HC Deb 07 February 2001 vol 362 cc553-4W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many new national insurance numbers have been(a) created and (b) cancelled in each year since 1992. [148487]

Mr. Rooker

The information is in the table.

Number of National Insurance numbers created and removed
National Insurance numbers
Year1 Created on DCI Removed from DCI
1992 9,763,571 20,709
1993 3,289,259 18,514
1994 1,057,419 14,523
1995 1,007,641 16,285
1996 978,666 55,492
1997 1,017,500 57,859
1998 1,026,885 28,963
1999 1,021,776 60,878
2000 995,351 181,880
1 January to December

Source:

Departmental Central Index (DCI)