Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 15 March 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases have been reported of (a) an individual using more than one national insurance number and (b) a national insurance number being used by more than one individual in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases have been reported of (a) an individual using more than one national insurance number and (b) a national insurance number being used by more than one individual in each year since 1997.
Cases of national insurance numbers being used by more than one individual may derive from fraud, customer error or official error; it is not possible to provide a breakdown of numbers from each cause.
Any fraud-related cases are rigorously pursed by our Fraud Investigation Service.
Information is only available from 2001 and is shown in the following tables.
Individuals found to be using more than one national insurance number | |
Number of cases | |
2001 | 586 |
2002 | 447 |
2003 | 303 |
2004 | 513 |
2005 | 497 |
Cases of a national insurance number being used by more than one individual | |
Number of cases | |
2001 | 2,539 |
2002 | 2,418 |
2003 | 2,533 |
2004 | 1,896 |
2005 | 1,991 |
Source: Departmental Central Index front-line services. |
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