Question follow-through · 111908
National Insurance
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
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
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
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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17 Feb 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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