Written question asked by Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour) on Monday, 15 June 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 June 1998. It was answered by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Thursday, 25 June 1998 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many numbers have been removed from the national insurance database in each of the last 48 months. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many numbers have been removed from the national insurance database in each of the last 48 months. [46419] Mr. Field: The information is set out in the table. Numbers of National Insurance numbers which have been removed from the database since the start of the cleansing programme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Duplicate accounts removed November 1995 150 December 1995 154 January 1996 297 February 1996 563 March 1996 766 April 1996 1,166 May 1996 1,277 June 1996 1,051 July 1996 2,309 August 1996 1,980 September 1996 3,844 October 1996 4,664 November 1996 3,550 December 1996 2,118 January 1997 4,580 February 1997 4,106 March 1997 4,112 April 1997 4,167 May 1997 2,739 June 1997 3,621 July 1997 4,593 August 1997 3,965 September 1997 4,200 October 1997 590 November 1997 658 December 1997 432 January 1998 1,017 February 1998 817 March 1998 416 April 1998 154 May 1998 315 June 1998 168 Total 64,539 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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