Carer Payment (CP) grant overlaps existing Carer Allowance (CA) absence 009-03040090

Code the new claim activity for Carer Payment. See Coding a claim for Carer Payment (CP) where the care receiver is 16 years of age or over

Do not finalise the new claim activity while processing the claim. Go to the Care Receiver Summary (CRS) screen and select the appropriate care receiver from the list. Press [Enter].

On the CETS screen, 'S'elect the Absence Enquiry: field and press [Enter].

This screen provides a summary of the absences taken in the current calendar year.

Code 'Y' in the Go to Absences Details Screen? (Y/N): field and press [Enter].

Any recorded CA absences display on this screen.

Write down the details of the current absence. 'D'elete the line and then re-enter the line with the details of the current absence. This is done because the Pensions system will ignore the absence that is there already.

Press [Enter]. The ABSN screen will redisplay with the absence accepted and a new input line. Press [Enter].

To double-check the calculation on the ABCE screen, follow these steps:

• When the Assessment Results (AR) screen displays, do not finalise the activity
• Type 'ABCE' in Nxt:. The ABCE screen will only show the updated data after the activity has been assessed via the AR screen
• Record the details on a DOC in the carer's record
• Go to the AR screen to finalise the activity

The absence will now be taken into account for the purposes of Carer Payment.