Reminds me of when I worked at the dole office and the CID would phone up to say they were looking for 'so and so'.
We weren't permitted to give out confidential information about claimants even to the police, but we could always say that they might happen across their man if they happened to be outside our door at about 10.15 am on Tuesday.
Also, we knew who had been in jail because it was clearly marked on their National Insurance contribution record....'HMP' for any periods of incarceration at 'Her Majesty's Pleasure'.
