| HM Revenue & Customs
(HMRC) has announced a change on
replacement national insurance cards,
ahead of a phasing out of the traditional
plastic card. When the government
invited members of the public to put
forward money-saving ideas earlier this
year, a suggestion was made that HMRC cut
costs by sending out letters to notify
people of the national insurance number
instead of a plastic card.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George
Osborne confirmed in September that the
suggestion had been accepted.
HMRC has now stopped issuing
replacement cards but will still provide
written confirmation of a national
insurance number if requested.
Anyone who has recently applied for a
national insurance number or is
approaching the age of 16 and is eligible
to receive a number automatically will
still be sent a plastic card and this will
continue for some time while the
transition to letters is put in place.
LINK:
Applying for a National Insurance number |
