Fill out the form below to apply for HRP contribution credits.
Apply for contribution credits
About Home Responsibility Protection
If you stay at home to care
for a child under school age, or you work 20 hours or less per week, you
can apply to protect your Social Security contribution record with a credit
called Home Responsibility Protection.
This protects your entitlement to a pension and Survivor’s Benefit while you’re not working.
It doesn’t cover you for sickness or maternity benefits.
Who can apply for Home Responsibility Protection
You can claim HRP if:
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you're 18 or over but under pension age
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you've been living in Jersey for at least six months
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you work 20 hours or less per week
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you stay at home to look after a child under school age
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you live with the child you're looking after
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the child you're caring for attends school or nursery for 20 hours or less per week
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this child is not cared for by a childminder
You can claim HRP for a maximum of 10 years over your working life.
To receive HRP, you can be any of the following:
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parent
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step-parent
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somebody living with and looking after the child
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single
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married
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co-habiting
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civil-partnership
Only one adult in the family can claim HRP but this can be a man or a woman.
Maternity benefits
While you’re receiving maternity benefits, you can’t claim HRP. However, you can still apply for HRP so that the credits start as soon as your maternity benefit ends.
If you're receiving HRP and have another child, you need to check if you are eligible for maternity benefits.
Maternity and family support
Working and claiming Home Responsibility Protection
You can work up to 20 hours a week and still claim HRP.
If you work more than 20 hours a week, contact us.
If you become employed and pay Class 1 contributions, we’ll automatically stop your HRP credits for the months you're working.
Back dating Home Responsibility Protection
We can back date your HRP credits if you provide all the information required in the form.
Collect a form from the Social Security Department reception or phone us and we'll post one to you.
If your claim is not allowed
If we decide you're not eligible for HRP credits, we’ll write to you to tell you. We’ll also tell you what to do if you’re not happy with the decision.
If you’re not eligible for HRP, you’ll be expected to pay Social Security contributions.
About contributions
Change in circumstances while you're claiming
We need to know if:
- the number of hours you work changes
- the amount that you earn changes
- you and your child change address
- another child joins the family
- you and your child leave the Island for 28 days or more
- you or your child go into hospital for 28 days or more
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