Coming off dole - without reason

JackyO

Hi,

I'm on the dole. When I get off it, I don't particulary want to say why. Maybe 'Because I feel like it' or 'I won the lottery'.

Am I in anyway obliged to give information?

thanks in advance

paddedjohn

No, but if you're not working you wont be paying NI contributions

JackyO

Ok please explain

custardy

JackyO wrote: »

Ok please explain

whilst unemployed,your national insurance payments are covered
if you arent claiming or earning taxable income then you need to pay the NI towards your pension.
though this depends on timescales,what you have paid already etc

paddedjohn

while you are employed NI is paid from your wages, when signing on (even if not claiming ang cash) then your NI contribution is paid for you

JackyO

Thanks for the replies, i'll have to look into NI contributions and pensions.

[Deleted User]

you need 30 years pf NI cont. now for state pension

fluffymovie

I can't think if any reason why you wouldn't!

However if you sign off to start work, you can be entitled to into work payments, Job grants, housing benefit run ons? Course you'd have to tell them

real1314

fluffymovie wrote: »

I can't think if any reason why you wouldn't!

However if you sign off to start work, you can be entitled to into work payments, Job grants, housing benefit run ons? Course you'd have to tell them

Some people don't like to say why they are stopping claiming because their circumstances have already changed some time ago and they do not want to alert the relevant authorities.

Others are just trying to retain a degree of privacy.

On balance I would tend to think the former is more probable than the latter.

dawyldthing

How much needs to be paid in NI contributions before it is classed as a 'contributing year'?

mitch161

NI the next scam of the century.

im only 27 and i have seen the age of pension entitlement jump a couple times and already hint to raise it by a year or more again..

in 40-50 years time a pensionable age might be around 80-90yo. with inflation the few£ a week going in will be meaningless at that age.

i think the reason NI increases and age increases is so the tony blairs, gordon browns can claim 20 times more then us from state pension and with either expenses and contacts get the private medical support they need to ensure they reach 90. leaving the rest of us on minimal pay to hope we will even see the likes of our 80th birthday.

MP's are already hiding their tax free wages in spain with their investor contacts will have trippled their money in 10 years. maybe the MP's should put some money into the pot of everyone that could not pay NI due to financial reasons. and not further hurt those that CANT pay.

i love how a £140k a year prime minister who has a car paid for by the state number10 already paid for in full, requiring expenses.

while us working classes are suppose to survive on minimum wage/benefits.

long live the queen

National Insurance is not what it use to be, and wont be worth it in the future. but until then lets keep paying for gordon brown's botox injection for his 80th birthday

rant over