§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what plans he has for the body that will administer the pension credit to share data relevant to the pension credit with(a) the Benefits Agency, (b) local authorities, (c) banks and building societies, (d) pension providers and (e) the Inland Revenue;[138505]
796W(2) what plans the Inland Revenue has for data-sharing with local authorities and the Benefits Agency on the pension credit.[138502]
§ Mr. RookerWe will consider carefully administration issues as part of our detailed programme to take forward the pension credit. As part of this, we will endeavour to reduce barriers to the claims process.