Written question asked by Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Freud (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 December 2010.

National Insurance

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 27 September (WA 546), how many of the 4,585,000 national insurance numbers registered to overseas nationals from 2002 to 2009 they estimate to have been issued to non-European Economic Area students; and whether they will commence maintaining statistics on the number of National Insurance numbers issued to self-employed overseas nationals.

Answer: The proportion of national insurance numbers registered to non-EEA students is not available. These data are not collected. With regard to whether applicants are employed or self-employed, such information does form part of the national insurance number allocation decision-making process but is not held centrally on IT systems. There are currently no plans to do so as to implement this change on IT systems would be disproportionate to requirements.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 5249; 723 c220WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: National Insurance
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Monday, 27 September 2010
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Subjects: National insurance Overseas students Migrant workers Self-employed
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk