National Insurance
Commons · Question 111908 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Juliet Campbell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the operational capacity of the National Insurance services team to tackle the number of A1 certificate applications; and when are processing times expected to return to the standard
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 17 Feb 2026
HMRC recognises how important it is for customers to receive their A1 certificates promptly and is strengthening the service to support this. Additional National Insurance advisers are being trained to further increase capacity. The service‑level agreemen...