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Did I top up years when I should have got Home Responsibilities Protection?

gweilo
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I found a letter from the Inland Revenue dated back in 2004 which summarises my NI contributions from 1996 to 2002. It suggests that in 5 of those 6 years I had a shortfall as I only worked sporadically in those years. I was definitely receiving Child Benefit in those years as my first child was born in 1990 and my second in 1992. The letter said it was not a bill and it was up to me to decide whether to top up these years or not. The total amount to top up these years was £1480.70 which I think I recall paying. Looking at my state pension records now it appears these years are in fact full.
My question is should I have paid this amount of £1480.70 if I was getting Child Benefit and therefore did I have HRP? How can I find out if these years are full because I spent money to top them up? I dont relish the task of trying to go back through bank records from 2004 to prove that I paid voluntary contributions for those years. Will a phonecall to DWP help? Will they be able to access detail all of the extra voluntary contributions I have made over the years or will they just see the same info as me, namely that the years are full? Thank you.
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If you click on View Details for the relevant years in your NI Record you will see whether it’s paid contributions, voluntary contributions or NI Credits.0
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Your NI record should show how a year was filled - weeks voluntary, weeks credits etc. The only real exception to that is if it is credits for being above the LEL then it purely shows as a full year.0
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gweilo said:Will a phonecall to DWP help?0
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