AUTHORISED USERS of NATIONAL INSURANCE NUMBERS
Authorised User
Proposed/Actual Use
Reasons and Circumstances
Approval granted pending suitable legal gateway
Home Office
Sex Offenders database
To facilitate the identification & tracing of offenders who seek to
evade registration requirements
Department of Health
Protection of Children Act list
To prevent individuals previously convicted or regarded as high risk
from work in the healthcare field
Department for Education & Skills
List 99 database
To prevent individuals previously convicted or regarded as high risk
from work in the education field
Lord Chancellors Department (LCD)
LCD proposes the introduction of a new Court Order, a Data Disclosure
Order
To improve the collection of civil debt where other legal steps to
recover debt have failed. LCD to collect information including NINO
Approval Granted
Criminal Records Bureau
Pre-recruitment checks - use of NINO with customer consent - including
both employers and voluntary groups
Used for checking purposes against DWP records. Provides safer
recruitment procedures for employers and voluntary groups in particular
for those with responsibilities for the welfare of children & vulnerable
adults
UK Passport Agency
For use in passport application checks - with customer consent
To facilitate identity checks against DWP records as part of more secure
passport issue arrangements
Northern Ireland Electoral Office
Use of NINO included within the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act
2002
For use in connection with elections in Northern Ireland
Disability Living Allowance & Schlumberger-Sema
Use of NINO format identifier
Facilitates the tracking of medical assessments relating to DWP benefit
customers
HM Customs & Excise
Approved for use on VAT trader applications
To assist in the verification of identity of persons applying for VAT
trader status
Prescription Pricing Authority. Dental Practice Board. NHS Optical
Checks. NHS Counter -fraud
Used to identify individuals seeking to evade payment of prescription
charges etc.
Facilitates the tracing of those seeking to evade payment of charges by
claiming to be in receipt of "passport" benefits
Yorkshire & Humberside Government Office
Used for allocation of European Training Grant purposes
Facilitated the allocation of funds to individuals
Cabinet Office
Use of NINO for Civil Service staffing purposes
Use of NINO for Civil Service staffing purposes
BBC TV Licences
Supported by legislation and with customer consent, provides for the
provision of free TV Licences to the over 75 age range
Use of NINO used to establish entitlement provision to free TV Licence
Nic
-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Perry [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 October 2004 15:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: References: PQ's on National Insurance numbers etc
In message
<[log in to unmask]>, at
11:49:06 on Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Pounder Chris <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>PQ 185952 NI No
"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what uses of the
national insurance number other than those connected with tax or
benefits are authorised
The which the answer is "Didn't we tell you once already?" and "Don't
know, but we'll find the answer eventually and hide it away".
"I refer to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
response of 14 April 2003 to your previous question. Additions
to the list of authorised users of the national insurance number
for non-tax or benefit purposes since that date will be placed
in the Library.
The "previous answer" being equally opaque:
"The National Insurance number is an internal system index
number used by Inland Revenue to record and reconcile tax and
National Insurance, and by the Department of Work and Pensions
to pay social security benefits and pensions. National Insurance
number policy is the joint responsibility of DWP and Inland
Revenue.
"Any exchange of information is governed by the terms of the
1998 Data Protection Act. Under certain, limited, circumstances,
the national insurance number can be used for other
cross-government, public interest purposes. A full list of
authorised users of the National Insurance Number for non-tax or
benefit purposes will be placed in the Library.
<sigh> So we need a friendly MP to go and look it up in the Library...
--
Roland Perry
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