Tax Credits (Provision of Information) (Function Relating to Employment and Training) Regulations 2005 come into force

Implementation date: 8 February 2005

The Tax Credits Act 2002 allows information relating to tax credits, child benefit or guardian's allowance to be provided by the Board of the Inland Revenue to the Secretary of State or the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland for certain specified functions relating to employment and training. The Regulations add to the list of specified functions the evaluation of, and research in relation to, the employment and training programmes administered by the Department for Work and Pensions or the Department for Employment and Learning. The Regulations can be viewed on the OPSI website.