§ Mr. DowdTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many current national insurance numbers are allocated to people normally resident in Northern Ireland. [11201]
§ Mr. MossResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
541WLetter from Alec Wylie to Mr. Jim Dowd, dated 24 January 1996:
I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question relating to National Insurance numbers.I should explain that all National Insurance records for the United Kingdom are held centrally in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The number of National Insurance numbers allocated to Northern Ireland or any other regions of the United Kingdom is not available.I am sorry that I cannot provide the information you require.