There are approximately 76 million National Insurance numbers in issue. There were 1,486,312 National Insurance numbers issued in 2005 and 1,531,786 issued in 2006.
Notes:
The number of National Insurance numbers issued includes the following:
1. children who reach 16 years of age (the juvenile registration process);
2. UK adults who missed out on the juvenile registration process and
3. foreign nationals who enter the UK and require a National Insurance Number (NINO) for benefit, tax credit or employment purposes (adult NINO allocation process).
4. In order to maintain the integrity of the system NINOs are not removed. For example, they are retained after a person dies or moves abroad.
The information is not available in the requested format. The latest available information is in the following tables.
Calendar year Number issued 2004 1,250,622 2005 1,486,312 2006 (to 31 October 2006)) 1,369,652 Notes: The above figures relate to National Insurance numbers allocated to: 1. Children who reach 16 years of age (the juvenile registration process); 2. UK adults who missed out on the juvenile registration process and 3. Foreign nationals who enter the UK and require a NINO (adult NINO allocation process).
A8 applicants by country Allocated for employment purposes Czech Republic 24,699 Estonia 5,304 Hungary 15,561 Latvia 23,469 Lithuania 49,835 Poland 303,254 Slovakia 44,538 Slovenia 698
Information is not available prior to April 2002. The available information has been placed in the Library.