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.
Thank you in advance