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<p>HMRC issue a National Insurance number to an individual shortly before they reach
their sixteenth birthday. The process ensures that no two individuals can be issued
with the same number, even where they share the same name and date of birth. Where
an individual has not been allocated a National Insurance number by HMRC, they can
apply to DWP who will undertake a face to face interview to establish their identity
and check entitlement to a number. This again ensures a National Insurance number
cannot be issued to more than one person.</p><p> </p><p>In each case, a National Insurance
number will be unique to each individual and remain the same for life. Both HMRC and
DWP take seriously any attempts to use the National Insurance number fraudulently
and have a range of measures in place to counter abuse wherever it occurs.</p>
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