National insurance credits

Birdy12

Can anyone clarify a little something for me please.

I've been online to check my pension statement and it shows I currently have 30 consecutive years full contributions. Looking at each year individually, i see either contributions purely from paid employment or contributions from paid employment AND national insurance credits 52 weeks. However, one year (2014/5) shows national insurance credits 11 weeks. Why would this year show 11 weeks only? I work for the whole of 2014/5 & paid NI and tax.

If someone could tell me why I'd be grateful.

B

zagfles

You can get credits for all sorts of reasons, eg claiming child benefit for a child under 12, caring for someone, being unemployed, getting WTC, in previous years doing A-levels etc. If you work as well you usually don't need the credits.

Archi_Bald

You need to check with the DWP why only 11 weeks show from your fulltime work

Birdy12

Archi_Bald wrote: »

You need to check with the DWP why only 11 weeks show from your fulltime work

Will do, cheers.

B

Birdy12

Thanking you, Zagfles, for mentioning children up to the age of 12 as it's just occurred to me why the 2014-5 year shows the NI credits as 11 weeks. I believe it refers to the period that leads up to my DD's b'day...when she turned 12. That makes perfect sense.

Cheers, B