do children have a national insurance number?

[brimfull]

dd has been asked for hers for a work placement.

no - not until they are 16

yes, they do - I only know of dd2's through her disability benefits application though - I guess it'll be on the child benefit paperwork??

I thought you didn't get them until you were 15 or 16 but my info is probably well out of date.

Is she being paid?

my son was given one when I applied for DLA
but you get sent them routinly at 15.5 I think

Could you phone the tax office and ask

cross-posted with AQ - maybe they don't then unless they get certain benefits...

You normally get a card with it on about 6 weeks before their 16th birthday. If they have work experience before that you just put 'n/a' on the form - that's what I did anyway & nobody queried it.

she's doing work exp next month when she will be 15.5yrs.

hope n/a will suffice

she doesn't do any paid work atm