§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what consideration he has given to the effect on the confidential relationship between officers of his Department and claimants of the provision of information to community charge registration officers as set out in his answer to the hon. Member for Derbyshire, North-East (Mr. Barnes) of 26 June,Official Report, column 306.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe confidentiality of the relationship between benefit claimants and officers of the Department is treated with the utmost seriousness. It may be breached only in carefully circumscribed circumstances such as those to which the hon. Member refers which are specifically provided for in legislation.