Home Responsibilities Protection (historical)

E538326

Home Responsibilities Protection (historical) was a UK social security measure that reduced the impact of time spent out of paid work caring for children or disabled people on an individual’s state pension entitlement.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Home Responsibilities Protection (historical) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom social security measure ⓘ
pension protection measure ⓘ
administratedBy Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ
Department of Social Security (historical) ⓘ
appliesTo people reaching State Pension age before the post-2016 new State Pension system ⓘ
state pension entitlement ⓘ
benefits additional State Pension ⓘ
basic State Pension ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedToAddress gender inequality in state pension outcomes ⓘ
pension disadvantage experienced by carers ⓘ
effectOnPension protected National Insurance record during years of caring ⓘ
reduced the number of qualifying years needed for a full basic State Pension ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion being out of paid work or on low earnings due to caring ⓘ
caring for a child under a specified age ⓘ
caring for a person receiving certain disability benefits ⓘ
endTime 2010 ⓘ
historicalContext pre-2010 UK State Pension rules ⓘ
impact increased number of people qualifying for a full basic State Pension ⓘ
reduced the effect of career breaks for carers on pension entitlement ⓘ
introducedBy UK Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
legalForm modification of National Insurance qualifying years rules ⓘ
legislativeContext UK National Insurance system ⓘ
mechanism credited qualifying years for State Pension calculation ⓘ
policyArea pensions ⓘ
social security ⓘ
purpose to protect state pension rights of people out of paid work due to caring responsibilities ⓘ
to reduce the impact of gaps in National Insurance contributions caused by caring ⓘ
recordedIn National Insurance contribution record ⓘ
relatedTo Carer’s Allowance ⓘ
Child Benefit ⓘ
National Insurance credits ⓘ
replacedBy National Insurance credits for parents and carers ⓘ
linked to: Carer’s Credit
scope Great Britain ⓘ
startTime 1978 ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
historical scheme ⓘ
targetGroup people caring for children ⓘ
people caring for disabled persons ⓘ
people with long-term caring responsibilities ⓘ
typicalBeneficiaries women with interrupted employment histories due to childcare ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Insurance record → affectedBy → Home Responsibilities Protection (historical) ⓘ