Dataset: NINo Registrations To Adult Overseas Nationals Entering The UK
Description
Statistics are based on a count of the number of National Insurance number registrations to adult non-UK overseas Nationals entering the UK.
The data covers the number of adult overseas nationals entering the UK and allocated a National Insurance Number (NINo) since January 2002. A NINo is required by any overseas national looking to work, claim benefits, or apply for a student loan in the UK.
Figures are based on recorded registration date on the HMRC National Insurance Recording and Pay as you Earn System, i.e. after the NINo application process has been completed. This may be a number of weeks or months after arriving in the UK.
All adult overseas nationals allocated a NINo are included irrespective of their length of stay in the UK. There is no requirement to establish how long the individual intends to remain in the UK when issuing a NINo, and therefore, these statistics should not be used alone as a measure of migration to the UK.
NINo statistics may include foreign nationals who have already been in the country but who have not previously registered for a NINo. Individual registrations are only counted once, therefore migrants who may have subsequently returned from abroad e.g. seasonal workers, are not issued a new NINo.
These statistics form part of a cross government release of migration statistics. NINo statistics in isolation cannot be used as a direct measure of long term migration, and are therefore not directly comparable with ONS long-term estimates of immigration.
Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this dataset which guards against the identification of an individual claimant.
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