What is the National Insurance Number or NI Number or NINO?

National Insurance Number (NINo) is unique to an individual and a personal account number used throughout someone’s life to ensure National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and tax are accurately recorded.

National Insurance Numbers (NINOs): Format and Security: What a NINO looks like

A NINO is made up of 2 letters, 6 numbers and a final letter, which is always A, B, C, or D.

It looks something like this:

QQ 12 34 56 A

This is an example only and should not be used as an actual number.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/national-insurance-manual/nim39110