Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what checks are made to ensure that applicants are entitled to (1) reside within the United Kingdom, and (2) work within the United Kingdom, before new National Insurance numbers are issued.
Answered by Lord Freud
The Department for Work and Pensions conducts thorough identity, immigration status, and right to work checks on all applications for National Insurance Numbers.
The Department works closely with the Home Office to identify anyone with no valid right to reside or work in the UK and an applicant who could not demonstrate that they were in this country legally would not be given a National Insurance Number.
Asked by: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made, if any, either from United Kingdom sources or from access to German statistics, of the number of United Kingdom citizens (1) resident in Germany, (2) working in Germany, and (3) claiming social benefits in Germany.
Answered by Lord Freud
According to the German National Statistics Agency there were 103,756 UK nationals resident in Germany as of 31 December 2014.
According to the German Federal Employment Agency, in 2014, there were 33,536 UK nationals in regular employment in Germany and paying national insurance contributions.
Statistics on the number of UK nationals claiming social benefits in Germany are not held.