National Insurance

(asked on 30th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of British citizens who are waiting for a national insurance number to be allocated.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
This question was answered on 3rd December 2020

The department does not hold information on the numbers of British Citizens who are waiting for a National Insurance Number (NINo) to be allocated.

The vast majority of British Citizens receive a NINo from HMRC shortly before their 16th birthday if they have been part of a Child Benefit Claim.

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