National Insurance: Foreign Nationals
(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which five countries had the most overseas nationals being allocated National Insurance numbers in each of the last three years for which records are available.
The available information on the five countries with the most overseas nationals being allocated National insurance numbers can be found within our published statistics National Insurance Number Allocations to Adult Overseas Nationals entering the UK. The latest available information is up to June 2018
Below is a table of allocated NINos per country for the top 5 countries for the last three calendar and financial years. Taken from the published stats
Calendar Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
2015 | Romania 169,888 | Poland 111,270 | Italy 58,653 | Spain 50,028 | Bulgaria 39,189 |
2016 | Romania 189,023 | Poland 93,372 | Italy 62,984 | Spain 47,741 | Bulgaria 42,342 |
2017 | Romania 154,014 | Poland 61,821 | Italy 50,880 | Bulgaria 38,744 | Spain 35,642 |
Financial Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
2015/16 | Romania 179,242 | Poland 108,672 | Italy 57,293 | Spain 48,498 | Bulgaria 39,643 |
2016/17 | Romania 181,882 | Poland 83,589 | Italy 61,751 | Spain 44,075 | Bulgaria 42,052 |
2017/18 | Romania 147,956 | Poland 58,370 | Italy 47,887 | Bulgaria 37,223 | Spain 34,599 |