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Migrant Workers: Bulgarians and Romanians

Answer

A new quarterly National Statistics series on "National Insurance Number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK", including Bulgarian and Romanian nationals, was published by the Department for Work and Pensions from August 2008. These National Statistics replaced the previously published management information on National Insurance Numbers allocated to accession nationals which were removed from the UK Border Agency report on Bulgarian and Romanian Accession Statistics from August 2008. Quarterly National Statistics on National Insurance Number Allocations to all adult overseas nationals entering the UK are available via the DWP website: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp. Information on the number of National Insurance Numbers that have been allocated to (a) Bulgarians, and (b) Romanians, since those countries’ accessions to the European Union, is in the table below.

Number of National Insurance Numbers allocated from January 2007 to December 2008
	Bulgaria (Thousands)	Romania(Thousands)
Jan-07 to Mar-07	1.43	2.26
Apr-07 to Jun-07	2.96	5.53
Jul-07 to Sep-07	5.05	6.27
Oct-07 to Dec-07	2.81	5.11
Jan-08 to Mar-08	3.14	6.05
Apr-08 to Jun-08	4.42	6.73
Jul-08 to Sep-08	5.87	6.76
Oct-08 to Dec-08	2.46	3.9

"Notes:""1. Definitions and conventions: Figures are rounded to the nearest ten and displayed in thousands. Some additional disclosure control has been applied.""2. Registration date is derived from the date at which a National Insurance Number is maintained on the National Insurance Recording System.""3. Bulgaria and Romania both gained entry to the European Union in January 2007.""4. This information is available on the DWP website at http://research.dwp.gov.ukiasd/""Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "1. Definitions and conventions: Figures are rounded to the nearest ten and displayed in thousands. Some additional disclosure control has been applied.""2. Registration date is derived from the date at which a National Insurance Number is maintained on the National Insurance Recording System.""3. Bulgaria and Romania both gained entry to the European Union in January 2007.""4. This information is available on the DWP website at http://research.dwp.gov.ukiasd/""Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "2. Registration date is derived from the date at which a National Insurance Number is maintained on the National Insurance Recording System.""3. Bulgaria and Romania both gained entry to the European Union in January 2007.""4. This information is available on the DWP website at http://research.dwp.gov.ukiasd/""Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "3. Bulgaria and Romania both gained entry to the European Union in January 2007.""4. This information is available on the DWP website at http://research.dwp.gov.ukiasd/""Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "4. This information is available on the DWP website at http://research.dwp.gov.ukiasd/""Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "Source:""1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System." "1. 100% extract from National Insurance Recording System."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

5095; 712 c400-1WA

Session

2008-09

Notes

Answer received between Monday 27 July and Monday 3 August 2009.

Subjects

Bulgaria National insurance Migrant workers Statistics Romania

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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