Guidance

Carer’s Allowance abbreviations

Updated 26 July 2018

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