NI Contribution history for French pension authority.

Hello. I live and work in France since 2004. I worked in the UK from 1982 until 2004. My employer in France, and the pension authority, wants a record of my UK NI contributions. Can someone tell me how I apply to the UK authorities for this documentation please. I can only find reference to a PDU1 form, which requires details of leaving employment, for unemployment benefits. This is not my case, I am not unemloyed, I am still working, but I need NI contribution history while in UK. Can anyone help me please?

Hi Philip,
The form you need to complete to request a statement of your UK National Insurance contributions (NICs) records is a CA3916 - Get a PDU1 certificate or a National Insurance contributions statement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) This form is also used to apply for a U1 certificate, however to apply for a statement of your NICs, you would choose the option to say that you are asking for a ‘statement of NICs for your information only’.
Thank you.

Thank you for your reply. I have made this request, Is the request responded to by Email? I have tried a number of requests on different parts of the govt site. I received a message to say that they could not respond as I am not yet close enough to retirement (but the French authorities are already asking for this information). Unfortunately, as the email I received has no history attached to it, I have no idea which enquiry they are replying to.

Hi Philip,
Your request will be replied to by post.
The email you have received will not be a response to the CA3916 application that you have completed. 
Thank you. 

 

Hello Philip, I am in a similar position to you here in France and I can confirm the PDU1 form will be delivered to you via post. It does indeed list all of the years you have contributed but it does not list the actual employers in that period. How are you intending to provide the info to the French authorities as I have tried to do this online via the 'Info Retrait' site but they ask for details of each employment period and the employer details in those years. This is difficult for me as I was a contractor so I am curious as to how you are doing this please? Many thanks md