National Insurance Numbers

[DuncyBoy]

I work for the Civ and part of my job over the past couple of years has been stints on one of the National Helplines.

We use the National Insurance number to access ALL of our cases, but a surprising number of people call who don't know theirs and wouldn't have a clue how to find out what it is. A common belief is that if a child is under 16 they never have their own number, but if a benefit is claimed on their behalf they will be allocated one, no matter how old (or young) they are.

I was just wondering what the general consensus on here is?

Do you know yours?
Do you know where your NI card is?
Have you ever had to use it?

A little more reading here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_insurance#National_Insurance_number

 

[Wyrdo]

I have no idea what my number is but I keep my card in my wallet. I know a few people that seem to know their number off the top of their head, I just wonder why they had to memorise this information.

 

[Indy500]

I've memorised mine. For a start your employer needs to know it to deduct NI contributions from your pay.

 

[Reesy]

I know mine off the top of my head.

 

[Heliospherez]

I lost my card about a year after I received it (in 1990)

Luckily I know the number.... and have had to use it about 200 times since then.

 

[.:MBK:.]

dont know mine but its in my wallet

 

[PardonTheWait]

Lost the card ages ago, I know my NI number though.

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

lost my card and didnt know my number till i got my P45 this morning lol

 

[manoz]

Mines in my wallet, (broken a bit), Don't know it off by heart though I've only recently start using it again so it'll be in my head soon. My name is spelt different on it to my birth/passport name, no clue why though.

 

[Abraham]

i know mine off by heart and it's in my wallet
i know it because there was a time when i was filling out tons of application forms which required it, just sort of stuck, and it's a fairly easy set to remember

 

[semi-pro waster]

I just wonder why they had to memorise this information.

Filling in timesheets for a call centre job tends to imprint the number pretty quickly on your brain if you do it every week. I'm not 100% sure where my card is now but I reckon I could find it if I really needed to as there is only one place it is likely to be.

 

[Freakitchen]

Don't know mine, but the (now battered) card is still in my wallet. People wonder why I keep it with me, but in all honesty, my wallet is one of the few things I tend to keep track of - more through luck than judgement

 

[markk]

I dont know my number off by heart but i know a few of the digits. I know where my card is also but i dont carry it around with me.

Just reading that wiki link: "only one replacement card may ever be issued over the lifetime of an individual" - never knew that!!

 

[Azagoth]

Do you know yours? Yes
Do you know where your NI card is? Never got a replacement after some scrote nicked my wallet with it inside.
Have you ever had to use it? Yes

 

[divine`]

Have the number tucked away somewhere. Not sure where the card is, all my families were kept together but mine wasn't there when i went to look for it. No idea what's happened to it :S

 

[Tomsk]

I haven't memorised my NI number.
I don't know where my card is.
I do know where to get my NI number, it's on my monthly payslip and I have access to company files.

 

[el_dazza]

I know mine off by heart, and it's in my wallet. Learnt it as soon as I got it, I seem to remember lots of numbers.. My bank account details, my entire 16 digit Debit + Credit card numbers, I know most people's phone numbers that are in my phone book..

 

[NightSt@lk3r]

lol i just opend my wallet and found my NI card after all this time i thought it was lost.

 

[Garyj881]

Man i thought everyone knew there number, atleast i do anyway.

I know all my numbers for everything.

Sort codes account numbers, never ending ......

Yep im sad.

 

[alexakasloth]

I know where my card is and my number off by heart.