The Housing Benefit (Loss of Benefit) (Pilot Scheme) (Supplementary) Regulations 2007

Provision of information by court to Secretary of State

10.—(1) Where, in respect of a dwelling situated in the area of an authority specified in the Schedule to the Pilot Scheme Regulations, a court—

(a) makes a relevant order for possession;

(b) suspends or stays the execution of a relevant order for possession or postpones the date for possession;

(c) varies the terms of a relevant order for possession; or

(d) sets aside a relevant order for possession

the court must notify the Secretary of State in writing within 4 weeks of doing so.

(2) When the court notifies the Secretary of State under paragraph (1), it must provide—

(a) the name of the court which made the order which is the subject of the notification;

(b) the date when the order for possession was made;

(c) the date when any stay, suspension, postponement or variation was ordered;

(d) the date when the order for possession was set aside;

(e) the case or claim number of the order for possession and any subsequent orders to stay, suspend, vary or set it aside;

(f) the name of the person against whom the order was made and, if known, the name of any members of that person’s household;

(g) the full postal address, including postcode, of the person against whom the order was made; and

(h) details of any conditions attached to the order.

(3) The Secretary of State may request a court to provide, in relation to a relevant order for possession, any of the information listed in paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) Where the Secretary of State requests information under paragraph (3), the court must send the information to the Secretary of State within the period of 4 weeks beginning on the date when the request for information was issued.

(5) In this regulation, “court” means a county court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords.