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Written question asked by Lord Lucas (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 July 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 28 July 2021. It was answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 July 2021 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


National Insurance

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many National Insurance numbers were valid on the latest date for which this figure is available.

Answer

As of 11:50am on 16th July 2021, the Department Customer Information System (CIS) holds National Insurance Number records for 72, 096, 863 Adults; where a Date of Death is not held on their record. As processes are in place to remediate invalid National Insurance Number records, the volume of Live Adult records are deemed to be valid.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2027
Session
2021-22
Subjects
National insurance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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