Specified Adult childcare credits

relishy57

My first grandchild expected end of April.😀. Retired teacher not been earning any NI credits since retirement but can make up shortfall due to cope from 2016.
I will be looking after grandchild some days of the week and have some questions please.
The other grandmother will be involved too so wondered if she is eligible (not sure if she is claiming state pension yet) can 2 grandparents claim? Obviously we won’t be doing same days.
Secondly, daughter is hoping to take 6 months off as paid maternity leave and then use annual leave so she may not go back to work until January 19. Not wanting to claim anything not entitled too but how would this work? She may do keep in touch days or similar.
Thirdly is there any risk to daughters future state pension entitlement by allowing these credits to,be given to grandparents ie possible shortfall in years she will need?
Hope this is clear

xylophone

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-credits-for-adults-who-care-for-a-child-under-12-fact-sheet/specified-adult-childcare-credits-fact-sheet

There's a help line for specific queries.

molerat

The original PDF fact sheet had this particular scenario covered and yes you can claim but the donor decides which particular weeks are credited to which carer. If you split care over the week or each care for one child you cannot both claim for the same week.

relishy57

Thank you both for the replies. I had read the fact sheet and hadn’t seen anything about dual applications. Nearer the time I will ring the helpline.