From: Peter Saxton 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Court wants to know my NI number..
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:44:25 +0000

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 23:01:06 +0000, Clive Page 
wrote:

>In message , Peter Saxton 
> writes
>>What is the definition of active?
>
>I don't know for sure.  I guess numbers only become inactive when they 
>learn of the death of the holder.
>
>>A lot of people will come to the UK
>>for a few months or more, get an NI number and then leave. These will
>>be considered active. Other NI numbers will be used to claim benefits
>>for the enrichment of criminals.
>
>Both of those must inflate the numbers, but whether they are enough to 
>account for an inflation by 50% or more, I doubt.

So what do you think the reason is?

It seems hard enough for genuine people to get ONE NI number never
mind more than one!

-- 
Peter Saxton from London
peter@petersaxton.co.uk