Commentary on Sections Part 5: Social security: General Section 99: Powers to require information relating to claims and awards
487.Section 99 amends SSAA 1992 to enable regulations to require prescribed people to supply information that is or could be relevant to potential or current claims and awards of relevant benefits. New section 5(1A) of SSAA 1992 will ensure that the Secretary of State can make regulations to obtain information.
Examples of how this might be used are:
	using information from other Government departments to enable DWP to undertake campaigns to ensure people are aware that they could receive particular benefits;
	using information held by other Government departments, agencies and service providers that could be used to determine entitlement to, and maintain accurate assessment of a social security benefit;
	to assist in the transition from existing benefits onto the universal credit;
	to obtain information and facilitate the localisation of benefits and services where it would be right for DWP to do so.
488.Subsections (2), (4) and (5) make consequential amendments resulting from these changes and repeal legislation replaced by the new section 5(1A). Part 10 of Schedule 13 contains consequential repeals.
489.Subsections (2), (4) and (5) make consequential amendments resulting from these changes and repeal legislation replaced by the new section 5(1A). Part 10 of Schedule 13 contains consequential repeals.