Carer’s Allowance abbreviations
Updated 26 July 2018
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A
AA: Administrative Assistant
AA: Attendance Allowance
AAB: Administration Accounting Branch
ACI: Adjudication and Constitutional Issues Division
ACT: Automated Credit Transfer
ADI: Adult Dependency Increase
ADPL: UB credits class 1 paid by Reading computer center
ADPR: UB credits class 1 paid by Livingstone computer center
AFL: Actual Financial loss
AGU: Advice &Guidance Unit
AMAT: Advice Monitoring and Appeals Team
A/N: Above named
AO: Administrative Officer
ARCO: Accounts Receivable Control operations
AT: Appeal Tribunal
ATAS: Audit Trail Analysis System
B
BACS: Bankers Automated Clearing Service
BACS: Benefit Agency Central Services
BACT: Business Assurance & Compliance Team (CA)
BALLCE: Bereavement Allowance
BA: Parly Parliamentary Correspondence Unit
BAPS: BA Printing and Stationery Services
BAQA: Benefit Agency Quality Award
BAQF: Benefit Agency Quality Framework
BAR: BA Resources
BASIS: Benefit Agency Investigation Services
BB: Bereavement Benefit
BC: Birth Certificate
BEF: Business Excellence Framework
BFPO: British Forces Post Office
BFS: Benefit Fraud Section (CA)
BIC: Break in Care
BP: Basic Pension
BIP: Benefit Integrity Project
BLS: Bank Liaison Section
BSG: Benefit Support Group
BSO: Bankers Standing Order
BWC: Benefit Week Commencing
BWE: Benefit Week Ending
C
CA: Carer’s Allowance
CAA: Constant Attendance Allowance
CAB: Citizens Advice Bureau
CACS: Carer’s Allowance Computer System
CANC: Cancelled
CAT: Central Assurance Team
CAT A RP: Category A Retirement Pension
CAT B RP: Category B Retirement Pension
CAT BL RP: Category B Retirement Pension: Lower rate of Category B RP paid to a married woman
CAT C RP: Category C Retirement Pension
CAT D RP: Category D Retirement Pension
CAU: Carer’s Allowance Unit
CB: Computer Branch
CBD: Central Benefit Directorate
C/C: Care Component
CDI: Child Dependency Increase
C/E: Chief Executive of Benefit Agency / DWP
CET: Collusive Employment Teams
CFR: No Computer File Reference Number
CH: Contact History
CHB(LP): Child Benefit Lone Parent
CIS: Card Construction Industry Scheme Card
CLMT: Claimant
C&M: Claims &Maintenance (CA)
COBAP: Corporate Banking &Methods of Payment
COMP: Computer /compensation
COMP OBK: Computer Produced Order Book
Conts: Contributions
Corre: Correspondence
CP: Carer Premium or Case-paper
CP: No Case-paper number allocated
CPP: Common Payments Package
CEM: Credit Exclusion Marker (ICA)
CRU: Compensation Recovery Unit
CSBF: Civil Service Benevolent Fund
CSD: Corporate Services Directorate
CSP: Company Sick Pay
CSS: Customer Services Section
CTC: Child Tax Credit
CTB: Council Tax Benefit.
Cust: Customer
D
DBAC: Disability Benefit Advice Center
DBC: Disability Benefit Centre
DBU: Disability Benefit Unit
DC: Death Certificate
DC: Debt Command (CA)
DCD: Disability and Carers Directorate
DCP: Disabled Child Premium
DCS: Disability and Carers Service
D/D: Date of Death
D/DIV: Date of Divorce (Decree Absolute)
Dep: Dependant
Dis: Disallowed
DLA: Disability Living Allowance
D/M :Date of Marriage
DM: Decision Maker
DMA: Decision Making & Appeals
DMG: Debt Management Group
DMP: Delegated Medical Practitioner
DMT: Directorate Management Team
DOB: Date of Birth
DOC: Date of Claim
DP: Direct Payment
DP: Disabled Person (CA)
DPT: Development &Procedures Team (CA)
DPTC: Disabled Persons Tax Credit
DR: Debt Recovery (CA)
DSB: Disablement Services Branch
DSS: Department of Social Security
DSS Viewpoint: Body responsible for overseeing special payments
DT: Debt Team
DWP: Department for Work and Pensions
E
EEA: European Economic Area
EED: Earliest Encashment Date
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EPED: Entitlement Period End Date
EPSD: Entitlement Period Start Date
ERNIC: Earnings Related National Insurance Contribution
ES: Employment Services
ESJ: Employment Services Jobcentre
ET: Employment Training
ETU: Earnings Top Up
F
FEK: Front End Keying (CA)
FOI: Freedom of Information
FRM: Financial Redress for Maladministration
FRN: Forms Review Network
FTE: Full Time Education
G
GB: Great Britain (covers England,Scotland and Wales)
GE: Gainful Employment (CA)
GMS: General Matching Service
Go-Live: The launching of an initiative
GRAD/GRB: Graduated Retirement Pension
GQB: Guide Quality Board (CA)
H
HF: Heywood File-store (CA)
HLO: High-level Overview
Hosp: Hospital
H/R HR: Higher Rate
HRP: Home Responsibilities Protection
I
IB: Incapacity Benefit
IBLT: Long-term Incapacity Benefit
IBST: Short-Term Incapacity Benefit
IBST(H): Higher rate of short-term Incapacity Benefit
IBST(L): Lower rate of short-term Incapacity Benefit
IB(Y): Incapacity Benefit in Youth
ICA CS: Invalid Care Allowance Computer System
ID: Information Division
IFCU: Identity Fraud Co-ordination Unit
IIDB: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
IIBSU: Incapacity Benefit Services Unit (Northern Ireland)
IISB: Industrial Injuries Schemes Benefits
ILF: Independent Living Fund
INEB: Immigration and Nationality Enquiry Bureau
IOM: Isle of Man
IR: Inland Revenue
IRO: In receipt of
IRO: In respect of
IRP: Independent Review Panel (CA)
Issues Log: A list of questions/answers relating to particular subjects
ITS: Independent Tribunal Service
J
JC+: Jobcentre Plus
JMA: Job Match Allowance
JRA: Job Release Allowance
JSA (Cont): Contribution based JSA
JSA (IB): Income based JSA
JSACS: Job Seekers Allowance Computer System
JTS: Job Training Scheme
K
KIV: Keep in view (for further action)
L
LCHD: Legacy Contact History Dialogue
LETS: Local Exchange Trading Systems
LOP: Local Office Project
LPP: Lone Parent Premium
L/R or LR: Lower Rate
M
MAN: OB Manual Order Books
MC: Marriage Certificate
MCG: Management Checking Guide
MCT ’s: Multiple Claims Teams
MEP: Member of European Parliament
MIG: Management Information Guide (CA)
MIN: Minute
MIS: Management Information Statistics
MOP: Method of Payment
MOS: Minister of State
MP: Member of Parliament
MS: Medical Services
MSP: Member of Scottish Parliament
MWRRA: Married Women’s reduced rate authority
N
NAA: No Attendance Allowance (CA)
NAO: National Audit Office
NAR: No action required
NDLA: No Disability Living Allowance (CA)
NFA: No fixed abode
NFA: No further action
NHS: National Health Service
NI: National Insurance
NI: Northern Ireland
NINO: National Insurance Number
N/K: Not known
NO: Number
NOK: Next of Kin
NPM: No payment made
NSR: Non standard rate of benefit
N/T: No trace
N/V: Not verified
NVQ: National Vocational Qualification
O
O/B,OBK: Order-book
OBD: Overseas Benefits Directorate
OES: One Enquiry Service
O/L,OL/Ben: Overlapping Benefit
ONS: Office of National Statistics
OPB: One Parent Benefit
Opmt: Overpayment
Ops Dir: Operational Director
OSD: Operations Support Directorate
P
PACS: Program Accounting Computer System
PAG: Program Accounting Group
PAYE: Pay As You Earn
PC: Pension Credit
PCA: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
PCI: Protection of Customer Information
PFA: Persons from abroad
PIB: Passported Incapacity Benefit
PFD: Planning &Finance Division
PILON: Payment in lieu of Notice
PILOR: Payment in lieu of remuneration
PLO: Policy Liaison Officer (CA)
PM: Prime Minister
PMO: Principal Medical Officer
PMP: Payment Modernisation Program
PO: Payable Order
P/O: Private Office Correspondence
POCA: Post Office Card Account
POGAB: Post Office Girobank and Banking Group.
POU: Paid Order Unit (Lisahally)
PR: Personal Rate (CA )
PS: Pension Service
PST: Payment Support Team
PUS: Parliamentary Under Secretaries
PVP: Potential Violent Person
PW: Pay Week
PW: Project Work
Q
QP: Quarterly Payments
QB: Qualifying Benefit (CA)
R
RD: Recorded Delivery
Reg(s): Regulation(s)
Rep: Representative
RETD: Returned
R&O: Registration & Orientation
ROB: Renewal Order-book
RP: Retirement Pension
R & P: Residence & Presence
S
SAYE: Save as you earn
SCA1: Sensitive Case Admin Assistant (CA)
SCDM: Sensitive Case Decision Maker
SCNO: Sensitive Case Nominated Officer
SDA: Severe Disablement Allowance
SDP: Severely Disabled Person (CA)
SEE: Small Earnings Exemption
S/E: Self employed
SM: Section Manager (CA)
SOS / S of S: Secretary of State
SP: State Pension
SP/A: Supplementary pension or Allowance
Spec1: Special Payment decision form
SPRU: Scottish Parliamentary Relations Unit
SPU/DSS: Special Payment Unit DSS
SS: Social Security
SSD: Special Section D
SUSP: Suspension
S2P: State Second Pension
T
TAS: The Appeals Service
TAW: Temporary Allowance for Widows
T/C: Telephone Call
TCO: Tax Credit Office
TDLO: Training and Development Liaison Officer (CA)
TDT: Training & Development Team (CA)
TIS: Temporary Index Slip
TLO: Training Liaison Officer (CA)
T/o: Tear off
T/O: Treat Official Correspondence
TP: Transitional Protection
TSG: Technical Support Group
U
U/Ent: Underlying Entitlement
UK: United Kingdom (England,Scotland,Wales,Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man)
UMB: Unit Management Board (CA)
UMT: Unit Management Team (CA)
U/Payt: Underpayment
US: Unemployability Supplement
V
V: Verified
VA: Veterans Agency
VAT: Value Added Tax
VDPU: Vaccine Damage Payment Unit
VDU: Visual Display Unit
W
WARU: Welsh Assembly Relations Unit
WB: Widows Benefit
WBS: Weekly Benefit Savings
Wdisp: War Disablement Pension
WDP: War Disablement Pension
WEF: With effect from
WFI: Work Focused Interview
WFP: Winter Fuel Payment
WFTC: Working Families Tax Credit
WLMU: Welsh Language Media Unit
WMA: Widowed Mother ’s Allowance
WPA: War Pensions Agency
WPA: Widowed Parents Allowance
WWP: War Widows Pension
X
XB: Christmas Bonus
Y
YTBA: Youth Training Bridging Allowance
Z
There are no abbreviations for this letter.
Numerical
8RO: Eight Week Run On