Duty to Provide NI Number

 Housing Benefit - Providing Wife's NI Number
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Wilson [2006]
EWCA Civ 882
CA
29 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
Where a claim for housing benefit was made by one member of a
couple who were cohabiting, benefit was also claimed "in respect
of" the claimant's partner and the claimant therefore had to
provide information about the partner's national insurance number
in order to satisfy the condition of entitlement in s1of the
Social Security Administration Act 1992, as inserted.