NI credits for child benefit help

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i am doing a form to claim Home Responsibilities Protection HRP becuase i got child benefit but did not get national insurance credits and have alot of gap years for the time i was not working.

it says on the form to put the date i am claiming up to. up to what age is HRP paid is it up to when the child is 12 or 16?

sammyjammy

It is 12yrs old

p00hsticks

sammyjammy wrote: »

It is 12yrs old

It's 12 for credits associated with child benefit now, but was 16 for HRP
https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp/eligibility

Alice_Holt

sammyjammy wrote: »

It is 12yrs old

Why, then does Gov.UK state:

"Qualifying automatically for HRP
Most people got HRP automatically if they were:
getting Child Benefit in their name for a child under the age of 16 and they had given the Child Benefit Office their National Insurance number"

If you are right and the Gov.uk site is wrong,or (more to the point) if my interpretation of the wording is wrong, please supply the OP with a source for your statement.

sammyjammy

p00hsticks wrote: »

It's 12 for credits associated with child benefit now, but was 16 for HRP
https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp/eligibility

Thanks I didn't know there had been a change, my bad.

sammyjammy

Alice_Holt wrote: »

Why, then does Gov.UK state:

"Qualifying automatically for HRP
Most people got HRP automatically if they were:
getting Child Benefit in their name for a child under the age of 16 and they had given the Child Benefit Office their National Insurance number"

If you are right and the Gov.uk site is wrong,or (more to the point) if my interpretation of the wording is wrong, please supply the OP with a source for your statement.

I don't think there is any need for rudeness, I misunderstood the question and didn't know there was a difference between what was HRP and is no credits.

Alice_Holt

sammyjammy wrote: »

I don't think there is any need for rudeness,

I don't think I was rude.

If you really think this is rude "if my interpretation of the wording is wrong, please supply the OP with a source for your statement." - then I have to say that you are far too over-sensitive.

If you give a seemingly incorrect answer (and one without a link to an authoritative source), you should expect to be challenged and asked for substantiation of your answer.

BTW: I note that the OP after thanking you for your reply hasn't returned to their thread to see the reponse from p00hsticks "Last activity: Today 6:37 PM". You may wish to PM them, as it might be unfortunate if they relied solely on your reply to complete the form.