Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) was a scheme to help protect parents’ and carers’ State Pension. National Insurance credits replaced HRP in 2010.
You’ll have received HRP automatically if between 6 April 1978 and 5 April 2010 you were claiming:
- Child Benefit for a child under 16
- Income Support because you were looking after a sick or disabled person and were not available for work
You’ll need to apply for HRP if you think it’s missing from your National Insurance (NI) record.
You may still be able to apply for HRP if, for full tax years (6 April to 5 April) between 1978 and 2010, you were either:
- sharing the care of a child under 16 with a partner you lived with and they claimed Child Benefit instead of you – you may be able to transfer their HRP
- caring for a sick or disabled person
You can also apply if, for a full tax year between 2003 and 2010, you were a foster carer
To claim Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP), you can apply online or by post. You can also apply to transfer HRP from someone else.
You can also contact the HMRC National Insurance helpline for an application form.