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National Insurance Contributions: Civil Servants

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 February 2025UIN 26932

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on supporting people who wish to buy back missing National Insurance years before the 5 April 2025 deadline.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The majority of customers can check for gaps in their NI record, and make payment online. To support those unable to use online services, we have deployed c.300 frontline Civil servants within the DWP and HMRC. A further c100 frontline Civil Servants will be deployed in February, ahead of the 5 April 2025 deadline.

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