ive got HRP so i i stop signing on..will it affect my national insurance??

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i am signing on just for credits

As long as you are getting Child Benefit (paid to you & not DH) you will get HRP so no you don't really need to sign on as well.

yes i am getting it paid to me but just wondered if it wud effect my national insurance?

no you NI is getting payed for you as you are claiming HRP.

thank you x

no problem, but if there is ever a gap in your history the tax office would write to you and ask you to confirm what you were doing at that time, working or claiming benefits etc x

Just be careful.I wasn't working for 10 wks after my maternity leave ended,as my job is seasonal & it was the winter.Consequently I didn't pay NI,neither was I able to claim any benefits.

Two years later,I was ill & applied for Incapacity benefit for a week & was refused-because I hadn't paid NI for those 10wks two years before.I was fuming,as I've only had 11 weeks without a job in 22 years,so have paid loads in tax & NI,but that made no difference.

the jobcentre had told me not to bother coming in but it was up to me to still get my credits from the jobcentre