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National Insurance

Commons · Question 91958 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is meeting its service standards for the processing and issuing of A1 forms.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 3 Dec 2025

Due to increased demand for National Insurance services ahead of the 5 April 2025 deadline for making voluntary contributions, there have been delays in processing A1 applications. As of 2 December 2025:There are around 11,000 digital (online A1) applicat...