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Pete at CAB
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Can anyone remember when they dropped the requirement for the ‘cared-for’ person to sign the CA form as well as the claimant?

ROBBO
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Elliot Kent
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See e.g. https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/17664 and https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/18303

It was removed at some point in 2020 so as to avoid unnecessary breaches of social distancing and has never been put back.

Paul_Treloar_AgeUK
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I think it was around June/July 2020.