Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

National Insurance Contributions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers were issued to (a) non-UK EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.

Answer

The available information is in the following table.

National insurance number registrations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK, last 12 quarters of registration
	EU nationals	Non-EU nationals
April 2006 to June 2006	77,390	56,380
July 2006 to September 2006	91,040	60,370
October 2006 to December 2006	98,640	65,940
January 2007 to March 2007	153,180	102,440
April 2007 to June 2007	99,410	66,630
July 2007 to September 2007	121,380	68,460
October 2007 to December 2007	108,290	76,670
January 2008 to March 2008	110,830	80,930
April 2008 to June 2008	100,680	74,650
July 2008 to September 2008	101,930	65,260
October 2008 to December 2008	68,590	66,110
January 2009 to March 2009	105,960	102,420
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Registration date is derived from the date at which a national insurance number is maintained on the national insurance recording system.
3. World area of origin based on a client's nationality. The mapping for 'world areas' are based on the present day. Bulgaria and Romania are listed as EU accession states for the entire back series. European Union includes the accession states.
Source:
100 per cent. extract from national insurance recording system.

Secondary information