Treasury written question – answered at on 16 July 2025.
Rupa Huq
Labour, Ealing Central and Acton
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of introducing real-time alerts for compromised National Insurance numbers.
James Murray
The Exchequer Secretary
The Department for Work and Pensions have processes in place to flag NINos and will monitor flagged NINos daily for inappropriate use.
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