As a Carer, will I still get my National Insurance contributions paid?
Yes. If you are under state pension age, Carer’s Allowance gives you Class 1 National Insurance contribution credits, which will count towards your state pension record, as well as benefits such as new-style employment and support allowance. In effect, Class 1 credits are generally treated much more like paid employee contributions and protect entitlement to the widest range of contributory benefits. If you claimed Carers Allowance for a year, it would be sufficient to count as a qualifying year for the purpose of state pension.
More infomation about eligibility and how to claim and how to claim visit the GOV.uk website.
Carers Credit is a Class 3 National Insurance credit which is awarded weekly. It is not a benefit payment and you will not receive any money with Carer’s Credit. Instead it helps you to build up your qualifying years for the basic State Pension.
Carers receiving the carer element of Universal Credit (UC), but not Carer's Allowance, are credited with Class 3 National Insureance contributions as this is standard with any UC claim. Class 3 credits count towards state pension but do not help establish entitlement to benefits such as new-style employment and support allowance.
Updated 09.09.26
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