Abbreviations and Acronyms
Across the Durham County Council website, we acknowledge that we use a lot of acronyms and abbreviations, and while it's not our desire to baffle users, we thought you would find this list useful........
AD - Anno Domini
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ALMO - Arms Length Management Organisation
AMP - Asset Management Plan
B
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
BCA - Basic Credit Approval
BCU - Basic Command Units
BK - Bonnar Keenlyside
BOSS - Building One Stop Shop
BSC - Building Safer Communities
BSF - Building Schools for the Future
BTEC - Business and Technology Education Council
BUPA - British United Provident Association
BVPI - Best Value Performance Indicator
BVR - Best Value Review
C
CAB - Citizen's Advice Bureau
CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CDBLP - County Durham Business and Learning Partnership
CDDC - County Durham Development Company
CDeGP - County Durham e-Government Partnership
CDEP - County Durham Economic Partnership
CDO - Community Development Officer
CDRP - Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
CDSP - County Durham Strategic Partnership
CE - Church of England
CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
CLEA - Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
CLS - Community Legal Service
cm - centimeters
CMYK - Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
COSIP - Coordination Of Social Inclusion Programmes
CPA - Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CSE - Certificate of Secondary Education
CSP - Community Safety Partnership
D
DAAD - Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst
DAT - Drug Action Team
DBAP - Durham Biodiversity Action Plan
DCAG - Durham County Association of Governors
DCC - Durham County Council
DCMS - Department of Culture,Media and Sport
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
DETR - Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
DfEE - Department for Education and Employment
DfES - Department for Education and Skills
DLI - Durham Light Infantry
DPHS - Disabled Persons Housing Services
Dr - Doctor
DTI - Department for Trade and Industry
DTLR - Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
DVD - Digital Versatile Disk
DWT - Durham Wildlife Trust
E
EAZ - Education Action Zone
EBD - Emotional/Behavioral Disorder
EC - European Community
EDP - Educational Development Plan
EDT - Emergency Duty Team
EMA - Educational Maintenance Allowance
EMI - Elderly Mentally Infirm
EP - Endowed Parochial
ERDF - European Regional Development Fund
ESF - European Social Fund
etc - Et cetera
EU - European Union
Ext - Extention
F
FWAG - Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group
G
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GDU - Governance Development Unit
GMB - General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union
GONE - Government Office for the North East
GP - General Practitioner
H
ha - Hectare
Hex - Hexadecimal
HGV - Heavy Goods Vehicles
HLF - Heritage Lottery Fund
I
ID - Index of Deprivation
IMD - Index of Multiple Deprivation
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
IT - Information Technology
INLOGOV - Institute of Local Government Studies
ILO - International Labour Organization
IRR - Investment Rate of Return
J
JSC - Joint Steering Committee
K
kb - kilobytes
L
LA - Local Authority
LAA - Local Area Agreement
LCF - Law Centres Federation
LEA - Local Education Authority
LFS - Labour Force Survey
LGOL - Local Government Online
LGV - Light Goods Vehicles
LMS - Labour Market Statistics
LPA - Local Planning Authority
LPSA - Local Public Service Agreement
LSP - Local Strategic Partnership
LSVT - Large Scale Voluntary Transfer
M
MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire
ml - Millilitre
MORI - Market and Opinion Research International
MP - Member of Parliament
MUGA - Multi-Use Games Area
N
N/A - Not Applicable
NAWI - Non Automatic Weighing Instruments
NB - Nota Bene
NCH - National Children's Home
NCP - National Car Parks
NDS - New Deal Schools
NERRF - North East Regional Research Framework
NHS - National Health Service
No. - Number
NOF - New Opportunities Fund
NRF - Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSRF - National Strategic Reference Framework
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
O
ODPM - Office of Deputy Prime Minister
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
ONS - Office of National Statistics
P
PALS - Patient Advice and Liaison Service
PDF - Portable Document Format
PI - Performance Indicator
PPI - Property Performance Indicator
PRG - Performance Reward Grant
PSA - Public Service Agreement
PSHE - Personal, Social and Health Education
PTRS - Pupil Teacher Ratios
R
RC - Roman Catholic
RG's - Registrar General's
RGB - Red Green Blue
RNIB - Royal National Institute of the Blind
RNID - Royal National Institute of the Deaf
RPA - Rural Priority Area
RSA - Royal Society of Arts
Rt Hon - Right Honourable
RTP - Rural Transport Partnership
S
mē - square metres
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SGSS - School and Governor Support Service
SME - Small to Medium-sized Enterprise
SMR - Sites and Monuments Record
SMS - Survey & Marketing Services
SOAs - Super Output Areas
SPA - Special Protection Areas
SPF - Small Projects Fund
SRB - Single Regeneration Budget
SSC - Safer and Stronger Communities
SSMG - School Specific Monitoring Group
St - Saint
T
3D - three dimensional
TCF - Target Capital Funding
TESA - Transactional European Regional Development Fund and State Aid
TTWAs - Travel to Work Areas
TV - television
U
UCA - Unsupported Credit Approval
UK - United Kingdom
UKAS - United Kingdom Accreditation Service
UPVC - Unplasticised Poly-Vinyl Chloride
USA - United States of America
V
VA - Voluntary Aided
VAT - Value Added Tax
Y
YHA - Youth Hostels Association
YIP - Youth Inclusion Programmes
A | B | C | D | E | F |G | H | I I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | Y
AD - Anno Domini
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ALMO - Arms Length Management Organisation
AMP - Asset Management Plan
B
BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
BCA - Basic Credit Approval
BCU - Basic Command Units
BK - Bonnar Keenlyside
BOSS - Building One Stop Shop
BSC - Building Safer Communities
BSF - Building Schools for the Future
BTEC - Business and Technology Education Council
BUPA - British United Provident Association
BVPI - Best Value Performance Indicator
BVR - Best Value Review
C
CAB - Citizen's Advice Bureau
CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CDBLP - County Durham Business and Learning Partnership
CDDC - County Durham Development Company
CDeGP - County Durham e-Government Partnership
CDEP - County Durham Economic Partnership
CDO - Community Development Officer
CDRP - Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
CDSP - County Durham Strategic Partnership
CE - Church of England
CIPFA - Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
CLEA - Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment
CLS - Community Legal Service
cm - centimeters
CMYK - Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
COSIP - Coordination Of Social Inclusion Programmes
CPA - Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPD - Continuing Professional Development
CSE - Certificate of Secondary Education
CSP - Community Safety Partnership
D
DAAD - Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst
DAT - Drug Action Team
DBAP - Durham Biodiversity Action Plan
DCAG - Durham County Association of Governors
DCC - Durham County Council
DCMS - Department of Culture,Media and Sport
DDA - Disability Discrimination Act
DETR - Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
DfEE - Department for Education and Employment
DfES - Department for Education and Skills
DLI - Durham Light Infantry
DPHS - Disabled Persons Housing Services
Dr - Doctor
DTI - Department for Trade and Industry
DTLR - Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
DVD - Digital Versatile Disk
DWT - Durham Wildlife Trust
E
EAZ - Education Action Zone
EBD - Emotional/Behavioral Disorder
EC - European Community
EDP - Educational Development Plan
EDT - Emergency Duty Team
EMA - Educational Maintenance Allowance
EMI - Elderly Mentally Infirm
EP - Endowed Parochial
ERDF - European Regional Development Fund
ESF - European Social Fund
etc - Et cetera
EU - European Union
Ext - Extention
F
FWAG - Farm and Wildlife Advisory Group
G
GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GDU - Governance Development Unit
GMB - General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union
GONE - Government Office for the North East
GP - General Practitioner
H
ha - Hectare
Hex - Hexadecimal
HGV - Heavy Goods Vehicles
HLF - Heritage Lottery Fund
I
ID - Index of Deprivation
IMD - Index of Multiple Deprivation
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
IT - Information Technology
INLOGOV - Institute of Local Government Studies
ILO - International Labour Organization
IRR - Investment Rate of Return
J
JSC - Joint Steering Committee
K
kb - kilobytes
L
LA - Local Authority
LAA - Local Area Agreement
LCF - Law Centres Federation
LEA - Local Education Authority
LFS - Labour Force Survey
LGOL - Local Government Online
LGV - Light Goods Vehicles
LMS - Labour Market Statistics
LPA - Local Planning Authority
LPSA - Local Public Service Agreement
LSP - Local Strategic Partnership
LSVT - Large Scale Voluntary Transfer
M
MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire
ml - Millilitre
MORI - Market and Opinion Research International
MP - Member of Parliament
MUGA - Multi-Use Games Area
N
N/A - Not Applicable
NAWI - Non Automatic Weighing Instruments
NB - Nota Bene
NCH - National Children's Home
NCP - National Car Parks
NDS - New Deal Schools
NERRF - North East Regional Research Framework
NHS - National Health Service
No. - Number
NOF - New Opportunities Fund
NRF - Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSRF - National Strategic Reference Framework
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification
O
ODPM - Office of Deputy Prime Minister
OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education
ONS - Office of National Statistics
P
PALS - Patient Advice and Liaison Service
PDF - Portable Document Format
PI - Performance Indicator
PPI - Property Performance Indicator
PRG - Performance Reward Grant
PSA - Public Service Agreement
PSHE - Personal, Social and Health Education
PTRS - Pupil Teacher Ratios
R
RC - Roman Catholic
RG's - Registrar General's
RGB - Red Green Blue
RNIB - Royal National Institute of the Blind
RNID - Royal National Institute of the Deaf
RPA - Rural Priority Area
RSA - Royal Society of Arts
Rt Hon - Right Honourable
RTP - Rural Transport Partnership
S
mē - square metres
SEN - Special Educational Needs
SGSS - School and Governor Support Service
SME - Small to Medium-sized Enterprise
SMR - Sites and Monuments Record
SMS - Survey & Marketing Services
SOAs - Super Output Areas
SPA - Special Protection Areas
SPF - Small Projects Fund
SRB - Single Regeneration Budget
SSC - Safer and Stronger Communities
SSMG - School Specific Monitoring Group
St - Saint
T
3D - three dimensional
TCF - Target Capital Funding
TESA - Transactional European Regional Development Fund and State Aid
TTWAs - Travel to Work Areas
TV - television
U
UCA - Unsupported Credit Approval
UK - United Kingdom
UKAS - United Kingdom Accreditation Service
UPVC - Unplasticised Poly-Vinyl Chloride
USA - United States of America
V
VA - Voluntary Aided
VAT - Value Added Tax
Y
YHA - Youth Hostels Association
YIP - Youth Inclusion Programmes
