Help with claiming HRP

simpletv

My mother is trying to clain hrp for her missing years on child benefit.

Her state pension is only £180 a month because off it.

She has filled in the claim from, but she didn't know the Ni numbers of her 2 ex partners and has being told she needs them to make the claim.

One ex has passed away the other she hasn't spoken to for 45y. 

She has noway to get the NI numbers. 

xylophone

When exactly did your mother reach state pension age?

If pre 6/4/2016, what exactly is shown on her increase in benefit letter for 24/5?

When  exactly was your mother receiving CB?

simpletv

It was 2018 she reached her pension age

She was getting child benefit from 1978 till 1995.

Marcon

There are lots of HRP related questions here, so perhaps add your question? https://community.hmrc.gov.uk/customerforums/ni/14bd569d-c46d-ee11-a81c-002248c816fd#6652feb9-956e-ee11-9ae7-00224841f0d0

xylophone

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-responsibilities-protection-and-state-pension-entitlement/home-responsibilities-protection-correction-of-national-insurance-records-and-state-pension-entitlement

I don't see why your mother should be expected to know the NI numbers of her late/ex husbands.

Is there some suggestion that they were claiming the CB?

Presumably it is possible to produce the children's birth certificates - does she still have any paperwork at all to show that she was receiving CB for those years?

simpletv

No, they is no suggestion anyone else was claiming CB for us. 

Yeah all have our birth certificates.

She had definitely being told by hmrx she needs that information to process the claim.

She 70years old now, 

No hasn't got Amy paper work. Who would after all this time.

It shouldn't be  put on my mother or anyone else to provide information like this. It should of being updated years ago correctly.

xylophone

Who would after all this time.

You'd be surprised what people have squirrelled away in drawers/old shopping bags etc.

I think that she will need to explain the circumstances and produce what she has (the birth certificates) and see what happens.