ESA closed claim and National Insurance credits

I was in LCWRA IB ESA group from 2018 until 2023 when I got married and moved in with my husband and had to cancel my claim. I receive standard PIP. I’m not eligible for new style ESA because I had not worked in the last 2 years when my ESA claim ended in July 2023 but I received NI credits for having LCWRA whilst on IB ESA. Following closure of my claim I had no income other than PIP. I have tried to work despite LCWRA which has been a huge struggle. I have only been able to do a very small amount of temporary ad-hoc agency work. There have been many weeks in the past year I have not been able to work at all. For the small amount of work I have done, I have earned below the lower earnings limit and I have not received any NI contributions. It’s now been over a year since my ESA claim was closed and I’m concerned about my national insurance record being empty for the past year. Does ESA continue to pay “credits only” after a claim has been closed? If not, is there any way I could somehow backdate the credits to protect my NI record?

Hi,
If you think your NI record is wrong please and are missing benefit credits you should contact the issuing DWP office.
More information can be found at Contact Jobcentre Plus: Existing benefit claims - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The DWP can advise on benefit credits as this is not something HMRC deal with.
Thank you.