HC Deb 12 March 1999 vol 327 cc395-6W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the NIRS2 facilities for issuing national insurance numbers for(a) adults and (b) juveniles will be implemented nationally. [76410]

Mr. Timms

Both facilities have been implemented. NIRS2 adult registrations was implemented in January 1999 and the Juvenile registrations were implemented on 10 March 1999.

Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current waiting time between the application for a new national insurance number and that number being issued. [76406]

Mr. Timms

The current waiting time between application and issue of the National Insurance number for new adult registrations is 17 days.

Where Juveniles contact the National Insurance number Helpline and request confirmation of their NI number, a letter is issued within two days.