NHS Number

[Roland Perry]

In article <B35A6EE8-8625-4D57-9634-FF6524EB0F0D at st-kilda.org>, Fearghas 
McKay <fm-lists at st-kilda.org> writes
>> In England and Wales that would be an attachment of earnings order.
>> You _can_ apply for such an order even if you don't know the
>> defendant's NI number or indeed the identity of their employer. In
>> practice you'd apply for the debtor to be questioned and if they
>> refused to supply the relevant information you'd ask the court to
>> commit them to prison. Very few former landlords are sufficiently
>> bloody minded to do so.
>
>Indeed but having the number up front makes it easier and more importantly quicker to finish the process of getting your money.

But this is a classic example of scope-drift. Your NI number is not 
supposed to be a proxy (or index to) your employer. If they want to know 
who your employer is, they should ask (and in this case they already 
did, elsewhere on the forms).
-- 
Roland Perry