National Insurance Credits: Carers
Commons · Question 79925 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing carers to retain their national insurance contribution credits during temporary absences of the person they are a carer for.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Oct 2025
Carers in receipt of Carers Allowance (CA) are awarded class 1 National Insurance credits. If there is a break in care that lasts up to 12 weeks, carers in receipt of CA are awarded class 3 National Insurance credits. These credits protect their State Pen...