§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what action is required to establish that an applicant for a national insurance number is properly resident in the United Kingdom and is so entitled; and if he will make a statement on the enforcement of these conditions.
§ Mr. JackOn receipt of an application for a national insurance number we require acceptable and verifiable evidence of identification. This could include a birth certificate, a passport or a Home Office immigration form. The Home Office is informed in any case where a passport indicates that there is a restriction on taking up employment in the United Kingdom or where there is a limit on length of stay which has expired, or is about to expire.
Questions on residence are matters for my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department.