Apply for Home Responsibilities Protection
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-14)

Use the online service or postal form CF411 to apply for National Insurance Home Responsibilities Protection, or to transfer it from a spouse or partner.

You can use the online service or postal form to:
- apply for Home Responsibilities Protection
- transfer Home Responsibilities Protection from a spouse or partner
Before you apply, you must check if you are eligible (https://www.gov.uk/home-responsibilities-protection-hrp/eligibility).

Evidence you will need to provide

If you’re a foster or kinship carer

You need to send a copy of an up-to-date letter of confirmation from the local authority or fostering agency with your application.

If you’re a carer for a sick or disabled person

You need to send evidence with your application, showing the allowance or benefits the person you cared for was paid during the period you were caring for them.

The evidence must show that the allowance or benefit was paid to cover at least 48 weeks of each year that you’re claiming Home Responsibilities Protection.

If you were awarded Child Benefit for a child under 16

If you think Home Responsibilities Protection is missing from your National Insurance record when you were awarded Child Benefit for a child under 16, apply online or by post.

You’ll need to include the:
- names of all of your children
- dates of birth of all of your children
- details of the other parent if known
You can also include evidence that supports your claim, for example a Child Benefit award letter or a bank statement showing Child Benefit payments.

If you’re applying on behalf of someone who has died who was awarded Child Benefit

If you are applying on behalf of someone who has died, apply by post and include a letter confirming you are the personal representative.

Ways to apply

Apply online

You’ll need to sign in to use this service. If you do not already have sign in details, you’ll be able to create them.

You will get a reference number that you can use to track the progress of your form.

If you’re submitting a letter of confirmation or supporting evidence you’ll need to upload an image of it and send it with your application. The file you send should be:
- 5MB or less in size
- in PDF or JPEG format
Apply now (http://www.tax.service.gov.uk/digital-forms/form/application-for-home-responsibilities-protection/draft/guide?_ga=2.18233913.xx-xxxx-xxxx.1692605637-129211114.1686816883)

Apply by post

To apply by post, you will need:
- the tax years you are applying for Home Responsibilities Protection
- the dates you claimed Child Benefit
- any dates that you lived outside the UK during the period you’re applying for
To use this form, you’ll need to:

Get all of your information together before you start. You will fill this form in online and you cannot save your progress.

Start your claim online (https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-home-responsibilities-protection-cf411/start/about-this-form).

Print the form.

Sign the declaration.

Post to HMRC (the address is at the end of the form).

You can also phone the National Insurance enquiries helpline (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/national-insurance-enquiries-for-employees-and-individuals) to ask for an application form to be sent to you.

Get help with submitting your application

You can use these notes to help you complete your application for Home Responsibilities Protection.

(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/639b033fd3bf7f7f8e54ddcd/CF411_Notes.pdf)

Notes to help you apply for Home Responsibilities Protection (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/639b033fd3bf7f7f8e54ddcd/CF411_Notes.pdf)

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After you’ve applied

After you’ve submitted your application you can check when you can expect a reply from HMRC (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-hmrc).