This is the list of abbreviations from the old youreable forum. Thanks to all the members that contributed to this!
DLF Team
AA Attendance Allowance
BEL Benefit Enquiry Line
CA Carer's Allowance
CAA constant attendance allowance
CAB Citizens Advice Bureaux
CB child benefit
CBEP child benefit extension period
CCG community care grant
CLA Community Legal Advice {formerly Community Legal Services. CLS)
CMS Customer Management System (DWP system for computerised processing of benefit claims. Will also be used by LAs for HB/CTB)
CPAG Child Poverty Action Group
CTC Child Tax Credit
CTB Council Tax Benefit
DBC Disability Benefits Centre
DBU Disability Benefits Unit
DDA Disability Discrimination Act - now part of 2010 Equalities Act
DED Disability Equality Duty - now part of 2010 Equalities Act
DEA Disability Employment Advisor (do these still exist?)
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DHP discretionary housing payment
DIAL Disability Information and Advice Line
DLA Disability Living Allowance
Components are:-
HRC Higher Rate Care
MRC Middle Rate Care
LRC Lower Rate Care
HRM Higher Rate Mobility
LRM Lower Rate Mobility
DM Decision Maker
DMG Decision Makers Guide
DP disability premium
DQPM Disability Qualified Panel Member (DLA Tribunals)
DSA disabled students' allowance
DSS Department of Social Security
DWP Department of Work and Pensions
EC European Community
EDP Enhanced Disability Premium
EEA European Economic Area
EMP Examining Medical Practitioner
ESA Employment and Support Allowance (due to replace IB for new claimants in late 2008)
FQPM Financially Qualified Panel Member (Appeals Tribunal, sits only on cases involving overpayment of benefit)
GB Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
GL24 The form used if you want to appeal a benefit decision.
GP General Practitioner
HB Housing Benefit
HRP home responsibilities protection
HRT habitual residence test
IAP Intensive Activity Period
IB50 the form you fill in to assess whether you are incapable of work, for benefit purposes.
IB Incapacity Benefit
IIDB industrial injuries disablement benefit
ILF Independent Living Fund
IR Inland Revenue
IS Income Support
JSA Job Seekers Allowance, this is actually 2 benefits,
JSAIB Job Seekers Allowance Income Based (means-tested)
JSACB Jobs Seekers Allowance Contribution Based (based on NI Record).
LQPM Legally Qualified Panel Member (Appeal Tribunals, would be the panel chairman)
MA Maternity Allowance
MQPM Medically Qualified Panel Member (Appeal Tribunals)
NHS National Health Service
NI National Insurance
NIC National Insurance Contributions
NINO National Insurance Number
PAYE pay as you earn
PC Pension Credit, there are 2 parts to this,
PCSC Pension Credit Savings Credit
PCGC Pension Credit Guarantee Credit (basically IS for the over 60s)
PCA personal capability assessment
PIW period of incapacity for work
PO Presenting Officer (the DM who attends a tribunal, if one does attend, they don't always)
PS Pension Service
RA retirement allowance
REA reduced earnings allowance
Reg regulation in a set of Regulations
RPP Right Payments Programme
S2P second state pension
SP State Pension
SDA Severe Disablement Allowance
SDA severe disablement allowance
SDP Severe Disability Premium
SERPS State Earnings Related Pension Scheme
SF social fund
SOR Statement Of Reasons (Detailed Information on how a benefits decision was reached)
SAP Statutory Adoption Pay
SMP Statutory Maternity pay
SPP Statutory Paternity Pay
SSP Statutory Sick Pay
TS Tribunals Service
UK United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man)
WRA Work Related Activity. (Training, education, work placements and health improvement tasks, that will be part of the ESA claim conditions for most claimants)
WRO/A Welfare Rights Officer or Adviser.
WTC Working Tax Credit
WPA widowed parent's allowance
Service Personnel and Veteran Agency Terms: (formerly Veteran's Agency
SPVA Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (formerly known as VA Veterans Agency)
VA&PC - Veterans Advisory & Pensions Committees
WPS - War Pension Scheme
WP - War Pension(er) or
WDP - War Disablement Pension(er)
WPMS - War Pensioners Mobility Supplement
WPCAA - War Pensioners Constant Attendance Allowance
ALSO - Allowance for Lowered Standard of Occupation
UNSUPP - Unemployability Supplement
CA - Comforts Allowance or Clothing Allowance
ESDA - Exceptionally Severe Disability Allowance
SDOA - Severe Disablement Occupational Allowance
AA - Age Allowance
TA - Treatment Allowance
PtTA- Part-time Treatment Allowance
PAT - Pensions Appeal Tribunal
WW - War Widow(er)
AFPS75 - Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975
AFPS05 - Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005
AFCS - Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
GIP- Guaranteed income Payment
PIC - Principal Invaliding Condition
SIP - Service invaliding Pension
SAP - Service Attributable Pension
DAP - Discretionary Awards Panel
DAAP - Discretionary Awards Appeal Panel
