Carer’s Credit

E282249

National Insurance credit UK social security benefit

Carer’s Credit is a UK National Insurance credit that helps people who care for someone for at least 20 hours a week protect their State Pension entitlement without having to make contributions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Carer’s Credit canonical	1
National Insurance credits for caring responsibilities	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Insurance credit ⓘ UK social security benefit ⓘ
administeredBy	Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
affectsStatePensionAmount	yes ⓘ
applicationMethod	online form ⓘ paper form ⓘ
appliesTo	carers ⓘ
backdatingLimit	up to the start of the tax year in which the claim is made ⓘ
benefits	National Insurance credits ⓘ protection of gaps in National Insurance record ⓘ
canBeBackdated	yes ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creditedTo	carer’s National Insurance record ⓘ
doesNotRequire	payment of National Insurance contributions by the carer ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	age between 16 and State Pension age ⓘ caring for a person who receives a qualifying disability benefit ⓘ caring for someone for at least 20 hours a week ⓘ not yet reached State Pension age ⓘ resident in the UK ⓘ
helpsPrevent	gaps in National Insurance record ⓘ
introducedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
introducedIn	2010s ⓘ
isDifferentFrom	Carer’s Allowance ⓘ
languageOfOfficialInformation	English ⓘ
legalJurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
linkedSystem	National Insurance contributions ⓘ surface form: UK National Insurance system
minimumCaringHoursPerWeek	20 ⓘ
paymentType	credit-only benefit ⓘ non-cash benefit ⓘ
policyArea	pensions ⓘ social security ⓘ
policyObjective	reduce poverty risk in retirement for carers ⓘ support unpaid carers ⓘ
purpose	to protect State Pension entitlement ⓘ to provide National Insurance credits to carers ⓘ
relatedTo	Carer’s Allowance ⓘ State Pension ⓘ
requiresApplication	yes ⓘ
requiresCaredForPersonToReceive	a qualifying disability benefit such as DLA, PIP or Attendance Allowance ⓘ
requiresEvidence	confirmation of caring hours ⓘ evidence of the cared-for person’s qualifying benefit ⓘ
targetGroup	informal carers ⓘ people with moderate caring responsibilities ⓘ
taxable	no ⓘ
website	https://www.gov.uk/carers-credit ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carer’s Allowance → interactionWith → Carer’s Credit ⓘ

National Insurance record → affectedBy → Carer’s Credit ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Insurance credits for caring responsibilities