Banking under Enduring Power of Attorney

[Roland Perry]

In article <49DE02FE.6040807@iosis.co.uk>, Peter Tomlinson 
<pwt@iosis.co.uk> writes
>But apparently NI # is all that DWP knows, even for a person 36 years 
>past working age (until we have the NIR, that is).

DWP uses the NI number as an index to their own records. Why a bank 
thinks that such an internal index is proof of identity, I will leave as 
an exercise for the reader. Obviously, the number often appears on a 
letter (or other document) that contains someone's name and address, but 
can the bank really authenticate the NI number (and therefore weakly 
validate the entire document) by asking the DWP?
-- 
Roland Perry