purpose specified in subsection (3).

2

The persons referred to in subsection (1) are—

a

the Director of Public Prosecutions;

b

a person appointed under section 5 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (conduct of prosecutions on behalf of Crown Prosecution Service).

3

The purposes referred to in subsection (1) are—

a

the institution or conduct of criminal proceedings which relate wholly or partly to social security matters F2or child support;

b

the giving of advice to any person on any matter relating to criminal proceedings, or criminal offences, which relate wholly or partly to social security matters F2or child support;

c

the exercise in relation to social security matters F3or child support of functions assigned to the Director of Public Prosecutions under section 3(2)(g) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;

d

the exercise of functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions under Part 2, 5 or 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

4

The reference in subsection (1) to the Secretary of State includes a person providing services to the Secretary of State.

5

This section does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied apart from this section.

6

In this section—

  • F4“child support information” means information held for the purposes of any of the Secretary of State’s functions relating to child support;

  • “social security information” means information held for the purposes of any of the Secretary of State's functions relating to social security matters;

  • “social security matters” means—

    1. a

      social security (including the payments and allowances referred to in section 127(8)),

    2. b

      tax credits, and

    3. c

      schemes and arrangements under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.