NHS Number

[Roland Perry]

In article <51892E35-A27E-46A9-B499-0413693F7E4B at batten.eu.org>, Ian 
Batten <igb at batten.eu.org> writes
>> I refused to give my NI number to an estate agent recently
>
>Did you manage to get them to tell you why they wanted it?

Sorry I should have said. It was obvious to all concerned - they were 
doing a credit check. I expect they would claim that the NI number helps 
identify the individual, but Experian knows where I live and will have 
no difficulty in matching my name and address to their credit records.
-- 
Roland Perry