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Steve CraineMember for 24 years
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Hi

Wonder if someone could help on this issue, Ive just appied for a position, and before I can go any further in the process I have to provide my NI number. Now as Im a Ltd company and will not be troubling there HR dept etc why do I need to provide this detail. The position is not in a government or security etc. Does these contravine the Data Protection Act?????
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    Steven Oliver ·
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    As youre a Ltd Company, isnt the employment contract between your client and your Ltd Company, who in turn employ you.
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    Paul Knighting ·
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    Steve

    If you are invoicing them as a limited company, there is no reason why they should want your NI number. However can’t really see why this would prove to be a problem.

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    Steve Craine ·
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    Thanks for this guys.

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    Steven Oliver ·
    #4
    Another thing which occured to me is from memory your Nat Ins Number is related to your PTS cert.
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    Paul McCarthy ·
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    Steve
    I would not be too worried about providing your NI number.
    It could have been a lot worse ... they could have asked for a photo of you ! If this is the case with this or any future job applications I will gladly supply one from your time at Computing Devices !
    Cheers
    Paul
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    Tom Brown ·
    #6
    Sometimes, National Insurance numbers are requested as a matter of procedure, for immigration reasons - a valid National Insurance number goes a long way to showing that someone is legally entitled to work in the UK!
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