Clause 48 - Use of information for, or relating to,
Employment
5:45 pm
Mr Malcolm Wicks (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions; Croydon North, Labour)
I recognise that the hon. Gentleman broadly supports the clause, but he may have misunderstood its purpose. As we enter into partnerships with private sector bodies or voluntary organisations increasingly make use of payment by results. We need to know what those results are so that we can verify claims, which is why we need the new powers to track people with the help of Inland Revenue data. The hon. Gentleman suggests that the measure is intended to enable us to supply personal data to private sector or voluntary organisations, but that is not the case. The information is for internal purposes to help us to verify claims.