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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Friday, 3 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 October 2008. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 3 November 2008 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

National Insurance: Foreigners

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance number registrations have been granted to non-UK (a) EU and (b) non-EU citizens in each quarter since 2004.
Answer

[holding answer 8 October 2008]: The available information is in the following table:

National insurance number registrations to adult overseas nationals entering the United Kingdom by quarter of registration and EU/Non-EU status
Thousand
EU Nationals Non-EU nationals
2004
January to March 37.68 77.96
April to June 31.93 60.66
July to September 40.82 53.55
October to December 53.43 56.05
2005
January to March 71.37 66.94
April to June 80.93 68.91
July to September 95.43 75.81
October to December 90.53 68.09
2006
January to March 107.64 75.15
April to June 77.39 56.38
July to September 91.04 60.37
October to December 98.64 65.94
2007
January to March 153.18 102.44
April to June 99.41 66.63
July to September 121.38 68.46
October to December 108.29 76.67
2008
January to March 110.83 80.93
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and displayed in thousands. 2. There are a small number of registrations where citizens' nationalities are unknown, these are not included. 3. Registration date is derived from the date at which a national insurance number is entered on the National Insurance Recording System. 4. When presenting the EU time series, countries which joined the EU during the time series have been included in the EU for the whole of the time series, to facilitate comparisons over time. 5. The EU time series excludes national insurance numbers registered to UK nationals. 6. The figures do not include any national insurance numbers that may have been issued to young foreign nationals under Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs juvenile registration scheme. Source: 100 per cent. extract from National Insurance Recording System This information is taken from a table published on the DWP website at:
http://83.244.183.180/mgw/final/final/qtr/world/a_stock_r_qtr_c_world_apr08.html

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
482 c4-5W;482 c4-5W; 225138
Session
2007-08
Related items
Foreign Workers
Monday, 22 June 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
National insurance Migrant workers
Link
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