Resource centre

AA

Attendance Allowance

ACI

Adjudication and Constitutional Issues

AOG

Adjudication Officers Guide

ASU

Asylum Seeker’s Unit

BAllce

Bereavement Allowance

BIA

Border and Immigration Agency

BP

Basic Pension
Bereavement Premium

BTWB

Back To Work Bonus

CA

Carer’s Allowance (Invalid Care Allowance prior to April 2003)

CAA

Constant Attendance Allowance

CAB

Citizens Advice Bureau

CB

Contributory Benefit

CC

Community Charge

CCA

Community Care Assessment

CCB

Community Charge Benefit

CESC

Council of Europe Social Charter (now known as European Social Charter)

ChB

Child Benefit

CMB

Child Maintenance Bonus

CSA

Child Support Agency

CT

Council Tax

CTA

Common Travel Area

CTB

Council Tax Benefit

CTC

Child Tax Credit

DCC

Diminishing Capital Calculation

DCI

Departmental Central Index

DCP

Disabled Child Premium

DfEE

Department for Education and Employment

DfES

Department for Education and Skills

DH

Department of Health

DisB

Disability Benefit

DIUS

Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills

DLA

Disability Living Allowance

DM

Decision Maker

DMA

Decision Making and Appeals

DMS

Debt Management Services

DOB

Date of Birth

DP

Disability Premium

DPA

Data Protection Act

DSA

Disabled Student’s Allowance

DSS

Department of Social Security

DTI

Department for Trade and Industry

DWA

Disability Working Allowance

DWP

Department for Work and Pensions

EC

European Community

ECSMA

European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance

EDMO

Empty Dwelling Management Orders

EDP

Enhanced Disability Premium

EEA

European Economic Area

EMA

Education Maintenance Award

EP

Extended Payment

EP - (IB/SDA)

Extended Payment (Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance)

EP - (IS/JSA)

Extended Payment (Income Support/Jobseeker’s Allowance)

EPP

Enhanced Pensioner Premium

EPSRC

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

e-SEF

External Standard Enquiry Facility

ES

Employment Service

ESDA

Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance

ETD

Electronic Transfer of Data

ETS

Employment Training Scheme

ETU

Earnings Top Up

EU

European Union

EZ

Employment Zone

FC

Family Credit

FCO

First Contact Officer

FE

Further Education

FEFC

Further Education Funding Council

FIM

Fraud Investigator’s Manual

FP

Family Premium

FP(LP)

Family Premium (Lone Parent)

FTE

Full Time Education

FYR

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

GA

Guardians Allowance

GB

Great Britain

GP

General Practitioner

HA

Housing Association

HB

Housing Benefit

HBRB

Housing Benefit Review Board

HDC

Home Detention Curfew

HM

Her Majesty’s

HMO

High Multiple Occupancy

HPP

Higher Pensioner Premium

HRT

Habitual Residence Test

IB

Incapacity Benefit

IB(LT)

Incapacity Benefit (Long Term)

ICA

Invalid Care Allowance (Carer’s Allowance from April 2003)

IND

Immigration and Nationality Department

IOM

International Organisation for Migration

IOP

Instrument of Payment

IRL

Indicative Rent Level

IS

Income Support

ISCS

Income Support Computer System

IT

Information technology

IWC

In Work Credit

JC

Jobcentre

JP

Justice of the Peace

JSA

Jobseeker’s Allowance

JSA(Cont)

contribution based JSA

JSA(IB)

income-based JSA

JSAPS

Jobseeker’s Allowance Payment System

LA

Local Authority

LAAs

Local Authority Associations

LBRCF

London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund

LEA

Local Education Authority

LETS

Local Exchange Trading Schemes

LGA

Local Government Association

LGFA

Local Government Finance Act

LO

Local Office

LRR

Local Reference Rent

LTAHAW/CP

Living Together As Husband And Wife/or as civil partners

MA

Maternity Allowance

MIG

Minimum Income Guarantee

MIRO

Mortgage Interest Run-On

MIS

Management Information and Statistics

Management Information System

Mob S

Mobility Supplement

MP

Maternity Payment

Member of Parliament

MPD

Metropolitan Police District

NASS

National Asylum Seeker’s Service

NDDP

New Deal for Disabled People

NHB

National Housing Benefit

NHS

National Health Service

NI

National Insurance

NIC

National Insurance Contributions

NINO

National Insurance Number

NMW

National Minimum Wage

NRP

Non Resident Parent/Person

NSB

National Savings Bank

NSC

National Savings Certificates

OfSTED

Office for Standards in Education

OSSCSC

Office of the Social Security Commissioners

PA

Personal Adviser

PaWC

Parent With Care

PD

Prescribed Disease

PEP

Personal Equity Plan

PeWC

Person With Care

PFA

People from Abroad

PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate of Education

PO

Post Office

PP

Pensioner Premium

PTD

Pre-Tenancy Determination

PV

Potentially Violent

PVS

Private or Voluntary Sector

RNIB

Royal National Institute for the Blind

RO

Rent Officer

RP

Retirement Pension

RSL

Registered Social Landlord

RTWC

Return to Work Credit

SAP

Statutory Adoption Pay

SAYE

Save As You Earn

S/E

Self-employed

SDA

Severe Disablement Allowance

SDOA

Severe Disablement Occupational Allowance

SDP

Severe Disability Premium

SI

Statutory Instrument

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SMP

Statutory Maternity Pay

SPC

State Pension Credit

SPP

Statutory Paternity Pay

SRB

Single Regeneration Budget

SRR

Single Room Rent

SSA

Social Security Act (now repealed)

SSAA

Social Security Administration Act

SSD

Social Services Department

SSCB

Social Security and Contributions and Benefits Act

SSP

Statutory Sick Pay

TAM

Treat as Made

TCO

Tax Credit Office

TECs

Training and Enterprise Councils

UK

United Kingdom

UK BA

United Kingdom Border Agency

US

Unemployability Supplement

VAT

Value Added Tax

vCJD

variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

VOA

Valuation Office Agency

VOLO

Variation of Leave Order

WB

Widows Benefit

WMA

Widowed Mother’s Allowance

WP

War Pension

WTC

Working Tax Credit

YC

Youth Credit

YTS

Youth Training Scheme