Current NINo Staff guidance

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Please provide all current guidance available to DWP staff on how to deal with a claim for benefit (including Universal Credit) made by a claimant, or their partner, who either has applied for a National Insurance Number but not yet received it, or has not yet applied for a National Insurance Number at all.

Please also provide all information or updates on this topic circulated to staff since February 2019.

Yours faithfully,

Jessica Strode

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Dear Jessica Strode,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 9
August.

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Yours sincerely,

DWP Operations FOI Team

Dear [email address] on behalf of Operations FOI Team,

You asked me to clarify my request.

Please provide all internal and/or operational guidance circulated to DWP staff between February and August 2019 on how to process a claim for Universal Credit received from a person who either has applied for but has not yet received, or has not yet applied for, a National Insurance Number.

Yours sincerely,

Jessica Strode

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Dear Jessica Strode,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 12th
August.

Yours sincerely,

DWP Central FoI Team