National Insurance Credits: Carers
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Carer's Credit rules where care is shared between two or more family members, each meeting the weekly hours threshold, on those people; and whether his Department plans to review eligibility to allow multiple qualifying carers to each receive the credit.
Answered by Torsten Bell
Carer’s Credit is a National Insurance credit designed to help people aged 16 to State Pension age who provide at least 20 hours of care a week for a disabled person, to build qualifying years for the State Pension, where they might otherwise miss out. The current rules allow more than one person to receive Carer’s Credit for the same cared‑for person, provided each meets the conditions for entitlement in their own right.
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