Question follow-through · 91959
National Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) online and (b) postal A1 form applications are currently overdue for processing and how long the backlog for applicants is for each.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) online and (b) postal A1 form applications are currently overdue for processing and how long the backlog for applicants is for each.
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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