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shazzawood

I hope I have put this in the correct category..
I am confused with all the different abbreviations what have been used for differant claims..it hard when your new to having benefits and dont know what they mean..
Pip..personal independent 
Could someone please help me on.what means what ..thanx in.adbance x

janer1967

What abbreviations do you not understand 

calcotti

shazzawood said:

I hope I have put this in the correct category..
I am confused with all the different abbreviations what have been used for differant claims..it hard when your new to having benefits and dont know what they mean..
Pip..personal independent 
Could someone please help me on.what means what ..thanx in.adbance x

There are so many abbreviations we can't possibly list them all. As janer says, can you list those you are having difficulty with. Here are some that you may be most likely to come across
PIP - Personal Independence Payment
UC - Universal Credit
nsESA - new style Employment Support Allowance
WCA - Work Capability Assessment
LCW - Limited Capability for Work
LCWRA - Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity
SSP - Statutory Sick Pay

shazzawood

Thankyou both..i think you have covered the majority of them .I have received my first payment of esa today.just hope it goes smoothly as I have read some have had trouble with it x

janer1967

Hi again 

Majority of people have no issues there have been the odd member reporting late payments but very few and far between 

shazzawood

Thankyou Jane..that is good news..would be nice if it was more money though but some is better than nothing x