NIM41340 - Home Responsibilities Protection: what is HRP and who qualifies for it: as a full time carer

Regulation 2, the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations 1994

If a person is regularly spending at least 35 hours a week looking after someone who has been getting:

• Attendance Allowance,
• Disability Living Allowance at the middle or highest rate for personal care, or
• Constant Attendance Allowance

for at least 48 weeks of the tax year, they are entitled to HRP.

However, if they have been getting Carer’s Allowance for that year, they will have been getting credits each week and will not need HRP.

As DWP will not have a record of the carer, unless they are on Income Support, HRP is not awarded automatically but must be claimed using form CF411. Time limits may apply, see NIM41350.

The HRP awarded to carers may go towards their State Second Pension. Customers should contact DWP for confirmation of their pension entitlement.