National Insurance number allocation: SSAC FOI response
Updated 25 June 2018
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Information request
Received 8 January 2018
a) Do we all have a national insurance number in Great Britain/United kingdom?
b) Are anyones nino numbers the same ie a shared national insurance number?
c) Are national insurance numbers unique to the man or woman it is given to, which would lead you to the identity of the man or woman issued with the number?
d) Does anyone have the same national insurance number and if they did wouldnt that mean it could lead to fraud
Response
6 February 2018
The Social Security Advisory Committee does not hold the information you require. The Committee is an independent non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions.
You may wish to redirect your enquiry to HM Revenue and Customs. However before doing so, you may find the answers you require on the GOV.UK website (I attach a link to the section on National Insurance numbers: https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance/your-national-insurance-number).