Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 120805, on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, what recent estimate he has made of change in the (a) number and (b) proportion of UK employees who do not have a National Insurance number.
Employees with a UK National Insurance (NI) liability must provide their employer with their NI number. Where they do not have one, they must apply for one and provide it to their employer at the earliest opportunity.
There are a number of valid reasons why an employee may not provide their NI number to their employer, and in turn an employer may not include it on their return to HMRC. This includes when an employee does not know their number, has not yet obtained a number, or if they do not need one.
For this reason, HMRC does not have an estimate of changes in the number or proportion of UK employees who do not have a NI number.