Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:53:06 +0000
From: GSV Three Minds in a Can 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: State Pension Query

Bitstring , from the 
wonderful person Stayathomemum  said
>I worked full time and paid NIC's from aged 16 to 19.  I then gave up work
>to start a family and was a stay at home mum until the age of 29.  I then
>returned to fulltime employment  and worked until I was 33, during which
>time my marriage ended.  I remarried and had two more children and have been
>at home taking care of my family ever since.  I am now 47 years old,
>unlikely to return to the job market for at least another 3 years (if of
>course I can get a job, as most employers seem to see stay at home mum's as
>an alien species who have nothing to offer, rather than as someone who takes
>their family commitments seriously) and I wonder what, if any state pension
>I will be entitled to?   I have been told that if you receive child benefit
>you get something called home responsibilities protection to 'cover' the non
>payment of NIC's, but that's all I do know....any insight into this would be
>welcomed.

Fill in form BR19, send it to the nice IR/NI people in Newcastle (Upon 
Tyne) and let them give you an official answer - much better than 
guessing here. You can sue later if they got it wrong. 8>.

If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download BR19 online, and fill 
it in with a pen.

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GSV   Three Minds in a Can
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