§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers(a) have been issued in each year since 1992, (b) have been extinguished in each year since 1992 and (c) have been current in each year since 1992. [177533]
§ Mr. PondThe information is as follows:
Total allocated Total deleted Increase per year 19921 9,765,000 21,000 9,744,000 19931 3,292,000 19,000 3,273,000 1994 1,057,000 15,000 1,042,000 1995 1,008,000 16,000 992,000 19962 979,000 55,000 924,000 19972 1,018,000 58,000 960,000 19982 1,027,000 38,000 989,000 19992 1,023,000 61,000 962,000 20002 996,000 182,000 814,000 2001 928,000 100,000 828,000 2002 1,082,000 4,000 1,078,000 2003 1,142,000 4,000 1,138,000 Up to 30 April 2004 411,000 1,000 410,000 1The allocation of Child Reference Numbers (CRN's) commenced in May 1992. From that date to February 1993 Child Benefit Branch allocated NINO's for all children hence the large number of created records during this period. 2 High number of deletions due to Data Cleaning Project which targeted duplicate NINO's/invalid NINO's. Note: These figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.