Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 57143

Universal Credit: National Insurance Credits

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on Universal Credit receive National Insurance Contribution credits.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Class 3 National Insurance (NI) Credits are awarded to those in receipt of Universal Credit (UC). Where UC recipients are also in work or are entitled to NI credits on other grounds, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will undertake any relevant reconcilia...

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