Civil Service Acronym Buster Like Ghost Busters ... except for CS Acronyms!

The Civil Service as an organisation, runs on Acronyms. Anyone new to a Department or area of work might think that their colleagues are speaking a different language.

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Last Updated : 30-10-2024

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Acronym	Meaning	Definition	Department	Team/Area
100PS	100 Parliament Street	London office home to HMRC and DCMS. Part of Government Offices Great George Street (GOGGS).	Civil Service Wide	Office
10DS	10 Downing Street - Data Science	A dedicated Data Science team in 10 Downing Street	No 10	10DS
10SC	10 South Colonnade	Government building in Canary Wharf	Civil Service Wide	Multiple
1HGR	1 Horse Guards Road	London office home to HMT, CO, CCS. Part of Government Offices Great George Street (GOGGS).	Civil Service Wide	Office
1LS/2LS/3LS	1st, 2nd or 3rd Line Support	Used in IT Incident Management - The first line of support provides basic / common assistance; for more complex tasks, there is the second line of support; and for external services or highly technology-specific issues, there is the third line of support.	Not Limited to CS	IT Support
1VS	1 Victoria Street	BEIS HQ	BEIS	Department Wide
2MS	2 Marsham Street	Goverment Offices, Home to Defra, MHCLG and Home Office	Civil Service Wide
2SPS	2 St. Peter's Square	Government office in Manchester housing several departments.	Civil Service Wide
39VS	39 Victoria Street	DHSC's London HQ	DHSC	Department Wide
3GW	3 Glass Wharf	Government office in Bristol housing several departments. Building operated by HMRC.	Civil Service Wide
5 out of 5	5 data checks	Data checks carried out : name, date of birth, gender, postcode, address.	Civil Service Wide
5is	USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New zealand	5 Anglo SAXON COUNTRIES THAT cooperate closely on security and othermatters	FCO
70WH	70 Whitehall	Cabinet Office HQ	Cabinet Office
A&O	Accommodation and Occupancy (also known as AO)	An table of data, extracted from the NOMIS database providing a row per prisoner, including basic personal details and their location
A2J	Access to Justice		MoJ
AA	Administrative Assistants	in context of PVB
AA (civil service grade)	Administrative Assistants		Civil Service Wide
AAC	Administrative Appeals Court		MoJ
AACS	ea		DfE
AAETO	Association of Adult Education and Training Organisations	HOLEX is a trading name of the Association of Adult Education and Training Organisations (AAETO). Source: {HOLEX website|https://holex.org.uk/} accessed 2019-08-06	DfE
AAN (admissions)	Approved Admission Numbers	ro	DfE
AAN (apprenticeships)	Apprenticeship Ambassador Network	Launched April 2006 to champion Apprenticeships to employers of all sizes with the aim is to grow the Apprenticeships programme by engaging new employers through business to business promotion.Source: Apprenticeships website as at 2014-07-22 Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/apprenticeship-ambassador-network} accessed 2018-01-17	DfE
AAR	After Action Review		DfE
AAS	Aimhigher Associates Scheme	The idea of the Aimhigher Associates Scheme is to promote progression by learners from state schools to the full range of higher education provision on offer. Undergraduates from a state school background will provide support and encouragement to learners as they encounter the various transition milestones between Year 9 and Year 13 and they will receive training to help them in this role.	DfE
AASSH	Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads	The Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads (AASSH) provides support and professional development for members, and a forum to discuss and respond to local and national Christian education.Source: The Knowledge 2019-02-06	DfE
AAT	Achievement and Attainment Tables		DfE
AB	Appellate Body	The Appellate Body is standing body that hears trade dispute appeals.	DBT
ABA	Anti-Bullying Alliance	Founded in 2002 by the NSPCC and National Children's Bureau, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) brings together organisations into one network to stop bullying and create safe environments for children. Source: {Anti-bullying Alliance|http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/about-us.aspx} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
ABC	Acceptable Behaviour Contracts	This is a written agreement between the person who has been causing the problems and their local council or police. These contracts are designed to give those involved the chance to acknowledge their actions, and to take responsibility for the impact they've had on others.Source: Directgov website as at 2012-05-08	DfE
ABCD	Asset Based Community Development	A mechanism for community development through a focus on recognising and mobilising under-valued community assets.
ABE	Adult Basic Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ABP	Annual Business Plan		DLUHC
ABPI	Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
AC	Accelerated Construction Fund	See LAAC	DLUHC
AC (analytical)	Analytical Community	Term used to describe the whole analytical community.	DfE
AC (audit)	Audit Commission	A public corporation set up in 1983 to protect the public purse. It appointed auditors to councils, NHS bodies (excluding NHS foundation trusts), local police bodies and other local public services in England, and oversees their work. The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 made it possible for the Audit Commission to close, in line with Government expectations, on 31 March 2015, 30 years after it was established. Several of the Commission's functions will continue after its closure.Sourc...	DfE
ACAB	National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux		DfE
Acas	Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service	(Note: only an initial cap.) Aims to prevent and resolve employment disputes prior to employment tribunals.	MoJ
ACC	Association of County Councils		DfE
ACCAC	Qualifications Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ACCT	Assessment, care in custody and teamwork self-harm monitoring documentation		MoJ
ACE	Arts Council England	DCMS ALB, investing in arts and culture	DCMS	Department-wide
ACE (childhood)	Adverse Childhood Experiences	Source: {GOV.UK|https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/755135/Mental_health_and_behaviour_in_schools__.pdf} accessed 2019-08-15	DfE
ACE (communication)	Aiding Communication in Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ACEG	Association for Careers and Education Guidance	The Association for Careers and Education Guidance (ACEG) is an independent organisation for people involved in the management and delivery of careers education and guidance for young people in the UK. Their key purpose is to promote excellence and innovation in careers education and Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) for all young people.	DfE
ACEO	Association of Chief Education Officers	Association of Chief Education Officers merged with the Society of Education Officers and the Society of Chief Inspectors and Advisers to form the Confederation of Education Service Managers (ConfEd). Source This page was created by the Library. Education Journal issue 63 2002Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ACERT	Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers		DfE
ACFHE	Association of Colleges of Further and Higher Education		DfE
ACG	Annual Capital Guidelines		DfE
ACL	Adult and Community Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ACL	Access Control List		MoJ
ACLF	Adult and Community Learning Fund	1998-2004. Supported community-based learning activities for adults.	DfE
ACM	Association for College Management		DfE
ACME	Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education	The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) is an independent committee, based at the Royal Society and operating under its auspices, that aims to influence Government strategy and policies with a view to improving the outcomes of mathematics teaching and learning in England and so secure a mathematically enabled population. ACME was established in January 2002, by the Royal Society and the Joint Mathematical Council of the UK with the explicit backing of all major mathematics orga...	DfE
ACPC	Area Child Protection Committee	Local Authorities in England and Wales, in exercising their social services functions, were under a requirement to ensure that there was an Area Child Protection Committee (ACPC) covering their area, which brought together representatives of each of the main agencies and professionals responsible for helping to protect children from abuse and neglect. In England, ACPCs were replaced from April 2006 with statutory Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs). In Wales the transition to LSCBs occ...	DfE
ACPO	Area Child Protection Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ACPO	Association of Chief Police Officers		MoJ
ACQ	Accountability, Curriculum and Qualifications		DfE
ACRA	Association of College Registrars and Administrators		DfE
ACS	Accountable Care Systems	System of healthcare provision which is intended to be integrated. In particular, to merge the funding of primary care with that for hospital care	NHSx	Org Wide
ACS	Average Class Size	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
ACSES	Annual Civil Service Employment Survey		Civil Service Wide
ACSET	Advisory Committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers		DfE
ACSTT	Advisory Council on the Supply and Training of Teachers	1953-1965	DfE
ACT	Action for Covid-19 Tools Accelerator	ACT brings together the WHO and leading international partners to maximise access of new vaccines, treatments and tests for everyone, as quickly as possible. Industry is an essential partner and will play an important role in the work of the ACT-Accelerator.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ACTOR	Approved College and Training Organisation Register		DfE
ACVT	Advisory Committee for Vocational Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AD	Active Directory		MoJ
ADA	Added Days Awarded	Days that are added to an offenders release date following an adjudication	MoJ
ADA	Architecture Design Authority		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
ADB	Apprenticeship Delivery Board	The Apprenticeship Delivery Board (ADB) will advise on expanding apprenticeships nationally, and will aim to increase the number of apprenticeship places that employers offer in both the public and private sector. The Apprenticeship Delivery Board advises on how best to expand apprenticeships nationally and will play an active part in supporting the delivery of this. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/apprenticeship-delivery-board} accessed 2018-01-17	DfE
ADCN	Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network	The Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network (ADCN) champions apprenticeships and diversity amongst employers and encourages more people from underrepresented groups, including those with disabilities, women and members of the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, to consider apprenticeships. The network supports the government's commitment to increase the proportion of apprenticeship starts by people from BAME backgrounds by 20% by 2020.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/gov...	DfE
ADCS	Association of Directors of Childrens Services	The Association of Directors of Children's Services Ltd (ADCS) is the national leadership association in England for statutory directors of children's services and their senior management teams.Source: {ADCS website|http://www.adcs.org.uk/about-us/index.html} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
ADD	Attention deficit disorder		DfE
ADD	Analysis and Data Division		DLUHC
ADF	Azure Data Factory		Not Limited to CS	DDaT
ADHD	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a group of behavioural symptoms that include inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a type of ADHD.Source: {NHS|http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/Pages/Introduction.aspx} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
ADI	Application Desktop Integrator	Spreadsheet containing total disbursement of a prison, sent from business hub to regional accounts team.#moneyToPrisoners	MoJ
ADII	Architecture, Data, Information, Innovation		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
Admin 4 database		An Excel file that has Police Station & Mags Court schemes on	MoJ
ADP	Azure Data Platform		Not Limited to CS	DDaT
ADP	Advocate Defence Payments	One of our projects for the Legal Aid Agency. where advocates (solicitors) can submit invoices for work done for legal aid work.Used to be known as CBO/Crime Billing Online	MoJ
ADPO			MoJ
ADR	Alternative dispute resolution		MoJ
ADR	Architectural design record		MoJ
ADR	Alternative dispute resolution	Method to solve a dispute with the help of a third party.	HMCTS
ADR UK	Administrative Data Research UK	ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) is a partnership transforming the way researchers access the UK's wealth of public sector data, to enable better informed policy decisions that improve people's lives.Source: ADR UK website accessed 2021-03-30	DfE
ADS	Advice Direct Scotland		Not Limited to CS
AE (civil service grade)	Assistant Economists		Civil Service Wide
AE (education)	Adult education		DfE
AEB (board)	Associated Examining Board	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AEB (budget)	Adult education budget		DfE
AEC	Association of Education Committees	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AED	All Education Dataset	Refers to the pooling of all post MoG (2016) holdings of FE, HE and Schools data. Distinct from linked NPD by not restricting age and that it is the educational element underpinning LEO.Source: Data Directorate 2019-08-01	DfE
AEF	Aggregate External Finance	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
AELP	Association of Employment and Learning Providers	The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) is the national trade association representing providers involved in skills and employment delivery, responding to the needs of employers, learners and the local communities. One voice, making a difference. AELP members deliver the majority of Apprenticeships, Traineeships, English and maths in the workplace and programmes for the unemployed including the Work Programme.Source: {AELP|https://www.aelp.org.uk/} accessed 2017-02-16	DfE
AEN	Additional Educational Needs	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AEP	Association of Educational Psychologists		DfE
AEP	Accelerated Encryption Processing		MoJ
AET	Autism Education Trust	The Autism Education Trust helps to ensure that autistic children and young people receive an education that enables them to fulfil their aspirations and engage in society as active citizens.Source: {Autism Education Trust|https://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/} accessed 2020-08-19	DfE
AF	Admissions Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AFET	Anne Frank Educational Trust		DfE
AFF	Alternative Funding Formula	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AFK	Away From Keyboard		MoJ
AfL	Assessment for Learning	Aimed to support schools in developing their assessment of pupils, to enhance learning and improve the rate of pupil progression.	DfE
AFNCCF	Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families		DfE
AFPC	Apply for Pension Credit
AFRD (departmental organisational unit)	Accountability and Flexible Resource Division	Year(s) active (where known): ?-2019	DfE
AGB	Architecture governance board		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
AGBIS	Association of Governing Bodies of Independent Schools	In the early 1940s the governing bodies of boys' and girls' public schools formed two associations. Their objects were to advance education in the independent sector by discussing matters of policy and practice, giving advice to schools in membership, considering their relationships with the wider educational community, and taking action as necessary in the interests of their members.Source: {AGBIS website|https://www.agbis.org.uk/about-us/origins/} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
AGCAS	Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services	AGCAS is the expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals. Through our members, we support the best possible career outcomes from higher education for individuals, institutions, society and the economy.Source: {AGCAS website|https://www.agcas.org.uk/About-AGCAS} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
AGE	Apprenticeship Grant for Employers	The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) ran from January-March 2010. It was intended to encourage employers, especially SMEs, to take on young people aged 16 and 17 as apprentices, by offering a £2,500 grant for each new recruit. It achieved its aim of securing 5,000 additional Apprenticeship places for the target group in the timescale. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AGFS	Advocate Gradual Fees Scheme	Fee scheme available to Barristers who work on Crown Court cases	MoJ
AGIT	Action for Governors Information and Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AGO	Attorney General's Office		MoJ
AHDC	Aiming High for Disabled Children	Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC), announced in 2007, was the transformation programme for services for disabled children and their families in England from 2008-2011.	DfE
AHOD	All Hands On Deck	Urgent action required by all team/organisation members regardless of role/grade
AHP	Affordable Homes Programme	The Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) 2021-2026 will be worth £11.5bn and will fund up to 180,000 homes “should economic conditions allow”.	DLUHC
AHRB	Arts and Humanities Research Board	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
AHRC	Arts and Humanities Research Council	The AHRC is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, along with the other UK Research Councils. The AHRC is governed by its Council, which is responsible for its overall strategic direction, and we are incorporated by Royal Charter.Source: {AHRC|http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/about/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
AHRO
AHT	Adopted Housing Target		DLUHC
AHUA	Association of Heads of University Administration		DfE
AICE	Advanced International Certificate of Education	Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) is an academic 2-year program (similar to an A Level) taken between the age of 16 and 18 where students concentrate on two or three subjects while maintaining an incorporated international focus. Successful exam scores in 5 subjects after the 2-year period awards a group certificate, with designated marks of pass, merit or distinction.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome		Not Limited to CS
AIS	Acceptance Into Service		MoJ
AJTC	Administrative Justice Tribunals Council		MoJ
AL	Annual Leave		Civil Service Wide
AL (civil service grade)	Assistant Librarian		Civil Service Wide
ALA	Association of London Authorities		DfE
ALB	Arm's length body	Non-departmental bodies, executive agencies or non-ministerial departments in government	Civil Service Wide
ALBSU	Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit	The Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (formerly the Adult Literacy Unit and Adult Literacy Resource Agency) was a government-funded unit of NIACE, which remained in London when NIACE moved to Leicester. It became independent in 1990 as the Basic Skills Agency. In 2007, NIACE and the BSA merged together as one organisation.Source: {Learning and Work Institute website|https://www.learningandwork.org.uk/about-us/our-history/} accessed 2019-06-14	DfE
ALF	Average Level of Funding	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
Alfresco	A document management system. Used by the courts		MoJ
ALG	Adult Learning Grants	Rolled out in 2006-07/unknown. Provided a weekly maintenance allowance for adults on low incomes studying for a wide range of qualifications, including BTECs, NVQs, GSCEs and A-levels.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/grant-bursary-adult-learners} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
ALI	Adult Learning Inspectorate	The Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) was a non-departmental public body established under the Learning and Skills Act 2000. It became part of Ofsted in April 2007. In December 2005 the Government announced the merger of the Adult Learning Inspectorate with Ofsted, the children's social care remit of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), and other organisations concerned with child protection.	DfE
ALIS	A Level Information Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
ALL	Advanced Learner Loans	You can apply for an Advanced Learner Loan to help with the costs of a course at a college or training provider in England. Loan eligibility doesn't depend on your income and there are no credit checks.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/overview} accessed 2016-07-19	DfE
ALP	Agent-led process	A process with manual steps for an agent (staff) user to complete – usually in a PDF – in lieu of a digital service	DWP	Operations / digital
ALP	Association of Learning Providers		DfE
ALR	Adult Learner Responsive	One of three demand-led funding models used to calculate funding by the LSC, the Adult Learner Responsive model covers learners on eligible provision who are aged 19 or over on the 31st august of the funding year in which they start a specific episode of learning.Source: {The National Archives|https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140104143508/http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/datadictionary/businessdefinitions/Adult_Learner_Resp_Business_def.htm} accessed 2019-06-12	DfE
ALRU	Adult Literacy Resource Unit	The Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (formerly the Adult Literacy Unit and Adult Literacy Resource Agency) was a government-funded unit of NIACE, which remained in London when NIACE moved to Leicester. It became independent in 1990 as the Basic Skills Agency. In 2007, NIACE and the BSA merged together as one organisation.Source: {Learning and Work Institute website|https://www.learningandwork.org.uk/about-us/our-history/} accessed 2019-06-14	DfE
ALS	Action Learning Set		Civil Service Wide
ALS (learning)	Additional learning support		DfE
ALS (literacy)	Additional Literacy Support		DfE
ALT	Association for Learning Technology	The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) represents individual and organisational members from all sectors and parts of the UK. Our membership includes practitioners, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Learning Technology. Our community grows more diverse as Learning Technology has become recognised as a fundamental part of learning, teaching and assessment. Our charitable objective is "to advance education through increasing, exploring and disseminating knowledge in the f...	DfE
AM	Activity Manager		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
AMA (accelerated)	Accelerated Modern Apprenticeships		DfE
AMA (advanced)	Advanced Modern Apprenticeships		DfE
AMA (authorities)	Association of Metropolitan Authorities	Merged with the Association of County Councils and the Association of District Councils to form the Local Government Association.Source: {NBS website (supported by the RIBA)|https://www.thenbs.com/PublicationIndex/documents?Pub=AMA} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
AMC	Advanced Market Commitment		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
AMCS	A Modern Civil Service	The new vision for the civil service, replacing A Brilliant Civil Service	Civil Service Wide
AME	Annually Managed Expenditure	See RAME	DLUHC
AME	Annually Managed Expenditure	The element of public expenditure for which multi-year spending limits are not appropriate, and which is instead subject to annual review.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	Civil Service Wide
AMG	Annual Maintenance Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AMGB	Account Management Governance Board		DfE
AMI	Amazon Machine Image
AMSD (departmental organisational unit)	Academies and Maintained Schools Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-	DfE
AMSG (departmental organisational unit)	Academies and Maintained Schools Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2017-2018	DfE
AMSP	Advanced Mathematics Support Programme	The Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) is a government-funded initiative, managed by MEI, which aims to increase participation in AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics, and Core Maths, and improve the teaching of these level 3 maths qualifications accessed: 2021-03-01	DfE
AMSUK	Association of Muslim Schools UK		DfE
Any published data has to meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act	so for example the Department does not publish data that could identify an individual. However	analysis of the individual pupil records from PLASC	DfE
AO	Administrative Officer	Grade with in the UK Civil Service	Civil Service Wide
AO	Accounting Officer	The personal accountability of the Accounting Officer forms the foundation of Parliament's ability to hold the Executive to account for public spending. Ministers are answerable to Parliament for policy decisions and the actions of the departments and their executive agencies. The Accounting Officer, normally the Permanent Secretary in the department, is personally responsible for the regularity and propriety of expenditure, robust evaluation of different mechanisms for delivering policy obje...	Civil Service Wide
AO	Accommodation and Occupancy (also known as A&O)
AO (adjudication)	Adjudication Officers	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
AO (awarding)	Awarding organisations		DfE
AO (initial teacher training)	Assessment only (route to qualified teacher status)	If you're an experienced teacher with a degree, you can achieve qualified teacher status (QTS) without having to do any further training. Assessment Only allows you to demonstrate that you already meet all of the standards for QTS. To achieve QTS via the AO route, you'll need to present detailed evidence that you meet the standards. Your teaching will be assessed in a school by an accredited and approved AO provider.	DfE
AO/AA	Administrative Office/Administrative Assistant	A Grade within the Civil Serice	Civil Service Wide
AOB	Any Other Business
AOB	Any Other Business		Not Limited to CS
AoC	Association of Colleges	The AoC was responsible for administering the Beacon awards.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
AOD	Application Overview Document		DfE
AOF	Animal Origin Free		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
AONB	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
AOP	All Other Pupils		DfE
AP	Alternative provision	Education outside of school, when it is arranged by LAs or schools, is called alternative provision. It can range from pupil referral units (PRUs) and further education colleges to voluntary or private sector projects.Source: DfE website as at 2012-05-08	DfE
AP	Approved Premises
AP (associate)	Associate Pool		DfE
APA	Asset Protection Agency		APA
APA	Advanced Purchase Agreement		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
APA (Ofsted)	Annual Performance Assessment (Ofsted)	Annual Performance Assessment (APA) is an annual process undertaken by Ofsted (and, until 2006, by CSCI) to provide a performance rating for each local authority children's services. It also assesses capacity to improve services and identifies strengths and weaknesses, and acts as a risk assessment to focus any future Joint Area Review inspection. The APA performance rating forms the children and young people's services block of the Audit Commission's annual Comprehensive Performance Assessme...	DfE
APA (performance)	Annual Performance Agreement	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
APAD	Appeals against Admissions	System used to collect data on people appealing against admissions (school preference etc.)	DfE
APCC	Association of Police & Crime Commissioners		Home Office
APD	Approved Parole Date
APEL	Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning		DfE
APHA	Animal and Plant Health Agency	An arms length body of Defra	Defra
API	Application Programming Interface		Not Limited to CS	Digital
APL	Accreditation of prior learning		DfE
APP	Assessing Pupils Progress	Assessing pupils' progress (APP) was a national approach to assessment that equipped teachers to make judgements on pupils' progress. The "Assessing pupils' progress" initiative Survey evaluated the impact of the 'Assessing pupils' progress' initiative on improving outcomes for their pupils. The "Assessing pupils" progress' survey also examined the extent to which assessment was used effectively to support learning and to ensure that the curriculum met pupils' needs.Source: {GOV.UK|https://ww...	DfE
APPG	All Party Parliamentary Group	APPGs are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. They are run by and for Members of the Commons and Lords, though many choose to involve individuals and organisations from outside Parliament in their administration and activities.	Not Limited to CS
APS	Assistant Private Secretary	A role in a Private Office.	DLUHC
APS (IT)	Application Planning Systems		DfE
APS (places)	Assisted places scheme	Scheme to assist academically able children whose families could not otherwise afford the tuition, fees to attend one of the independent secondary, schools in the scheme. Began September 1981, phased ending from 1998.	DfE
APS (population)	Annual Population Survey		ONS
APU (departmental organisational unit)	Assessment of Performance Unit	The Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) was set up in 1975 within the Department of Education and Science (DES) to promote the development of methods of assessing and monitoring the achievement of students at school, and to seek to identify the incidence of under achievement. The APU commissioned research teams to create instruments and methods of assessment and to conduct surveys in five curriculum areas: language, science, mathematics, foreign languages and design and technology. Between 1...	DfE
APVS	Assisted Prison Visit Scheme	Also known as HWPV (Help With Prison Visits)
APVU	Assisted Prison Visits Unit	A call centre for prison visits for 8 prisons in the west midlands.
APW	Action Planning Workshop	Groups set up to look at specific topics, similar to working groups	Civil Service Wide
AQA	Assessment and Qualifications Alliance	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AR	Annual Report		Civil Service Wide
ARA	Annual Report and Accounts		DfE
ARAC	Audit & Risk Assurance Committee		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
ARB	Architecture Review Board		DfE
ARC	Audit and Risk Committee		Civil Service Wide
ARD	Automatic Release Date
ARDD (departmental organisational unit)	Academies and Regional Delivery Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2018	DfE
ARNOLD	Automated Robot Negating Onerous Logging of Data	ARNOLD is the Ministerial and Public Communications Division Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot to speed up correspondence logging in Iris. 2018-	DfE
AS (analytical)	Analytical Services	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
AS (apprenticeship)	Apprenticeship Service	A digital interface managing apprenticeship levy payments. Part of ESFA but delivering on behalf of FE policy Director.	DfE
AS (civil service grade)	Assistant Statisticians		DfE
AS (examinations)	AS levels	AS (Advanced Subsidiary) level qualifications can be studied either as a free standing qualification, or they can be the first half of the full A level. At the end of the AS year, there are two options (depending on the preference of the school or college): take the AS level as the final qualification or continue to the second year and go for the full A level.Source: Directgov website as at 2012-05-08	DfE
ASB (actual)	Actual Schools Budget	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
ASB (aggregated)	Aggregated Schools Budget	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
ASBO	Anti-social behaviour orders		DfE
ASC (schools)	Annual Schools Census	Every school is required to supply information to the Department for Education each January through the Annual Schools Census (ASC), formerly known as Form 7".	DfE
ASC (skills)	Adult Skills College		DfE
ASCEL	Association of Senior Childrens and Education Librarians	We are the national network of senior managers in Children's Public and Schools Library Services. Our aim is to lead excellence in library services for children and young people and schools so that: every child and young person visiting a public library should be inspired by an exciting environment which makes reading for pleasure irresistible every school has access to a high quality school library service.Source: {ASCEL website|https://www.ascel.org.uk/about-us} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
ASCL	Association of School and College Leaders		DfE
ASD	Application Support Document (IT)		DfE
ASE	Association for Science Education	The Association for Science Education (ASE) is the professional association for teachers of science. It was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Science Master's Association and the Association of Women Science Teachers. ASE can trace its origins back to 1900 with a letter written by four science masters from Eton College proposing a conference for Science Masters in Public Schools. Membership of the Association is now of the order of 15,000, with a broad spread of membership from primary and ...	DfE
ASELA	Association of South Essex Local Authorities		DLUHC
ASF	Adoption support fund		DfE
ASK	Apprenticeship support and knowledge for schools	The apprenticeship support and knowledge for schools (ASK) project will deliver apprenticeship and traineeship information to young people in years 10, 11, 12 and 13. This will ensure young people are aware of all the options available to them. The project will work with teachers, careers advisers, parents and governors, alongside other key partners, to support schools and ensure that they meet their statutory duties regarding the provision of impartial Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), ...	DfE
ASL	Adult Safeguarded Learning		DfE
ASP	Analyse School Performance service	Replaced RAISEonline on 19 July 2017	DfE
ASPIRE	Assess – Sentence Plan – Implement – Review – Evaluate	This is the core framework of offender management / sentence planning
ASR	Approved Supplier Register		DfE
Asset	Youth Justice Board assessment documentation for young people
AST (departmental organisational unit)	Audit Support Team	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
AST (service)	Area Service Teams		DfE
AST (teachers)	Advanced skills teachers	A teacher who has passed a national assessment and been appointed to an AST post. The AST grade is designed to strengthen teaching and learning through better leadership, better rewards, better training and better support.	DfE
ASTO	Adult Skills Training Organisations		DfE
ASTV	Apprenticeship Service Television		DfE
ASYE	Assessed and supported year in employment	The assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) is a programme that gives newly qualified social workers extra support during their first year of employment. The programme aims to help them develop their skills, knowledge and professional confidence. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessed-and-supported-year-in-employment-asye/assessed-and-supported-year-in-employment} accessed 2016-02-12	DfE
AT	Assisted Technology
AT (academies)	Academy trusts	Academies are publicly funded independent schools that don't have to follow the national curriculum and can set their own term times. They still have to follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools. Academies get money direct from the government, not the local council. They're run by an academy trust which employs the staff. Some academies have sponsors such as businesses, universities, other schools, faith groups or voluntary groups. Sp...	DfE
AT (attainment)	Attainment targets	An attainment target identifies the 'knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of each key stage'.	DfE
AT (teacher)	Advisory Teacher	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
AT (trainee)	Administrative Trainee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
ATA	Apprenticeship Training Agencies		DfE
ATAS	Audit Trails Analysis System		DWP
ATIA	Architecture, Technology and Information Assurance	A former unit inside MOJ ICT
ATL	Association of Teachers and Lecturers	Association of Teachers and Lecturers was dissolved following a merger with the National Union of Teachers to form a new union known as the National Education Union which was founded on 01 September 2017. 2020-06-29	DfE
ATM	Association of Teachers of Mathematics	The Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) is an organisation that encourages the development of mathematics education around the needs of the learner. It regularly responds to Government consultations and initiatives. Links/Further InformationSource: {ATM website|http://www.atm.org.uk/} accessed 2021-03-01Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ATM	At The Moment		Not Limited to CS
ATMP	Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ATO (operate)	Authority to Operate		DfE
ATO (training)	Approved Training Organisation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ATOS	Occupational Services	External provider of services to DWP - such as disability assessments	DWP
ATP	Authority to Pay		DWP
ATR (recruitment)	Authority to Recruit		DfE
ATR (register)	Approved Technology Register		DfE
ATSTN	Advanced Therapies Skills Training Network	Project to introduce online training capability and a national network of training centres to provide ATMP training - previously known as CATTS	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ATW	Access To Work		DWP
AU	Combined Payment		DWP
AUA	Association of University Administrators	The Association of University Administrators (AUA) is an inclusive membership-led professional body for all those interested in advancing their career in higher education. There are over 4,000 AUA members nationally and internationally based in universities and higher education colleges as well as HE related bodies such as Universities UK and the funding councils. There are also growing numbers of members in further education institutions.	DfE
AV (apprenticeships)	Apprenticeship Vacancies		DfE
AVA	Audio Visual Aids	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
AVCE	Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education	Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCEs) are courses designed to develop the knowledge and skills needed for jobs in a broad field of work - such as hospitality and catering, leisure and tourism, or engineering. They can be taken in many schools and most colleges. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
AWDL	Average Working Days Lost	A measure of working days lost to sick or other short notice absence per full-time equivalent employee	Civil Service Wide	HR
AWPU	Age-Weighted Pupil Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
AWR	Additional Works Request	Additional Works Request	MoJ	Government Workforce Planning
AWS	Amazon Web Services
AY	Academic year	Broadly September to August, although varies by institution, e.g. Scottish schools start in mid-August.	DfE
AYPP	Activities for Young People Programme	The Activities for Young People Programme for 16-year-olds, also known as the u-project, was aimed at young people in England who were coming to the end of compulsory education (at the end of school year 11), with no real idea of what they wanted to do next.	DfE
AZ	AstraZeneca		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
BA	Bereavement Allowance		DWP
BA	Benefits Agency		DWP
BA	Business Analyst	https://www.gov.uk/guidance/business-analyst--2	Civil Service Wide	Digital
BAAF	British Association of Adoption and Fostering	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BAC	British Accreditation Council	BAC was established in 1984 to provide a comprehensive quality assurance scheme for independent further and higher education in the UK. Our accreditation is recognised the world over by students, agents and government officials as the clearest mark of educational quality in the private sector. Alongside the British Council, whose Accreditation UK scheme serves as the definitive guide to the country's English language centres, we have overseen the inspection of private post-16 education for ov...	DfE
BACS	Bankers Automated Clearing System		Not Limited to CS
BAECE	British Association for Early Childhood Education	Early Education (British Association for Early Childhood Education) are a national charity supporting early years practitioners with training, resources and professional networks, and campaigning for quality education for the youngest children. They offer support to all early childhood education practitioners, including those in maintained settings, private, voluntary and independent provider and home-based childcare, as well as local authority staff through: publications training and consult...	DfE
BAFO	Best And Final Offer
BALID	British Association for Literacy in Development	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BAME	Black, Asian and minority ethnic		Civil Service Wide	Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
BARDA	Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority	A US office part of the Department for Health and Human Services	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
BASIL	Basic Skills for Inclusive Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BAU	Business as Usual		Not Limited to CS
BB	Bereavement Benefit		DWP
BBB	BRITISH BUSINESS BANK		DIT
BBR	Building Better Relationships	An intervention programme for adult male offenders who have been violent in heterosexual relationships	MoJ
BBSRC	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council	BBSRC is one of seven Research Councils that work together as Research Councils UK (RCUK).Source: {BBSRC|http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/about/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
BBT	Bio Security, Boarders & Trade		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
BBTP	Biosecuirty, Borders and Trade Programme		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
BC	Benefit Centre	An office where processing of benefits takes place - usually not open to the public	DWP
BC	Business Case	Justifying the cost of doing something by showing the benefits, see HMT Green Book for details.	Civil Service Wide	Change
BC	Business Continuity		Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
BC (borough)	Borough Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	Not Limited to CS
BCC	British Chambers of Commerce		DfE
BCE	Business Continuity Event		Civil Service Wide
BCMS	British Cattle Movement Service	We maintain an online database of all bovine animals in Great Britain called the Cattle Tracing System (CTS).
BCP	Business Continuity Plan		Civil Service Wide
BCR	Benefit Cost Ratio	A mechanism to determine whether a scheme offers value for money (VFM)	DLUHC
BCS	Business Control System		Civil Service Wide
BCS	Basic Custody Screening		MoJ
BCST	Basic Custody Screening Tool		MoJ
BCT	Business Continuity Team		Civil Service Wide
BD	Benefit Directorate		DWP
BDA	British Dyslexia Association	The BDA is the voice of dyslexic people. We aim to influence government and other institutions to promote a dyslexia friendly society, that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential.Source: {BDA|http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/about} accessed 2017-02-28	Not Limited to CS
BDA	Business Design Authority		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
BDAS	Business Data Architecture Specification		DfE
BDC	Benefit Delivery Centre		DWP
BDCM	Benefit Delivery Centre Manager		DWP
BDE	Benefit Delivery Expert		DWP
BDG	Business Development Group
BDM	Benefit Delivery Manager		DWP
BDM	Business Data Models		DfE
BDO	Benefit Delivery Officer		DWP
BDP	Benefit Delivery Process		DWP
BDRG	Benefits Document Retention Guide		DWP
BDT	Baker Dearing Educational Trust		DfE
BEC (branch)	Branch Executive Committee	Common name for the part of a Trade Union that looks after a part of the civil service.	Civil Service Wide	Trade Union Side
BEC (British)	British Education Council	This study accounts for the formation in England of the Business Education Council (BEC) in 1974, and its development and transitions into the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) in 1983, and Edexcel Foundation in 1996. The article outlines the background and response to the 1969 report from the Committee on Technician Courses and Examinations (the Haslegrave Report), paying attention to its conceptualisation of the notion of 'technician'.	DfE
Becta	British Educational Communications and Technology Agency	Created in 1998 from the NCET, closed April 2011.Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/armslengthbodies/a00192537/becta} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
BEIS	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	A central government department created in July 2016 with a focus on business & energy. Successor to BIS (apart from Higher Education which went to DfE)	BEIS
BEL	Benefit Enquiry Line		DWP
BEM	Business Excellence Model	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BEMAS	British Educational Management and Administration Society	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BERA	British Educational Research Association	BERA is a membership association and learned society committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement. BERA aims to inform the development of policy and practice by promoting the best quality evidence produced by educational research. Since our inception in 1974, BERA has expanded into an internationally renowned association with UK and non-UK based members. We strive to be inclusive of the diversity of educational research and scholarship ...	DfE
BERR	Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	Established 28 June 2007 from the DTI. Dissolved 6 June 2009 and became BIS.	DfE
BESA	British Educational Suppliers Association	BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association, is the trade association for the UK education suppliers sector. We operate on a not-for-profit basis and are accountable to an Executive Council elected by member companies.Source: {BESA|https://www.besa.org.uk/about-us/} accessed 2018-11-26	DfE
BEST	Behaviour and Education Support Teams	These are multi-agency teams bringing together a complementary mix of professionals from the fields of health, social care and education. The aim of a BEST is to promote emotional well-being, positive behaviour and school attendance, by identifying and supporting those with, or at risk of developing, emotional and behavioural problems.Source: {National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/ete/behaviourinschools/educationsupportteams/b...	DfE
BET	Business Engagement Team
BET	Basic Employability Training	Basic Employability Training (BET) provides training for Jobcentre Plus clients assessed with literacy and/or numeracy skills below Entry Level. BET aims to improve the employability of such clients through developing Skills for Life as well as the key skills required for sustained open employment.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BEU	Business Expert User
BExBI	Business Expenditure Business Information
BF	(UK) Border Force	Part of the Home Office that operates at the UK border doing both customs and immigration checks	Home Office	Borders
BF	Brought Forward	Refers back to when case files where ordered in filling cabinets by what date that you bring it forward	Civil Service Wide
BHC	British Hallmarking Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BHD	Bullying, Harrassment and Diversity
BHF	Brownfield Housing Fund		DLUHC
BHLP	Budget-Holding Lead Professional	The Budget-Holding Lead Professional (BHLP) concept was piloted in 16 Local Authorities (LAs) in England between June 2006 and April 2008. A BHLP was someone who co-ordinated provision when a range of services were needed for a child, and who had access to and leverage over a budget, which allowed them to commission services directly from providers.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BI	Business Intelligence
BI4BG	Better Information for Better Government programme	Cabinet Office programme 2017-2020 The government's response to Sir Alex Allan's review of its strategy for managing digital records and archives.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/better-information-for-better-government} accessed 2019-11-08	DfE
BIA	BioIndustry Association	The BIA Vaccines Manufacturing Taskforce for UK manufacturing capability is led by Ian McCubbin.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
BIA	Business Impact Assessment	An assessment template/matrix used by a business owner to determine impact levels of data / systems that they own. Questions like "how many people will be affected if your data is unavailable for a day".
BIAR	Business Intelligence ARchive	Basically a proprietary zip file used to move Business Intelligence content from one BusinessObjects Enterprise Server to another'
BIC	Benefit Integrity Centre – No longer exists – Now CFCD Interventions
BIL	Brownfield Infrastructure and Land		DLUHC
BIL	Business Impact Level		DfE
BIL#	Business Impact Level [number]	Often pronounced "aisle two", "aisle zero" etc.Information has an impact level, not a whole system. eg p-Nomis is IL3 is wrong.specific information about prisoners will have business impact 3 if made publicAll revised with the new Official criteria
BILD	British Institute of Learning Disabilities	Professor Gerry Simon set up BILD in 1971 because he was convinced there could be better support in the community for people with disabilities. We have been championing the human rights of people with disabilities ever since. We work to develop the skills and culture necessary to understand people's needs and improve their quality of life. Our approach applies a rigorous evidence base, broad expertise and long-standing experience to find and enable both short and long-term solutions that brin...	DfE
BIP	Business Intelligence Platform
BIP (behaviour)	Behaviour Improvement Programme	July 2002-2006? Was part of the Street Crime Initiative aimed at improving poor behaviour and attendance in schools in key areas.	DfE
BIP (departmental organisational unit)	Business Improvement Project [Team]		DfE
BIR	Business Incident Report
BIS	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	Created in June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Disbanded in July 2016 when Higher Education remit moved to Department for Education and Business remit moved to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.	Civil Service Wide
BIS (briefings)	Briefing Information System		DfE
BIS (government department)	Department for Business Innovation and Skills	Created in June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Disbanded in July 2016 when Higher Education remit moved to Department for Education and Business remit moved to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.	Civil Service Wide
BL (business)	Business Link	1994-2011. Originally a national network of regional advisory services offering advice and support to small firms to help them compete in world markets. From November 2011 the regional services closed and the website became the primary source of information. Now operates as a telephone helpline.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/business-support-helpline} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
BL (library)	British Library	The UK's legal deposit library responsible for keeping a copy of every book ever published in Britain	Civil Service Wide
BLACC	Bank Liaison Automation and Customer Contact
BLL	Batch Learner Linked		DfE
BLS	Bank Liaison Section
BLU	Batch Learner Unmerge		DfE
BMA	Budget movement agreement	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BME	Black and Minority Ethnic		DfE
BML	Batch Merged Learner		DfE
BMO	Business Management Office		Civil Service Wide
BMS	Business Management System (DHSC)		NHSx	Org Wide
BN	Basic need (school places)		DfE
BNG	Biodiversity Net Gain		Defra
BNM	Becoming New Me	General offending programme – thinking skills programme for those with learning disability	MoJ
BOC	British Overseas Citizen	A class of British nationality that qualifies for a British passport but not for right of abode in the UK. Not to be confused with British Nationals (Overseas) or British Overseas Territories Citizens	Home Office	HMPO
BoE	BANK OF ENGLAND		BoE
BOLD	Better Outcomes through Linked Data	MOJ data linking programme
BOP	Bring on Potential	Education and Learning gained inside are recorded in BOP, which is available ‘through the gate’. Part of ILP (Individual Learning Plan)	MoJ
BOPA	Body of Persons Approvals	This departmental advice is for: - local authorities - amateur performance groups It aims to help local authorities and amateur groups to make greater use of body of persons (BOP) approvals. A BOP approval means an organisation doesn-'t need to obtain individual licences for the children who are participating in a performance.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/body-of-persons-approvals-bopas} accessed 2016-08-16	DfE
BoT	BOARD OF TRADE		DIT
BOTUS	Breach of Top Up Supervision	Info	MoJ
BP	Business Partner		Civil Service Wide
BPAP	Black Pupils Achievement Programme		DfE
BPAT	Business Planning Aggregation Tool	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BPDG	Border and Protocol Delivery Group	Cabinet Office directorate, coordinates cross-department border delivery work	Cabinet Office
BPG	???	A digital gateway service that links nDelius to CRC systems(Not sure if this is a typo of SPG?)	MoJ
BPRS	Best Practice Research Scholarships	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BPSS	Baseline Personnel Security Standard	The minimum level of clearance for someone working in the Civil Service.	Civil Service Wide	Secruity
BPT	Business Partner Team
BQS	Better quality services	An efficiency performance regime that requires local authorities to look constantly at new ways to improve the efficiency, quality and effectiveness of their service delivery.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2004). Departmental Report 2004 Cm 6202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101620225]	DfE
BRAC	Building Regulations Advisory Council		DLUHC
BRB	Be Right Back		MoJ
BRE	Better Regulation Executive (or) Building Research Establishment	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
BRF	Brownfield Release Fund		DLUHC
BRG (reduction)	Bureaucracy Reduction Group	2005-11. The FE and Training Bureaucracy Reduction Group (BRG) worked to tackle bureaucracy and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens within the learning and skills sector. Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/further-education-skills/reforms/reducing-bureacracy} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
BRG (reference)	Bureaucracy Reference Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BRM	Business Relationship Manager		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
BSA (schools)	Boarding Schools Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BSA (science)	British Science Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
BSA (skills)	Basic Skills Agency	Merged with NIACE in 2007.	DfE
BSA/NHSBSA	Business Support Authority		DHSC	Org Wide
BSAS	British Social Attitudes Survey		DfE
BSCF	Basic Skills Community Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BSF	Building Schools for the Future (2003-2010)	BSF was started in 2005 and aimed to renew the secondary school estate in England where needed by 2023. The Government stopped the programme because it has made insufficient progress and impact. BSF was supposed to have built 200 wholly new schools by the end of 2008; and had only rebuilt 35 and refurbished 13.	DfE
BSI (school inspectorate)	Bridge Schools Inspectorate	The Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI) had approval from the Secretary of State for Education and began its work in September 2008 to inspect schools belonging to the Christian Schools Trust and the Association of Muslim Schools UK throughout England. BSI provided an opportunity for cooperation between faith groups to establish a specialist faith schools inspectorate which respected their distinctive ethos. Ofsted monitors the work of independent inspectorates, including a sample of reports.	DfE
BSL	British Sign Language	A sign language native to Great Britain	Not Limited to CS	Org Wide
BSL	Building Safety Levy		DLUHC
BSO	Bankers Standing Order
BSO	Basic Skills Observatory	Basic Skills Observatory was an online resource for teachers and basic skills practitioners on policy, effective practice and research on literacy, numeracy and language across all phases and sectors from early years to post-16.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BSP	Bereavement Support Payment
BSP	Behaviour support plans	Local Authorities were required to publish a Behaviour Support Plan which sets out the arrangements for the education of children with behaviour difficulties. Source: Devon CC website as at 2012-05-08 Further information from The Knowledge: A Behaviour Support Plan is a statement which sets out local arrangements for schools and other service providers for the education of children with behavioural difficulties.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BSQI	Basic Skills Quality Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BSR	Building Skills for Recovery	Substance misuse programme	MoJ
BST	Business Support Team	Departmental organisational unit Part of Ministerial and Public Communications Division (MPCD) Year(s) active (where known): 2017-	DfE
BTEC	Business and Technical Education Council	BTECs appear in the Qualifications and Credit framework.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/compare-different-qualification-levels} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
BTI	British Training International	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
BTO	Business Transformation Opportunties
BtR	Build to Rent		DLUHC
BU/SBU	(Strategic) Business Unit	Generic term for a department, directorate, team, or other subdivision of a larger organisation.	Not Limited to CS
BUD	Budget		HM Treasury
BUS	The Contributions Agency was an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It was set up in 1991 to administer National Insurance and was part of the Department of Social Security. It was absorbed into the Inland Revenue in 1999, when it ceased to be an executive agency.	New government energy scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
BV	Best Value	The testing of public services against the private sector to determine which can provide services at the best value for money.	DfE
BV	Budget Variation
BVPP	Best Value Performance Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BVQ	Best Value Quality	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BVR	Best Value Review	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BVT	Best Version of the Truth		DfE
BWVC	Body Worn Video Camera		MoJ
BYC	British Youth Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
BYOL	Bring Your Own (cloud) Licence		DfE
C&AG	Comptroller and Auditor General	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
C&G	City and Guilds		DfE
C&P	Claims and Payments
C&R	Control & Restraint	Prison	MoJ
C19	COVID-19		Civil Service Wide
C4EO	Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young Peoples Services	The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO) provides a range of products and services to support the childrens services sector. C4EO operates as part of the leading children's charity National Children's Bureau (NCB). Source: {C4EO|http://www.c4eo.org.uk/} accessed 2017-02-28	DfE
CA	Contributions Agency	The Contributions Agency was an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. It was set up in 1991 to administer National Insurance and was part of the Department of Social Security. It was absorbed into the Inland Revenue in 1999, when it ceased to be an executive agency.	HMRC
CA	Carer’s Allowance		DWP
CA	Clerical Assistant
CA	Case Admin		MoJ
CAA	Constant Attendance Allowance
CAA	Change Awareness and Adoption team		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
CAB	Citizens Advice Bureau	Charity, funded largely by central and local government, that provides a one-stop non-specialist advice on many different issues.They have their own triage process on the front desk, which will help you get an appointment - possibly a fortnight away.Some are first-come-first-served, so there are big queues outside each morning.	Not Limited to CS
CAB	Corporate Acting Body
CAB	Conformity Assessment Body
CAB	Commercial Assurance Board		Civil Service Wide	Commercial
CAB (change)	Change Advisory Board		DfE
CAB (citizens)	Citizens Advice Bureau	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CACS	Carer’s Allowance Computer System
CAD (departmental organisational unit)	Curriculum and Assessment Division	Year(s) active (where known): c1998-?	DfE
CAF	Call Assessment Framework
CAF	Common Assessment Framework for Children and Young People	Trialled from 2005-06 a standardised approach to assessing children's and young people's needs for services.Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130903161352/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/strategy/integratedworking/caf/a0068957/the-caf-process} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
Cafcass	Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service	Cafcass represents children in family court cases. We make sure that children's voices are heard and decisions are taken in their best interests.Source: {Cafcass|https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass.aspx} accessed 2015-10-27	MoJ
CAFE (departmental organisational unit)	Careers and Further Education Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-2019	DfE
CAFISSP	Cadet Force and Independent and State School Partnership	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CAG (departmental organisational unit)	Care and Adoption Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CAIT	Child Abuse Investigation Team		MoJ
CAIT	Child Arrangements Information Tool	Information resources to help separating couples make arrangements (custody, etc.) for their children.	MoJ
CAL	Computer Assisted Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CALC	Computer Assisted Learning Programme Committee		DfE
CAM	Customer Account Management System
CAM	Customer Application Management		DfE
CAME	Capital Annually Managed Expenditure		Civil Service Wide
CAMHS	Children and adolescent mental health services		DfE
CAMlite	Customer Account Management lite
can	denotes both capability and possibility	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
CAP	Code of Appeals Procedure
CAP	Career Action Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CAP	Common Access Pass	Photo pass identifying you as a Civil Service employee and granting unescorted access to certain government buildings.	Civil Service Wide
CAPE	Child Abuse and Protection in Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CAPI	Children affected by parental imprisonment		DfE
CAPS	Customer Accounting and Payment System
CARAT	Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice, Throughcare	CARAT workers are intermediaries between drug treatments providers and the prisoners themselves	MoJ
CAS	Case Allocation System	Used after sentencing to assign offender as NPS or CRC	MoJ
CAS (career)	Careers Advice Service		DfE
CAS (credit)	Credit Accumulation Service		DfE
CASE (education)	Campaign for State Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CASE (science and engineering)	Campaign for Science and Engineering	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CAT	Central Admin Team
CAT	Central Activities Team
CAT (cognitive)	Cognitive Ability Tests	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CAT (consortium)	Consortium for Assessment and Training in Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CATE	Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education		DfE
CATP	Cancellation of Authority to Pay
CATS	Case Assessment and Tracking System	.NET application written and used by CFO at Daresbury Park in Warrington for managing ESF funded projects	MoJ
CATS credits	Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (credits)	The credit system used by the OU is aligned to the national Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). The CATS system helps you to move the credits you accumulate from one institution to another. So if you have completed some previous study at another institution, you may be able to count it towards your OU qualification. The Scheme equates one credit (or credit point) with 10 hours of notional learning time (the time, on average, a learner takes to achieve the specified learning outcom...	DfE
CATS points	Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (points)	The credit system used by the OU is aligned to the national Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). The CATS system helps you to move the credits you accumulate from one institution to another. So if you have completed some previous study at another institution, you may be able to count it towards your OU qualification. The Scheme equates one credit (or credit point) with 10 hours of notional learning time (the time, on average, a learner takes to achieve the specified learning outcom...	DfE
CATTS	See ATSTN		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CAU	Carer’s Allowance Unit		DWP
CAU (departmental organisational unit)	Central Analysis Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2019?-	DfE
CB	Contributory Benefit
CBA	Cost Benefit Analysis		Not Limited to CS
CBAS	Cloud Based Analytical Services	The platform provided by BEIS that FE and HE are reliant on to do analysis, pending a DfE wide platform being created.Source: Data Directorate 2019-07-19	DfE
CBDS	Common Basic Data Set	Common Basic Data Set (CBDS) - is designed to facilitate the electronic transfer of data. It provides an agreed set of information that is held electronically in schools and Local Authorities, and can be transferred in a standard electronic format. Three specifications have been developed, covering pupils, school workforce (teachers, support staff and governors) and schools.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CBEVE	Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CBI	Confederation of British Industry	The CBI is a not-for-profit membership organisation, founded by Royal Charter on 30 July 1965 when the British Employers Confederation, the Federation of British Industries and the National Association of British Manufacturers joined together to form the Confederation of British Industry.Source: {CBI website|https://www.cbi.org.uk/about-us/} accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CBO	crime billing online		MoJ
CBSFE	Commission for Black Staff in Further Education		DfE
CC	Contact Centre		Civil Service Wide
CC	Carer’s Credit		DWP
CC	Case Control
CC	County Court	A court dealing with civil (not criminal) matters.
CC (capital)	Capital Challenger	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CC (city)	City Challenge		DfE
CC (colleges)	Community colleges		DfE
CC (commissioner)	Childrens Commissioner		DfE
CC (competence)	Competence Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CCA	Consumer Credit Act	Legislation that protects consumers by setting out how creditors should lend and collect money.	HMCTS
CCB	Community Charge Benefit	Predecessor to Council Tax Benefit (now itself replaced by Council Tax reductions and support). A benefit operated by local councils to reduce the amount of community charge that an individual was required to pay.	Local Government (councils)
CCBC	County Court Bulk Centre	Set up by HM Courts & Tribunals Service specifically to deal with straightforward debt collection work which, in the main, is undefended. In Northampton.	MoJ
CCCD	Claim for Crown Court Defence	Legal Aid Agency project where advocates (solicitors) can submit invoices for work done for legal aid work. Project formerly known as ADPproject formerly known as CBO	MoJ
CCD	Contact Centre Directorate		HMRC
CCE	Child criminal exploitation		DfE
CCEA	Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCET	Community Consortia for Education and Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCETSW	Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCEW	Charity Commission of England and Wales		Civil Service Wide
CCF	Community Champions Fund	Aimed to increase the skill levels of individuals to enable them to act as inspirational figures, community entrepreneurs, community mentors and community leaders.	DfE
CCG	Clinical Commissioning Group		NHSx	Org Wide
CCG	Community Care Grant
CCH	Customer Care Helpline
CCHC	County court hearing centre	A venue for court hearings to be held.	HMCTS
CCIAF	Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework	The Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework is designed to help drive continuous improvement in commercial practices across the public sector.	Civil Service Wide	Standards and Continuous Improvement
CCIO	Chief Clinical Information Officer		NHSx	Org Wide
CCJ	County court judgment	A formal court judgment that a party owes money to the other party.	HMCTS
CCLF	Crown Court Litigator Fee	LAA web app that manages LGFS (Litigators Graduated Fee Scheme) claims.	MoJ
CCM	Customer Care Management
CCM	Commercial Contract Management		Civil Service Wide	Commercial
CCMCC	County Court Money Claims Centre		MoJ
CCMD	Commercial and Contract Management Directorate		MoJ
CCMS	Customer Conversion Management Service
CCMS	Client Cost Management System	LAA ERP app to replace CIS, including financial modules to manage the LAA fund. Covers all civil certificated work (i.e. civil legal representation). Allows providers to make online legal aid applications and manage cases. Allows providers and advocates to submit bills online. Allows providers and advocates to scan and upload supporting documents electronically. Allows clients to pay us in new ways, such as credit and debit cards, payment reference cards and via direct debit. CCMS has been ma...	MoJ
CCN	County Councils Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCO	Call Centre Officer	Call centre officer of DSCC	MoJ
CCOE	Cloud Centre of Excellence		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
CCoT	Chartered College of Teaching	An independent chartered organisation for the teaching profession.Source: {Chartered College of Teaching|https://www.collegeofteaching.org/} accessed 2017-05-18	DfE
CCP	Childcare Provider		DfE
CCP	Change Control Process		Civil Service Wide
CCR	Crown Court Remuneration	LAA web app that manages AGFC (Advocate Gradual Fee Scheme) claims. Feeds into LAA data warehouse.	MoJ
CCRA	Climate Change Risk Assessment	Under the Climate Change Act, the UK Government must produce an assessment of the risks and opportunities that UK sectors face from climate change. This informs the National Adaptation Programme (see NAP)	Civil Service Wide	Defra climate change adaptation evidence team lead.
CCRC	Criminal Cases Review Commission		MoJ
CCS	Crown Commercial Service	"We are the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK. We use our commercial expertise to help buyers in central government and across the public and third sectors to purchase everything from locum doctors and laptops to police cars and electricity."	CCS	Commercial
CCS	Civil Contingencies Secretariat		Cabinet Office
CCSP	Common Civil Service Pass	Photo pass identifying you as a Civil Service employee.	Civil Service Wide
CCSU	Council of Civil Service Unions	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCT	Compulsory Competitive Tendering	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCTA (college)	City College for the Technology of the Arts	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CCTA (telecommunications)	Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CCTE	Chambers of Commerce Training and Enterprise	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CCTS	Cross Cutting Technical Services		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
CCU (departmental organisational unit)	Central Capital Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2019?-	DfE
CD	Crown Dependency
CDA	Court data adaptor		MoJ
CDC	Change Data Capture		MoJ
CDC	Change Directorate Committee		MoJ
CDC (children)	Council for Disabled Children	We [CDC] are the umbrella body for the disabled children's sector bringing together professionals, practitioners and policy-makers.Source: {CDC website|https://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/about} accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
CDC (curriculum)	Curriculum Development Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CDCS	Change Data Capture Staging	LAA Oracle database for capturing data from remote databases.Receives data from CCMS which it captures within CDCS and then pulls the relevant information in to EDW.	MoJ
CDD	Criminal Defence Direct	Telephone adviser run by a few provides. New tendering process will be started and new structure and providers will be in place in April 2016.	MoJ
CDDO	Central Digital and Data Office	Leads the digital, data and technology (DDaT) function for government	Cabinet Office
CDE	Common Data Extract	A report of all offenders in NOMIS with lots of data about them. Also known as ‘offloc’ (offender location report). The CDE is used to transfer offender data to other NOMS/MOJ systems (like Mercury) and to other agencies (like the police).	MoJ
CDEL	Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit	Capital expenditure is spend on assets that are expected to be used for a period of one year or more. The Department does not expect a financial return from grant investments, which is in part why it is increasingly using loans to deliver programmes.	Civil Service Wide
CDF	Capacity and delivery fund (further education and skills)	CDF is to facilitate the build-up of capacity and capability to deliver substantial industry placements and deliver such placements from the 2018 to 2019 academic year. The placements being delivered are for students on vocational and technical study programmes at level 2 and level 3. It is recognised that the delivery of significant numbers of industry placements as part of T Levels is a significant step change for the sector. This is why this funding has been provided now to help build capa...	DfE
CDI	Career Development Institute	The CDI is the single UK-wide professional body for everyone working in the fields of career education; career information, advice and guidance; career coaching, career consultancy and career management. Established 2 April 2013.Source: {CDI website|https://www.thecdi.net/About} accessed 2019-12-24	DfE
CDL	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Cabinet Position	Cabinet Office	Org Wide
CDL (career)	Career Development Loans	1988-2015? Replaced by Professional and Career Development Loans. A Career Development Loan (CDL) was designed to help people gain the experience, training and qualifications they needed to improve their job skills or launch a new career. They were introduced in 1988 across Great Britain. A CDL could be used to fund a variety of vocational (work-related) courses with a wide range of organisations. A CDL could be taken out by people whether they were employed, self-employed or unemployed.	DfE
CDL (librarians)	Committee of Departmental Librarians		DfE
CDMO	Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CDO	Chief Digital Officer		Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
CDO	Chief Data Officer
CDO CU (departmental organisational unit)	Chief Data Office Central Unit	Year(s) active (where known): c2020-	DfE
CDR	Critical Design Review
CDS	Central Delivery Service		DfE
CDS (customs)	Customs Declaration Service	Platform developed by HMRC to replace the previous system (CHIEF) to allow importers/exporters to declare their goods for customs.	HMRC	Org Wide
CDT	Craft, design and technology		DfE
CDT	Central Drafting Team	In referance to ministerial correspondence	MoJ
CE	Chief Executive		Not Limted to CS
CEC (careers)	Careers and Enterprise Company	Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced the creation of a new careers and enterprise company for schools, to transform the provision of careers education and advice for young people and inspire them about the opportunities offered by the world of work. The new company is designed to support the government's long-term economic plan by helping young people consider all the options available to them when they leave school and ensure they leave school fully prepared for life in modern Brit...	DfE
CEC (Commonwealth)	Council for Education in the Commonwealth	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-03	DfE
CED	Claim Effective Date		DWP
CEDC	Community Education Development Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-03	DfE
CEDEFOP	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-03	DfE
CEE (certificate)	Certificate of Extended Education		DfE
CEE (economics)	Centre for the Economics of Education	The Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) is dedicated to combining the fields of economics education, and statistics in an interdisciplinary approach to research. The CEE is a research centre based at Centre for Economic Performance in partnership with the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Institute of Education. The CEE is sponsored by the Department for Education. LinksSource: {CEE Website|http://cee.lse.ac.uk} accessed 2021-03-01Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-03	DfE
CEF	Colleges Employers Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-03	DfE
CEG	Careers Education and Guidance	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CEHR	Commission for Equality and Human Rights	Established by the Equality Act 2006, it brought the three existing Commissions (EOC, CRE and DRC) into a single body.Source: {EHRC website|http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/} accessed 2015-05-28 The Equality and Human Rights Commission is Great Britain's national equality body and has been awarded an A" status as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) by the United Nations.	DfE
CEL	Centre for Excellence in Leadership	2003-October 2008. Provided research-informed leadership development and tailored leadership support for the learning and skills sector. In October 2008 merged with the Quality Improvement Agency to form the Learning and Skills Improvement Service. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12 The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) was launched in October 2003 as a key national agency in delivering the objectives of Success for All and is funded primarily by BIS. ...	DfE
CEM	Centre for Education Management	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CEMLI	Configuration, Extension, Modification, Localisation and Integration		MoJ
CEN	Capital Evidence Note	Precursor to a FBC (Full Business Case)	DLUHC
CEO	Chief Executive Officer		Not Limted to CS
CEO	Court enforcement officer		MoJ
CEO (education)	Chief Education Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CEO (executive)	Chief Executive Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CEOP	Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre	The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), formed in April 2006, is a cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the production, distribution and viewing of child pornography to the UK courts. CEOP is dedicated to protecting children from sexual abuse wherever they may be. That means building intelligence around th...	DfE
CEP	Career Entry Profile	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CEPI	Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations	A foundation that takes donations from public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations, to finance and coordinate the development of new vaccines.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CER	Community Education and Regeneration	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-11	DfE
CERUK	Current Educational Research in the UK	The Current Educational Research in the UK (CERUK) database covers on-going research and research completed since 2000 in education and related disciplines. It covers a wide range of studies including commissioned research and PhD theses, across all phases of education from early years to adults. Information for the database is gathered in a variety of ways including: An annual questionnaire to all major educational research establishments Submission forms from researchers, commissioning or ...	DfE
CES	Customer Enquiry Service
CES	Catholic Education Service		DfE
CESG	Communications-Electronics Security Group	Part of GCHQ (spies and stuff) up in Cheltenham, they provide policy and assistance on digital security. Run IA and the impact levels etc.	MoJ
CESM	Confederation of Education Service Managers	The Association of Chief Education Officers, the Society of Education Officers and the Society of Chief Inspectors and Advisers merged to form the Confederation of Education Service Managers (ConfEd). Source Education Journal issue 63 2002Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CET	Client Engagement Team
CET (continuing)	Continuing Education and Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CET (council)	Council for Education and Training	In March 1967 Anthony Crosland as Secretary of State for Education and Science announced that as a result of the Brynmor Jones Report Audio-Visual Aids in Higher Scientific Education (Jones, 1965) he was planning to set up a body to "advise educational services and industrial training organisations on the use of audio visual aids and media". It [NCET] was formally set up under the terms of a trust deed dated 5 December 1967 and funded by government through the Department for Education and Sci...	DfE
CETL	Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning	The Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) initiative has two main aims: to reward excellent teaching practice, and to further invest in that practice so that CETLs funding delivers substantial benefits to students, teachers and institutions. HEFCE Initiative The CETLs initiative arose from a consultation held by HEFCE in 2003 and there are 74 in existence. The funds received by CETLs will be used to recognise and reward excellent teachers and enable institutions to invest in...	DfE
CF (challenge)	Challenge Funding	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CF (children)	Childrens Fund	Established by the government in 2001. It was introduced in response to the government's social exclusion unit's policy action team on young people, which highlighted the need for improved services to prevent the negative effects of child poverty and reduce the risk of social exclusion. 2001/unknownSource: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141124154759/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/childrens-fund-first-wave-partnerships} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
CfBT	Centre for British Teachers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CFCD	Counter Fraud and Compliance Department		Civil Service Wide
CFDP	College Financial Data Project	?2019	DfE
CFE	Check Financial Eligibility	A non-user facing service which calculates an applicant’s financial eligibility using data entered through Apply. This includes information on an applicant’s income and outgoings, and calculations include a range of different things in accordance with legal aid regulation based on what information is entered.	MoJ
CFE (citizens)	Citizen Facing Environment		DfE
CFE (colleges)	Colleges of Further Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CFER	Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts	Receipts realised or recovered by departments in the process of conducting services charged on public funds which are not authorised to be appropriated in aid of expenditure.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
CFF	Common Funding Formula	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CFL	Campaign for Learning	The Campaign for Learning is a national charity which aims to create a passion for learning that sustains people for life. History and accomplishments The Campaign for Learning started life in 1995 following the publication of the Kennedy Report as an RSA (the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce) initiative and became an independent charity in November 1997. In 1999 it coordinated the first Learning at Work Day as part of Adult Learners' Week and in 2007 i...	DfE
CFLI	Community Finance and Learning Initiative	January 2002-December 2004 Pilots were commissioned by the DfES (2001-2007) and HM Treasury. They set out to test the delivery of services aimed at tackling financial exclusion in deprived communities. Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151715/https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/RW28.pdf} accessed 2015-05-28 Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12 Community Finance and Learning Initiative was a g...	DfE
CFM	Coast Forecast Model		DfE
CFO	Chief Financial Officer		Not Limited to CS
CFO	Co-Financing Organisation	The name of a group within HMPPS who manage external funding (such as that from the ESF). Offices located in Daresbury Warrington.	MoJ
CFR	Consistent Financial Reporting	2002/unknown Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) standardised, simplified and streamlined the reporting of school finances in all Local Authority maintained schools in England. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12 Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) standardises, simplifies and streamlines the reporting of school finances in all maintained schools in England. The CFR data has been used to populate a website with a bank of benchmarked data, giving all maintaine...	DfE
CFT	Civil, Family and Tribunals	The name of a directorate in HMCTS.	MoJ
CG-MIC	Cell & Gene - Manufacturing and Innovation Centre	Project to convert an animal vaccine facility to manufacture human vaccines	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CGFS	Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CGI	Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique	CGI stands for Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique in French, which translates to 'Information Systems and Management Consultants', in English. However, the official English meaning is 'Consultants to Government and Industry'.The company was formerly known as Logica, and designed the current (as of 19 April 2013) infrastructure for Money Claim Online and Possession Claim Online.Can also stand for 'computer-generated imagery'.	MoJ
CGLI	City and Guilds of London Institute	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CGMP	Current good manufacturing practices	US regulations use the phrase "current good manufacturing practices"	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CGTC	Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult	A centre of excellence in innovation, supported by Innovate UK	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CHAPS	Correspondence Handling And Processing System		MoJ
CHB	Child Benefit		DWP
CHE (Chronicle)	Chronicle of Higher Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CHE (college)	College of Higher Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CHE (community home)	Community Home with Education on the Premises	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CHED
CHEG	CHECK HOW TO EXPORT GOODS		DIT
CHERI	Centre for Higher Education Research and Information	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
CHI	Children of High Intelligence [support society for]	CHI stands for 'The Support Society for Children of High Intelligence' and is a support organisation for the benefit of the young and intellectually gifted. Their mission is to act directly on behalf of individual children whose intelligence level is above the 98th percentile with the aim of helping them realise their potential. CHI provide: -consultancy services -counselling and support for children and parents -assessment of child's intellectual abilities -advice on how to liaise with the a...	DfE
CHIC	Choices in Childcare	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CHIEF	Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight system		HMRC
CHIS	Covert Human IntelligenceSource
CHM	Commission for Human Medicines		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CHS	Correspondence Handling System	CHS was a departmental system introduced in late 1999 and decommissioned in 2006. Succeeded by ECHO.	DfE
CHS	Case Handling System	Set of applications used by the Civil Legal Aid Operator Contact Centre and Specialist Legal Providers to manage Civil Legal Aid cases opened by members of the public in England and Wales.	MoJ
CI	Change & Implementation		DWP / HMRC
CI	Criminal Investigator - No longer used as a term.
CI	Continuous improvement	Method to be aware that improve will continue	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
CIC	Customer Initiated Change
CIC(O)	COVID-19 International Committee (OFFICIALS)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CICA	Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority	"We deal with compensation claims from people who have been physically or mentally injured because they were the victim of a violent crime in England, Scotland or Wales."	MoJ
CIEA	Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors	Founded in 2005 as part of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), the Institute gained a Royal Charter in 2007. CIEA transferred to the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) in 2010 when QCA was split into two organisations: QCDA and Ofqual (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation). The CIEA received an annual grant from QCA/QCDA to cover operational expenditure and had its offices in QCDAs Coventry headquarters. From 31 March 2011 the closure of...	DfE
CIF	Condition Improvement Fund	CIF is an annual bidding round to which academies and sixth-form colleges can apply for capital funding. The core priority for CIF is to address significant condition need, keeping academy and sixth-form college buildings safe and in good working order. This includes funding projects to address health and safety issues, building compliance and poor building condition. CIF also supports a small proportion of expansion projects for Ofsted-rated good or outstanding academies and sixth-form colle...	DfE
CIF (inspection)	Common Inspection Framework	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CIHE	Council for Industry and Higher Education	The Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) is a high level partnership between leading people from a wide range of businesses, universities and colleges. The Council leads in developing an agreed agenda on the learning issues at higher education level that affect our international competitiveness, social cohesion and individual development. It was founded in 1986 and is funded by members and other organisations. Links/Further Information Website: www.cihe-uk.comSource: The Knowled...	DfE
CIL	Community Infrastrucutre Levy		DLUHC
CIL	Customer Information Leaflet
CILT	CILT, the National Centre for Languages		DfE
CILTR	Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CIN	Children in need	Data collection used to determine the number of children with the 'in need' marker.Source: Data Directorate 2019-07-19	DfE
CIO	Chief Information Officer		NHSx	Org Wide
CIOG (departmental organisational unit)	Chief Information Officer's Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013-c2017	DfE
CIP	Cloud Infrastructure Platform	Refers to the hardware and software components - such as servers, storage, a network and virtualization software - that are needed to support the computing requirements of a cloud computing model.	DfE
CIPD	Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CIPFA	Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy		DfE
CIRRUS	BEIS IT system		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CIS	Children's Information Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CIS	Corporate Information System	LAA thick client app for legacy legal aid case management. It handles legacy cases for civil certificated work (i.e. civil representation) Internal system only (no provider facing functions). Also used for other work unrelated to civil and family certificated work. Intention is to decommission this system when it is practical.	MoJ
CIT	Centre for International Trade
CIT	Corporate Information Technology
CITB	Construction Industry Training Board		DfE
cITB(departmental organisational unit)	Academies Regional Delivery Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2017-	DfE
CJA	Criminal Justice Act		MoJ
CJB	Criminal Justice Bill		MoJ
CJG	Criminal Justice Group		MoJ
CJRS	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme		Civil Service Wide
CJS	Criminal justice system	An expression that covers the delivery of justice in relation to crime, across multiple organisations. Includes the likes of: law enforcement, lawyers, CPS, courts, prisons and probation. See also https://www.cps.gov.uk/about-cps/criminal-justice-system. Style guide: it's not really a proper noun, so don't use caps. Never abbreviate.	MoJ
CJSE	Criminal Justice Secure Exchange	Related to CJSM, this is a pipe for sending data and files (rather than email) between police, CPS and courts. Often used for submitting cases to be prosecuted, and the charging decisions leading up to them.It supports a few standards:(1) EXISS is a one-way interface. If the case is duff, CPS have to phone/email Police to give feedback and get it sent again.(2) TWIF/EXISS2 is a two-way interface which allows CPS to send secure messages back.TWIF supports charging decisions being sent as struc...	MoJ
CJSM	Criminal Justice Secure Mail	A secure email platform, used for conveying sensitive information between users in organizations across the criminal justice system. In addition, the security assurance process drives up security standards across the sector.	MoJ
CJX	Criminal justice eXtranet	links police pnn network to other govt networks	MoJ
CL	Crisis Loan		DWP
CL	Common Law
CL	Contingent Labour		Civil Service Wide
CLA	Civil Legal Advice	CLA is a service provided to the general public in England and Wales where users can obtain free legal advice from specialist legal providers relating to a range of Civil matters. This is subject to the user’s matter being within scope of the service and the user passing the means eligibility test. The advice can either be given via telephone or in person depending upon the client’s unique circumstances.	MoJ
CLA	Civil Legal Aid		MoJ
CLA (children)	Children Looked After		DfE
CLA (copyright)	Copyright Licensing Agency		DfE
CLAIT	Computer Literacy and Information Technology		DfE
CLC (care leavers)	Care Leaver Covenant	The Care Leaver Covenant (CLC) is part of the government's keep on caring strategy to support people leaving care to become independent. It allows public, private and voluntary sector organisations to pledge support, including: apprenticeships work experience free or discounted goods and services All support given through CLC will help care leavers to make a transition to independence. This ranges from CV training to accommodation for care leavers in higher education. Every care leaver has a ...	DfE
CLC (learning centres)	City Learning Centres	City Learning Centres (CLCs) are a key element of the Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme. They are located mainly on secondary school sites and provide state of the art information and communication technology-based learning opportunities across the curriculum for pupils and teachers at a network of local schools and for the wider community. The first CLC opened in October 2000. There are currently [date unknown] 105 Centres operating in EIC areas around the country. All EiC partnerships ha...	DfE
CLCA	Criminal Law Consolidation Act
CLGU	Cities and Local Growth Unit	The Cities and Local Growth Unit (CLGU) sits across two Departments, reporting jointly into the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. CLGU leads in Government on developing and implementing policy to drive economic growth and productivity in each part of the country.	DLUHC
CLLD	Communication Language and Literacy Development	The Communication, Language and Literacy Development (CLLD) programme was designed to implement Sir Jim Roses recommendations on early reading. A 9m Government commitment, announced in January 2009, means every area will have a specialist advisor training and supporting early years practitioners and primary school teachers. Links/Further InformationSource: {National Archive website|https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110202093120/http:/ationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/} acces...	DfE
CLM	Customer Liaison Manager
CLP
CLPE	Centre for Literacy in Primary Education	The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is an educational centre for schools and teachers, parents, teaching assistants and other educators. CLPE has a national and international reputation for its work in the fields of language, literacy and assessment. CLPE was founded in 1972 as The Centre for Language in Primary Education and became an independent charitable trust in 2002, changing its name to The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. CLPE is dedicated to the provision of high qu...	DfE
CM	Change Management
CM	Content manager		DfE
CM	Contract Management / Contract Manager		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CM	Custodial Manager	A Band 5 prison officer. 3 stripes on their epaulettes	MoJ
CMA	Childminder agencies	Childminder agencies support childminders with training and business advice while providing parents with easier access to high-quality childcare. It is entirely voluntary for childminders to join agencies and for parents to use them. The agencies will be registered and inspected by Ofsted, so parents will be reassured about their quality.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-quality-and-range-of-education-and-childcare-from-birth-to-5-years/supporting-pages/chil...	DfE
CMA	Conditional Marketing Approval		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CMB	Change Management Board
CMC	Chemistry, manufacturing and control	E	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CMCP	Contract Management Capability Programme		DfE
CMDB	Configuration Management Database		DfE
CME	Children Missing Education	In 2002, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) set a target in its strategic framework document, that: By 2005, ensure that robust multi-agency systems are in place in each local authority to identify and track children missing education or at risk of doing so.Children missing education refers to all children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll and who are not receiving a suitable education otherwise (e.g. at home, privately, or in alternative provision). The new du...	DfE
CME	Continuous Market Engagement	No funding rounds, proejcts come to market when ready	DLUHC
CMEC	Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
CMF	Capital Modernisation Fund	A fund administered by the Treasury from which departments can bid for money to support capital projects aimed at improving the quality of public service delivery.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
CMG	Child Maintainance Group		DWP
CMO	Contract Manufacturing Organisation / Chief Medical Officer	A company that serves other companies in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis to provide comprehensive services from drug development through drug manufacturing. Sometimes called a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO).	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CMP	Child Maintenance Premium		DWP
CMP	Contract Management Plan		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CMPAT	Customer Materials, Procedures and Advice Team
CMS	Customer Management System
CMS	Case Management System		Civil Service Wide	Communications
CMS (service)	Content Management Service	Content Management Service is an application service that manages reference data.	DfE
CMS (system)	Content management systems	An interface that allows the management, editing and maintenance of web pages	Not limited to CS	Digital Deliveries
CMSP	Core Maths Support Programme (2014-2017)		DfE
CMT	Customer Management Team
CN	Clerical Notification
CNA	certified normal accommodation	Relating to prison capacity: "the good, decent standard of accommodation that the service aspires to provide all prisoners"	MoJ
CNAA	Council for National Academic Awards	The Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) was set up on 10 September 1964 by Royal Charter following the recommendations of the Robbins Report that a Council should be set up to grant degrees and other academic awards in higher education institutions, which did not have their own degree awarding powers. Most of its degrees were run in polytechnics and other colleges of higher education. Universities have their own degree awarding powers. It was dissolved by the Education (Dissolution o...	DfE
CNI	Critical National Infrastructure	National assets that are essential for the functioning of society, such as those associated with energy supply, water supply, transportation, health and telecommunications.	Civil Service Wide
CNIO	Chief Nursing Information Officer		NHSx	Org Wide
CNP	Customer Notification Process
CO	Cabinet Office		Cabinet Office
CO	Cabinet office		DLUHC
COA	Change of Address	Indicating a change of address for a recipient	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
CoA	Certificate of Achievement	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE	Org Wide
COBAP	Corporate Banking and Methods of Payment Group
COBR	Cabinet Office Briefing Room		MoJ
CoC	Change of Circumstances
CoCo	Code of Connection	Usually associated with the PSN. An agreed standard ('code') for network communication.	MoJ
CoE	Certificate of Entitlement
CoE	Centre of Excellence
COF	Community Ownership Fund	Community Ownership Fund is to help communities take ownership of assets at risk of closure	DLUHC	Department-wide
Cohort, ‘Core Cohort’	Prisoners who are lower risk and assigned to a Key Worker and CRC		MoJ
Cohort, ‘Specialised Cohort’	Prisoners who are higher risk and are assigned to Key Worker and a Prison Offender Manager (POM)		MoJ
COI	Central Office of Information	The Central Office of Information (COI) works in partnership with government departments and agencies to create effective communication solutions. COI combine in-depth knowledge of the communications business with our understanding of government. COI provide consultancy, procurement and project management across the full spectrum of marketing and communication channels, including advertising, direct marketing, publications, digital media, sponsorship, radio and live events. The COI was due to...	DfE
COI	Conflict of Interest		Civil Service Wide
COIC	Careers and Occupational Information Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CoLRiC	Council for Learning Resources in Colleges	CoLRiC is an independent organisation which was established in 1993 by a small group of librarians working in the further education sector. To this day we remain dedicated to enhancing and maintaining the quality of learning resources services in further education colleges, including sixth form colleges and the HE in FE sector. Membership has grown to nearly 200 college learning resources services throughout the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.Source: {CoLRiC website|http://www.colric.org...	DfE
COM	Community Offender Managers	A role within the National Probation Service	MoJ
Comms	Communications		Civil Service Wide
ConfEd	Confederation of Education Service Managers	The Association of Chief Education Officers, the Society of Education Officers and the Society of Chief Inspectors and Advisers merged to form the Confederation of Education Service Managers (ConfEd). Source Education Journal issue 63 2002Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
COO	Chief Operating Officer		Not Limted to CS
COO	Chief Operating Officer		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
CoP	College of Policing		Home Office
COP	Corporate Other Payee (DPMG)
CoP	Court of Protection
COP	Close of Play	Meaning 'by the end of the day'	Civil Service Wide
COP	Climate Change Conference of the Parties		DLUHC
CoP (codes)	Codes of practice		DfE
CoP (communities)	Communities of practice	Groups with a common interest in a discipline or problem, who generally use electronic communication.	DfE
COPs	Contracted Out Prisons	Privately run establishments	MoJ
CORE	Continuous Recording of Lettings and Sales in England	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
COSHEP	Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
COSHH	Control of substances hazardous to health		DfE
COTS	Commercial off-the-shelf	software; as opposed to custom build	MoJ
COVAX	COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access facility		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CoVE	Centres of Vocational Excellence	The Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) programme, along with the National Skills Academies, is central to the Learning and Skills Council's aim to improve and develop skills for employers that are needed to underpin business success and economic competitiveness. These programmes are focused on delivering vocational skills that meet particular sector and industry needs through the development and delivery of high quality, specialist training across a range of sectors. CoVE Network The Co...	DfE
COVER	COVID Variant Emergency Response		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
COVID-O	Cabinet Committee - COVID		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CP	Common Platform	Service provided by HMCTS, used by LAA to find criminal hearing information	MoJ
CP	Cloud Platform	The MoJ Cloud Platform is a modern hosting platform for digital services	MoJ
CPA	Care Programme Approach
CPA	Contract Package Area	Refers to the geographic area a CRC is responsible for	MoJ
CPA	Crown Proceedings Act	Legislation that allows proceedings to be brought against the Crown, in the same manner as any other party.	HMCTS
CPA (accounts)	Committee of Public Accounts	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CPA (performance)	Comprehensive Performance Assessment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CPAB	Corporate Personal Acting Body
CPB	Central Pensions Branch
CPC (poverty)	Child Poverty Commission	Established by the Child Poverty Act 2010.	DfE
CPC (protection)	Child Protection Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CPCE	Charities, Public Bodies and Complex Employment	A directorate within HMRC which manages tax compliance issues.	HMRC	CPCE
CPCS	Customer Payment Computer System
CPD	Continuing professional development		DfE
CPD	Continuous Professional Development	The expectation that staff will improve their capabilities/expertise through a mixture of doing their regular work, plus on-the-job training, plus formal courses, plus informal sources such as reading/subscribing to relevant books / magazines / online blogs, listening to relevant podcasts, attend sector-relevant events/talks. Sometimes there is an attempt to quantify different types of activity in terms of "points" but there is no agreed standard as to what those points might signify.	Civil Service Wide
CPDS	Central Provider Data Service	Data publication components for Provider and Organisation Information and Management System (PIMS)	DfE
CPI	Child Protection Issue	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CPI	Centre for Process Innovation	UK technology & innovation centre with six innovation facilities in northern England and Scotland. Established by HMG	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CPIA	Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act
CPM	Child Protection Management		MoJ
CPMO	Change Portfolio Management Office		Civil Service Wide
CPMS	Change Programme Management System		Civil Service Wide
CPO	Central Portfolio Office		DLUHC
CPO	Compulsory Purchase Order	These are powers which enable (‘enabling powers’) public bodies on which they are conferred to acquire land compulsorily. Compulsory purchase of land requires the approval of a confirming minister. Compulsory purchase powers are an important tool to use as a means of assembling the land needed to help deliver social, environmental and economic change. Used properly, they can contribute towards effective and efficient urban and rural regeneration, essential infrastructure, the revitalisation o...	DLUHC
CPO	Community Punishment Orders		DfE
CPO	Chief Probation Officer		MoJ
CPO	Community Probation Officer		MoJ
CPP	Common Payments Package
CPP	common platform project		MoJ
CPR	Civil Procedure Rules		MoJ
CPR	Criminal Procedure Rules		MoJ
CPR	Civil procedure rules	Directions for how civil cases should be processed and handled.	HMCTS
CPR (registers)	Child protection registers		DfE
CPS	Crown Prosecution Service		MoJ
CPS	Central Payment System	(A software commonly used to process payments in the Civil Service)	DWP
CPS	Crown Prosecution Service	The organisation that is responsible for providing the prosecution in criminal cases in England and Wales.	MoJ
CPS LP	Central Payment System Local Payment
CPT	Central Prosecution Team (Scotland)
CPTMS	Central Processing Team Management Service
CPTPP	Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership	A free trade agreement between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam.	DBT
CPU (departmental organisational unit)	Child Poverty Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CPVE	Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education		DfE
CQC	Care Quality Commission	Launched April 2009. The independent regulator of all health and adult social care in England. Brings together independent regulation of health, mental health and adult social care previously carried out by the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection.Source: {CQC website|http://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
CQFW
CQSW	Certificate of Qualification in Social Work		DfE
CR	Change Request
CR	Change Request		MoJ
CRAC	Careers Research and Advisory Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CRB	Criminal Records Bureau	Merged with the Independent Safeguarding Authority from 1st December 2012 to form the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information below from: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30 The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) was an executive agency of the Home Office which aimed to help employers make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who might have been unsuitable for certain types of work, through a service called Disclosure. Employers could ask successful candidates to apply t...	DfE
CRC	Client Referral Centre
CRC	Carbon Reduction Commitment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	BEIS
CRC	Community Rehabilitation Company	Organisations that will deliver probation services from 2014, replacing probation trusts.	MoJ
CRCC	Certificate in the Residential Care of Children		DfE
CRCCYP	Certificate in the Residential Care of Children and Young People		DfE
CRD	Conditional Release Date		MoJ
CRE	Commission for Racial Equality	The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) [1976-2007] was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom which aimed to address racial discrimination and promote racial equality. The Commission was replaced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/commission-for-racial-equality} accessed 2020-02-24	DfE
CRE	Commission for Racial Equality		DfE
CREC	Centre for Research in Early Childhood	The Centre for Research in Early Childhood, more commonly referred to as CREC, is the home of CREC in Birmingham (Charitable Trust) and Amber Publications and Training (APT). Established by Professor Chris Pascal and Professor Tony Bertram, CREC has been working to improve Early Years provision for over 20 years. Located in the St Thomas Childrens Centre near Birmingham city centre, CREC specialises in early childhood research which has relevant and meaningful outcomes for practice and policy...	DfE
CRED	Civil Representation Expenditure Data Warehouse	MI system holding civil case expenditure data extracted from CIS.CRED data is held in the EDW database - STAGEX schema owns the code and staging tables, FED schema owns the warehouse tables.	MoJ
CRG	Customer Representative Group
CRIP	Capability Review Implementation Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CRIPSAT	Centre for Research in Primary Science and Technology	Cripsat is the Centre for Research in Primary Science and Technology and is based in the University of Liverpool. Cripsat aims to maintain a position at the leading edge of understanding and involvement in issues of science and technology education in the 5-14 age range. Research activity is the means through which such an aim can be realised and all the centre's activities draw on or contribute to current research. Areas of research National Tests and Task development for England Cripsat wa...	DfE
CRL	Computer Record Location
CRM	Client Relationship Manager / Customer Relations Manager
CRM systems	Customer relationship management systems		DfE
CRM12		An Excel form to apply to Rota. A spread sheet that contains solicitors information * All crime forms in LAA are called CRM	MoJ
CRN	Child/Customer Reference Number
CRN	Case Reference Number	The number assigned to a offender in nDelius - the word case is misleading	MoJ
CRO	Clinical Research Organisation	Organisations which deliver clinical research such as trials	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CRO	Community Responsible Officer	Equivalent of a Community Offender Manager but in CRCs	MoJ
CRO	criminal records office	unique number once convicted (police)	MoJ
CRP	Conference Room Pilot		MoJ
CRS	Cheque Regeneration System
CRS	Commissioned Rehabilitative Services	Rehabilitation and resettlement interventions procured through the Dynamic Framework - the mechanism to procure rehabilitation and resettlement interventions in regional areas	MoJ
CRT	Central Referral Team
CRT	Case Review Team
CRT	Complaints Resolution Team	The team responsible for investigating and resolving customer complaints into service (not benefit decisions)	DWP
CRU	Compensation Recovery Unit
CRWBL	Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning	The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning (WBL) was created in 1999 by the Department for Education and Skills to investigate the benefits gained from learning across the life course. WBL's research explored the multi-level, social benefits of learning in terms of the well-being and quality of life of individuals, their families and communities across local, national and international areas. WBL continued at the Institute of Education until it was wound up at the end of 2010.	DfE
CS	Computer System		Not Limited to CS
CS	Courts Service		MoJ
CS	Child Support (SRG)
CS	Civil Service		Civil Service Wide
CS	Corporate Services Group		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CSA	Child Support Agency		DWP
CSA	Customer Service Agent
CSA	Chief Scientific Advisor		Civil Service Wide
CSA			MoJ
CSA (abuse)	Child sexual abuse		DfE
CSA (agency)	Child Support Agency	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CSA (assistant)	Child Support Assistant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CSAR (departmental organisational unit)	Children's Services Analysis and Research		DfE
CSC	Close Supervision Centre	Also known as Segregation unit, Seg, Solitary Confinement & SCU	MoJ
CSC (departmental organisational unit)	Children's Social Care	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CSCF	Civil Service Competency Framework		Civil Service Wide
CSCI	Commission for Social Care Inspection	April 2004-March 2009 Independent inspectorate for all social care services in England. From 1 April 2009 the Care Quality Commission took over the work previously carried out by the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection.	DfE
CSCP	Compare School and College Performance		DfE
CSCS	Centre for the Study of Comprehensive Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CSCSG (departmental organisational unit)	Children's Services, Communications and Strategy Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2021-	DfE
CSD	Customer Services Directorate	Many departments have a customer service directorate	Civil Service Wide
CSDSD (departmental organisational unit)	Children's Services and Departmental Strategy Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CSE (examinations)	Certificate of Secondary Education		DfE
CSE (exploitation)	Child sexual exploitation	A consultation seeking views on a new definition of child sexual exploitation was launched on Friday, 12 February 2016. There are currently a number of definitions of child sexual exploitation in use by voluntary organisations and agencies. This has led to some confusion and additional challenges for practitioners working with children and families, creating inconsistencies in risk assessment and data collection. The government aims to provide clarity so all professionals are using the same d...	DfE
CSEC (departmental organisational unit)	Children's Services, Equalities and Communications		DfE
CSEN	Civil Service Environment Network	A network open to all civil servants interested in developing their knowledge and capability in environmental policy. https://www.civilserviceenvironmentnetwork.org/	Civil Service Wide
CSENS (departmental organisational unit)	Childcare, Special Educational Needs and Children's Strategy	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CSEP	Civil Service Employee Policy	CSHR directorate responsible for HR policy- now replaced with CSHR Expert Services	Civil Service Wide	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CSEP	Civil Service Expert Policy	CSHR directorate responsible for HR policy- now replaced with CSHR Expert Services	Civil Service Wide
CSF	Critical Success Factor		NHSx	Org Wide
CSG	Customer Scrutiny Groups		DfE
CSG	Corporate Services Group	Part of MOJ led by director general Matthew Coats which includes Estates, ICT, HR, Shared Services and Digital Services.	MoJ
CSHR	Civil Service Human Resources		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CSHR Profession	Civil Service Human Resources Profession	The Civil Service Human Resources (CSHR) Profession is building a strong, vibrant HR community with a reputation for high performance and good professional development.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
CSIE	Certificate for Studies on Inclusive Education		DfE
CSIP	Challenge Support Intervention Plan		MoJ
CSL	Civil Service Learning	Replaced by Learning Platform for Government (LPG) during October 2019.	DfE
CSL	Civil Service Learning		Civil Service Wide
CSL	Civil Service Learning	Training courses for civil servants.	MoJ
CSLN	Childrens Services Learning Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CSM	Customer Service Manager
CSN	Childrens Services Network	The Children's Services Network (CSN) was launched in 2006 and developed from The Education Network (TEN), originally launched by the Local Government Information Unit in 1997 to help develop, promote and disseminate the role and good practice of Local Authorities in the delivery of education. Since then, CSN has grown in size, membership and influence - establishing a strong reputation for quality, reliability and an innovative approach. Membership is available through an annual subscription.	DfE
CSNA	Careers Service National Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CSNU	Connexions Service National Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CSO	Child Safety Orders	Child Safety Order If a child has committed an offence or broken a Local Child Curfew, they can be placed under the supervision of a youth offending team. This is called a Child Safety Order. The order normally lasts for up to 3 months, but in some cases it can last for up to 12 months. If a child doesnt stick to the rules of an order, the court can consider if the child should be taken into care.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/child-under-10-breaks-law} accessed 2020-06-22	DfE
CSOF	Careers Service Operational Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CSP	Childrens Service Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CSP	Client Service Provider		DLHUC	Commercial
CSPSSA	Child Support Pensions and Social Security Act		DWP
CSR	Comprehensive Spending Review		HMT
CSR	Civil Service Resourcing		Civil Service Wide
CSR	Civil Service Resourcing	The previous name for the Government Recruitment Service (GRS)	MoJ
CSR	Corporate Staff Rostering	A system used in prisons to detail staff. Also known as My Detail or InVision WFM	MoJ
CSR (spending)	Comprehensive Spending Review		DfE
CSR (student)	Continuous Student Record	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CSRA	Cell Share Risk Assessment	This is a priority assessment done when prisoners are received at prison, to ensure risks are reduced to them and others on their first night and beyond	MoJ
CSRF	Civil Service Race Forum -umbrella group of departmental race networks	Source: CSraceforum@beis.gov.uk	Civil Service Wide
CSRP (civil service)	Civil Service Reform Plan	Year(s) active (where known): June 2012-2015?Source: {GOV.UK|https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2012/11/06/the-government-digital-strategy-and-how-it-was-written/} and {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service-reform} accessed 2020-01-28	DfE
CSRP (corporate services)	Corporate Services Reform Plan	Refers to internal departmental corporate services Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
CSS	Charter Standard Statement
CSS (social services)	Certificate in Social Services		DfE
CST	Customer Service Target
CST	Customer Services Team
CST	Chief Secretary to the Treasury		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CST	Civil Service Talent		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CST (care)	Care Standards Tribunal		DfE
CST (Christian schools)	Christian Schools Trust	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CST (departmental organisational unit)	Communications Support Team		DfE
CST (minister)	Chief Secretary to the Treasury		DLUHC
CST (science)	Council for Science and Technology	"The Council for Science and Technology (CST) advises the Prime Minister on science and technology policy issues across government. The council is an expert committee, supported by a secretariat in the Government Office for Science."	DSIT	Government Office for Science
CST (teachers)	Curriculum Support Teachers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
CSTRs	Community Sentence Treatment Requirements	Community Sentence Treatment Requirements is an umbrella term that brings together the three different requirements, created in the Criminal Justice Act 2003, that courts can use to place an offender, aged 18 and over and on a community sentence, into treatment. The three types of CSTR are: Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR), Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRR) and Alcohol Treatment Requirements (ATR).	MoJ
CSU	Commissioning Support Unit		NHSx	Org Wide
CSV (volunteers)	Community Service Volunteers	Community Service Volunteers (CSV) was founded in 1962 by Mora and Alec Dickson who also founded Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Their aim was to involve young people aged 16-35 in voluntary service in the UK, to enrich the lives of volunteers and those they help and to generate social change. They are the UKs largest volunteering and training charity. In 2006 CSV involved nearly a quarter of a million people in volunteering in the UK, trained 12,000 disadvantaged young people and helped 29...	DfE
CSW	Commission on the Status of Women	The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.Source: {Commission on the Status of Women|http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw} accessed 2016-09-27	DfE
CSWAT/S	Civil Service Workplace Adjustments Team / Service		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CSWW	Childrens Social Work Workforce		DfE
CT	Correspondence Team		DWP
CTB	Council Tax Benefit	A benefit operated by local councils to offset the amount of council tax a household paid. Now replaced by Council Tax support and reductions.	Local Government (councils)
CTC	Countdown To Change
CTC (clearance)	Counter Terrorism Clearance	a security clearance level, as seen in the Tech Scorecard : "Anyone with administrative or operational access to production systems... has CTC-level clearance"	Civil Service Wide	Security
CTC (colleges)	City technology colleges	Independently managed, non-fee-paying schools in urban areas for pupils of all abilities aged 11 to 18. Virtually all have now become academies.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school/city-technology-colleges} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
CTC (communities)	Communities that Care	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-29	DfE
CTC (tax credit)	Child Tax Credit		HMRC
CTDS	County Training and Development Services	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CTF	Child Trust Fund		HMRC
CTF	Common transfer file	When pupils transfer schools it is important that their new school has, and acts on, information about previous performance. The requirement to send the common transfer file (CTF) from the old to the new school within 15 school days of a pupil ceasing to be registered at the old school ensures that specific information about the pupil is transferred with them.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/common-transfer-file} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
CTGC	Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult	Organisation delivering innovation and capability in the cell and gene therapy sector in the UK	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
CTO (job role)	Chief Technology Officer		Civil Service Wide
CTO (order)	Compulsory Treatment Order
CTS	Core Technology Services team		MoJ
CTSW	Council for Training in Social Work	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CU	Childcare Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
CUC	Committee of University Chairmen	The Committee of University Chairmen (CUC) provides a forum for discussion for university chairs. Its primary purpose is to enable chairs to contribute their distinctive experience, knowledge and perspective as laypersons and to consider matters which concern all universities. Membership Membership of the Committee is open to the lay chairs of the governing bodies of all universities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are in full membership of Universities UK (UUK). Over...	DfE
CUED	Common Update and Enquiry Dialogue
CUREE	Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education	Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) works at the leading edge of research and evidence-informed educational policy and practice. Our mission centres on promoting the use of evidence by building bridges between academic research and professional practice. CUREE support practice-driven action research, develop tools for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), for organisational leadership and for teaching and learning. They believe in modelling good practice in e...	DfE
Custody Assistant	subcontracted staff in custody		MoJ
Custody Officer	police staff		MoJ
CV	Contract Variation		Civil Service Wide	Procurement
CV (curriculum vitae)	Curriculum vitae		Not Limited to CS
CVA	Cerebro-vascular Accident
CVCC	Court Video Conference Centre		MoJ
CVCP	Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
CVS	Council for Voluntary Service		DfE
CWA	Contracted Work and Administration	LAA web app for managing providers and their contracted work. Billing system (for civil legal help and crime lower) that contains all provider contracts and schedules. Enables commissioning teams to manage their providers’ contracts and schedules. Is provider facing. Interfaces with CCMS to supply 'master record of the truth' of provider contract and contact details. Also does work in provisioning new provider user details to CCMS.	MoJ
CWDC	Childrens Workforce Development Council	The CWDC was one of five bodies forming the UK Skills For Care and Development Sector Skills Council and coordinated the Children's Workforce Network. It closed on 31st March 2012 and its work has passed to the Teaching Agency and Department for Education.	DfE
CWN	Children's Workforce Network	The Children's Workforce Network (CWN) is an alliance committed to creating and supporting a world-class children's workforce in England. CWN is a strategic body, bringing together the relevant Sector Skills Councils (including the Children's Workforce Development Council) and other partners. It is a voluntary grouping of independent partners, who recognise that collaboration will help them to achieve the more effective implementation of their individual and joint roles. Members come togethe...	DfE
CWX		Civil debt recovery service. Legacy debt management app, hosted external.	MoJ
CX	Chancellor of the Exchequer	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/964686/CPO_guidance_-_with_2019_update.pdf	DLUHC
CxD	Chancellor's Departments (APA, DMO, GAD, HMRC, HMT, NS&I, OBR)		CO
CYB	Children and Youth Board	June 2004-unknown Set up to advise the DfES (2001-2007) on the development of policy and practice that affects the lives of children and young people in England. Made up of 25 members aged between 11 and 18.	DfE
CYP	Children and Young People	Commonly used acronym used in DfE to refer to all children and young people (for any matter)	DfE
CYPFD (departmental organisational unit)	Children Young People and Families Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
CYPP	Children and Young Peoples Plan	2004-10. A single, strategic, overarching plan for all local services to children and young people to be produced by all areas. The Coalition Government announced plans to abolish in November 2010.	DfE
D	Director		Civil Service Wide
D.Y.O.	Deter Young Cohort Offender		MoJ
D&E	Diversity and Equality		Civil Service Wide
D&I	DIVERSITY & INCLUSION		Civil Service Wide
D3B	Digital, Design and Delivery Board		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DA	Delegated Authority		Civil Service Wide
DA	Devolved administrations	Until devolution in 1999, civil servants in all parts of the UK reported to UK Government ministers. Today, around one in ten civil servants is accountable to ministers in the three devolved administrations. Northern Ireland has the largest civil service, partly because it runs its own social security system. The Scottish and Welsh administrations expanded substantially after 1999, to meet the demands of the new era of devolution. But most civil servants employed in Scotland and Wales are sti...	Civil Service Wide
DAAT	Decision Appeals and Assurance Team		DWP
DAC	Data Analysis Capability		DfE
DACDOT	Devolved Administrations, Crown Dependencies & Overseas Territories	Division dealing with DACDOT issues	DHSC
DACU	Data Access and Compliance Unit		MoJ
DADA	Dance and Drama Awards	Dance and Drama Awards are for students over the age of 16 who want to work in the performing arts. They are available from some of England's leading private dance and drama schools.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/dance-drama-awards} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
DAE (departmental organisational unit)	Directorate of Army Education		DfE
DAG	Data Advisory Group		DfE
DAGC	Design Approvals and Governance Council
DAL	Delegation Authority Letter	A document indicating that the bearer has authority to delegate responsibility for a government bank account to SSCL.	MoJ
DAO	Directive Academy Order	Schools maintained by LAs are issued with a directive academy order (DAO) by the regional schools commissioner (RSC) if they are judged to be inadequate. The order requires them to close and an academy sponsor supports them to re-open as a sponsored academy.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-funded-schools-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2019/state-funded-schools-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2019-main-findings} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
DAO letters	Dear Accounting Officer letters	Dear Accounting Officer' (DAO) letters are issued by HM Treasury to Government Departments. DAOs are used to provide specific advice on issues of accountability, regularity and propriety and annual accounting exercises. These are used to supplement guidance published in Managing Public Money and the Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM). DAO letters are also forwarded on to the Departments' NDPBs via their Sponsor Teams. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DAP	Death Arrears Payee
DARAC	Delivery, Risk Assurance and Audit Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DARAS	Disability Access Rights Advisory Service	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
DARPA	The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA)	An agency of the US Department of Defense	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
DART	Data services, Analysis & Research Team	Team that built and run the GRID platform, plus conduct analysis for GSCU and other adhoc stakeholders	Cabinet Office	Government Business Services
DART (departmental organisational unit)	Digital Analysis and Research Team	Year(s) active (where known): c2017-	DfE
DARTS	Digital Audio Recording and Transcription Service	System for recording courts and allowing transcription agencies to listen to and upload transcriptions.	MoJ
DARU	Data Assurance Reporting Unit		MoJ
DAS	Direct Appointment Scheme		Civil Service Wide
DAS (Apprenticeships)	Digital Apprenticeship Service	Re-named before 2017 launch as the Apprenticeship Service.Source: {FE Week|https://feweek.co.uk/2017/02/10/digital-apprenticeship-service-to-be-renamed-prior-to-launch/} accessed 2019-01-03	DfE
DAS (Diplomas)	Diploma Aggregation Service	2010?-23:59 30 September 2013 The Diploma aggregation service (DAS) is a web based information management system developed and managed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). Centres and awarding organisations use the service to share data and record students progress towards their Diplomas.Source: {The National Archives|https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402142721/http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/d/diploma%20aggregation%20service%20fact%20sh...	DfE
DASD	Data & Analytical Services Division		MoJ
DBC	Disability Benefits Centre		DWP
DBR	Detailed Business Requirement
DBS	Disclosure and Barring Service	The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). It came into operation in December 2012.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about} accessed 2015-06-02	Home Office
DBS	Defence Business Services		MoJ
DBS	Disclosure and Barring Service	Organisation that maintains records and helps determine if someone should be prevented from working in a regulated activity, for example working with children.	Civil Service Wide
DBT	Department for Business and Trade		DBT
DC	Data Challenge		DfE
DC	Direct Commissioning		DLUHC
DCA	Department for Constitutional Affairs	Became MOJ when joined with NOMS in 2007.	MoJ
DCA	Delivery Confidence Assessment		DLUHC
DCAM	Data Collection and Matching		DfE
DCATCH	Disabled Childrens Access to Childcare	The Disabled Children's Access to Childcare (DCATCH) programme was a 3-year childcare project to help improve access to childcare for families with disabled children, and to reduce the attitudinal barriers which currently inhibit such access. The first wave of pilots began in September 2008 in 10 local authorities, with best practice subsequently being rolled out more widely. The local authorities in the first wave of pilots were: Northumberland (North East Region) Sefton (North West Region) ...	DfE
DCF	Digital Case File	An attempt at creating end-to-end digital/modern justice system from Police -> Crown Prosecution Service -> Courts -> Prisons -> Probation	MoJ
DCFS	Data Collections and Funding System		DfE
DCI	Departmental Central Index
DCLG	Department for Communities and Local Government		DLUHC
DCLG	Department for Communities and Local Government	Department for Communities and Local Government (created 05 May 2006) was re-named Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 09 January 2018 following a Cabinet re-shuffle. The remit of the department was unchanged, but the new name considered to be a better reflection of the department's responsibilities. 09/01/2018	DLUHC
DCM	District Comms Manager
DCMS (1997–2017, 2023–present)	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Established in July 1997, for the Department for Culture Media and Sport. Renamed to Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport in 2017. Reverted to old name with the creation of the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology in 2023.	Civil Service Wide
DCMS (2017–2023)	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Dated 3 July 2017: In a move that acknowledges the way the Departments remit has evolved, the Prime Minister and Culture Secretary Karen Bradley have agreed a departmental name change. The Department will continue to be referred to as DCMS in all communications, but is now the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/change-of-name-for-dcms} accessed 2017-07-31	Civil Service Wide
DCMS (data)	Data Collections Management System		DfE
DCMU	Digital Case Management Unit (England and Wales)
DCO	Debt Co-ordination Officer
DCO	Development Consent Order	Planning permission for big infra projects	DLUHC
DCP	District Control Point
DCP	Data Challenge Process		DfE
DCPU	Disability Contact and Processing Unit
DCR	Delivery Confidence Rating (possibly)	DCR may have more of a focus on the outcome as opposed to the DCA, or it may be duplication.	DLUHC
DCS	Disability and Carer’s Service
DCS	Directors of childrens services		DfE
DCSA	Departmental Chief Scientific Advisor	Sometimes used to distinguish the CSA in a department from the Government CSA.	Civil Service Wide
DCSF	Department for Children Schools and Families	Created 28 June 2007 from the Department for Education and Skills. Renamed Department for Education following the General Election of May 2010.	DfE
DCST	Digital Customer Service Team		HMRC
DCT	Direct Credit Transfer
DCT (departmental organisational unit)	Digital Communications Team		DfE
DCU (departmental organisational unit)	Digital Communications Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
DD	Deputy Director		Civil Service Wide
DDA	Disability Discrimination Act		Civil Service Wide
DDA 1995	Disability Discrimination Act 1995		DfE
DDA 2005	Disability Discrimination Act 2005		DfE
DDAn	Departmental Director of Analysis	(Pronounced "dee dan".) A Director with responsibility for the Analysis Function within the department	Civil Service Wide
DDaT	Digital, Data and Technology		Civil Service Wide	DDaT/Central Digital and Data Office
DDB	Digital Delivery Board (superseded by TFPB)		NHSx	Org Wide
DDC	Deputy Director of Custody	regional responsibilty for a group of prisons	MoJ
DDC	Digital Document Conversion		MoJ
DDCED (departmental organisational unit)	Due Diligence and Counter-Extremism Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2016-2019?	DfE
DDGB	Departmental Data Governance Board		DfE
DDL	Digital Driving License		DfT
DDN	District Delivery Network
DDTS	Digital, Data and Technology Services		Defra	Digital, Data and Technology
DDTS	Digital Data Technology Service		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DDU (departmental organisational unit)	Data Development Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
DE (employment)	Department of Employment	1969-1995 In July 1995 merged with the Department for Education to become the Department for Education and Employment.	DfE
DE (exception)	Discretionary Exception	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DE&S	Defence Equipment and Support (part of MoD)		MoD
DEA	Disability Employment Adviser	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
DECC	Department of Energy and Climate Change	The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a British government department created on 3 October 2008, by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and those relating to climate change of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was led at time of closure by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd MP.[2] Following Theresa May's app...	Defra
DECS	Digital External Correspondence System	Software used to process certain tyes of correspondence.	Home Office
DEDS	Data Exchange Data Store	Part of Data Collections and Funding System (DCFS) application set	DfE
Defra	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs		Defra
DEI	Data Engineering Integration		DfE
DEL	District Expenditure Limit	no longer used as a term. Replaced by the term Departmental Expenditure Limit	Civil Service Wide
DEL	Departmental Expenditure Limit		Civil Service Wide
DEL (expenditure)	Departmental Expenditure Limit	In Spending Reviews, firm Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) plans are set for departments for three years. To ensure consistency with the Government's fiscal rules departments are set separate resource (current) and capital budgets. The resource budget contains a separate control total for near cash expenditure, which is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.	DfE
DEL (learning)	Distributed and Electronic Learning		DfE
DELLS	Department for Education Lifelong Learning and Skills		DfE
DELNI	Department of Employment and Learning Northern Ireland		DfE
DELTA group	Distance Education Learning and Training Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DELTA programme	Disability Empowers Leadership Talent [programme]	DELTA (Disability Empowers Leadership Talent) is an accelerated development programme offered to disabled Future Leader Scheme (FLS) and Senior Leaders Scheme (SLS) participants with an aim to accelerate participants development towards senior positions across the Civil Service, contributing to building a diverse senior pipeline. The programme is fully integrated into FLS and SLS and all successful FLS and SLS participants with a disability will be offered a place on DELTA.Source: Data Direct...	DfE
DENI	Department of Education for Northern Ireland		DfE
DEP	Digital Education Platform	The platform for prisoner education within prisons. Formerly PES (Prison Education Service)	MoJ	DEP
DERM	District External Relations Manager
DES	Department of Education and Science	1964-1992. Previously Ministry of Education, 1944-1964, Board of Education, 1901-1944. In July 1992 responsibility for Science passed to Office of Public Service and Science and became Department for Education.	DfE
DESNZ	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	New department	DESNZ
DETR	Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions	The department was created in 1997 to replace the Department of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department for Transport. It was dissolved in 2001. It was replaced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department for Transport.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-the-environment-transport-and-the-regions} accessed 2020-02-24	DfE
DEU	Digital Economy Unit		DSIT
DevOps	Development Operations		DfE
DEX	Dialogue Expert
DExEU	Department for Exiting the European Union	The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) was a ministerial department from 14 July 2016 to 31 January 2020. It was responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU.	Cabinet Office
DF	Devolved Funding	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
DFA	Delegated Financial Authority		Civil Service Wide
DFC	Devolved formula capital		DfE
DFD	Data Flow Diagram		MoJ
DfE	Department for Education	Following the General Election of May 2010 the Department for Children, Schools and Families was renamed Department for Education. This title had previously been used from 1992-1995.	DfE
DfE (NI)	Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland		BEIS
DfEE	Department for Education and Employment	Previously Department for Education. In July 1995 merged with Department of Employment to become Department for Education and Employment. In 2001 became Department for Education and Skills.	DfE
DfES	Department for Education and Skills	Previously Department for Education and Employment. In 2001 became Department for Education and Skills. On 28 June 2007 split into the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.	DfE
DfID	Department for International Development		FCDO
DfT	Department for Transport		DfT
DG	Director General		Civil Service Wide
DG	Director General		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DG (civil service grade)	Directors General	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DG (governance)	Data Governance		DfE
DGB	Data Governance Board		DfE
DGDT (departmental organisational unit)	Data Governance Delivery Team	Year(s) active (where known): 2020	DfE
DGI	Disadvantage Gap Index		DfE
DGL	Defra Group Leaders		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DGVT	Director General for Vocational Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DH	Department of Health	Department of Health was re-named Department of Health and Social Care on 09 January 2018 following a Cabinet re-shuffle. The remit of the department was extended to include social care.	DHSC
DHB	Disability Handbook
DHP	Discretionary Housing Payment
DHSC	Department of Health and Social Care	Department of Health was re-named Department of Health and Social Care on 09 January 2018 following a Cabinet re-shuffle. The remit of the department was extended to include social care. 09/01/2018	DHSC
DI	Digital Identity	A directorate within the Government Digital Service.	Cabinet Office
DIA	Diversity Impact Assessment
DIB	Divisional Implementation Board		MoJ
DIC	death in custody		MoJ
Dip sampling	A quality control process used by police forces in which a representative proportion of files are selected and inspected		MoJ
DIS (data)	Data Integration Service	Forms part of the data management process along with the Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC) and the Model Repository Service (MRS).	DfE
DIS (departmental)	Departmental Investment Strategy	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DISC	Development, Innovation and Support Contracts	Shared services framework - Atos (infrastructure), CGI (formerly LogicaCMG - applications) supporting Dom1.http://www.publictechnology.net/sector/case-study-ministry-justice-disc-transition-team-successful-transition-it-services-six-existi	MoJ
DISD (departmental organisational unit)	Data, Insight and Statistics Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
DIT	Department for International Trade		DIT
DIUS	Department for Innovation Universities and Skills	Created 28 June 2007. Merged with Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2009 to form the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.	DfE
DIWG	Data Integrity Working Group	Looking at data and/or recording issues in Probation	MoJ
DL	Draft Letter		DWP
DLA	Disability Living Allowance		DWP
DLACS	Disability Living Allowance Computer System		DWP
DLC	Delivery lifecycle		DfE
DLC	Delegated Legislation Committee		Civil Service Wide
DLE	Demand Led Element	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
DLF	Demand Led Funding	Demand Led Funding Business Definition DEFINITION 1. Demand led funding (DLF) is a new funding model, reflecting the principle that learner (or employer) demand and choice should directly affect the amount of funding earned by providers. DETAILED DESCRIPTION 2. Under the DLF model, providers earn money based on actual delivery. Following the tendering process, approved providers will agree an allocation value with the LSC prior to the start of the year. However, the provider's actual budget w...	DfE
DLHE	Destinations of leavers from higher education		DfE
DLO	Dead Letter Office		Royal Mail
DLO	Desirable Learning Outcomes	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
DLR	Docklands Light Railway Transport		DLUHC
DLS	Discretionary Learner Support	Available in colleges and school sixth forms to help with learning costs. The funds are prioritised for those who face financial hardship. Formerly Learner Support Funds.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/discretionary-learner-support/overview} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
DLUHC	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities	In September 2021, Boris Johnson renamed the department yet again, calling it the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), being more powers outside of just England to manage funds across the United Kingdom.	DLUHC
DM	Decision Maker		DWP
DM	Debt Management
DM	Delivery Manager		DfE
DMA	Decision Making and Appeals		DWP
DMACR	Decision Making and Appeals case recorder		DWP
DMAP	Data Management Advisory Panel	The panel that assesses access rights to DfE holdings.	DfE
DMAPT	Decision Making, Appeals and Procedures Team
DMAS	Decision Making and Appeals Service		DWP
DMD (departmental organisational unit)	Data Modernisation Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
DMF	Departmental Monetary Fund		DLUHC
DMG	Decision Makers Guide		DWP
DMO	Debt Management Office	The DMO carries out the government’s debt management policy of minimising financing costs over the long term, taking account of risk. We minimise the cost of offsetting the government’s net cash flows over time, while operating in a risk appetite approved by ministers.	HM Treasury
DMPG	Decision Makers Procedural Guide
DMS	Data Matching Service
DMS	Diploma in Management Studies		DfE
DMU	Decision Making Unit
DMVO	Decision Maker Visiting Officers
DN			DLUHC
DNE	Departmental National Experts	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DO	District Office		DWP
DOAB	Digital Oversight and Approvals Board		NHSx	Org Wide
DoaP	Department on a Page	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DOB	Date of Birth		Not Limited to CS
DOC	Date of Claim		DWP
DOC	Departmental Operations Centre		DfE
DOD	Dater of Death		Not Limited to CS
DOE	Department of the Environment		DfE
DOH	Department of Health		DHSC
DOI	Digital Office Infrastructure		DWP
DOM1/Dom1	Domain 1	End-user compute and networking solution	MoJ
DoSF	Department of State functions		DfE
DOSN	District One Service Network
DP	Data Protection		Not Limited to CS
DP	Disability Premium		DWP
DP	DELIVERY PARTNER		DIT
DP	Direct Payment	Relates to the Common Aguicultial Policy (EU)	Defra
DPA	Data Protection Act		Not Limited to CS
DPA	Defense Production Act		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
DPA	Data Protection Act		MoJ
DPA 1984	Data Protection Act 1984		DfE
DPA 1998	Data Protection Act 1998		DfE
DPAD	Direct Payment After Death
DPAS	Drugs Prevention Advisory Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
DPC	Data Protection Commissioner	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DPI (drugs)	Drugs Prevention Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
DPIA	Data Protection Impact Assessment		NHSx	Org Wide
DPIA	Data Protection Impact Assessment		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DPLO	Data Protection Liaison Officer
DPM	Deputy Prime Minister		No 10
DPO	Data Protection Officer		DLUHC
DPO	Data Protection Officer		Civil Service Wide
DPR (data)	Data Protection Registrar	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DPR (department)	Departmental Performance Report	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
DPRRD	Detention Post Recall Release Date		MoJ
DPRS	Direct Payment Registration System
DPS	Disabled Passenger Scheme
DPS	Dynamic Purchasing System	A way of procuring services via CCS, similar to frameworks but with some differences	Civil Service Wide	Commercial
DPS	Digital Prison Services	Previously known as 'New NOMIS'	MoJ
DPS	Dynamic Purchasing System	Not unique to MoJ - it's a way that Governors can purchase additional education or work provision on site, outside of the standard education contracts. Some stakeholders may be more familiar with this definition of DPS rather than 'Digital Prison Services'	MoJ
DPTC	Disabled Persons Tax Credit
DQ	Draft Question		Civil Service Wide
DQ	Directions Questionnaire	Collects and assesses information relevant to a claim.	HMCTS
DQ			HMCTS
DQT	Database of qualified teachers in England	The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) maintains the database of qualified teachers in England. Information available on teachers records include: name teacher reference number qualified teacher status (QTS) induction status details of additional leadership mandatory qualificationsSource: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/individual-teacher-records-information-for-teachers} accessed 2015-10-28	DfE
DR	Disaster Recovery
DR	Document Retention		Civil Service Wide	Data / Compliance
DR	Defence Request	Formally DSDS.	MoJ
DR	Disaster Recovery		MoJ
DRC	Disability Rights Commission	From 31 March 2009 subsumed into the Equality and Human Rights Commission.	EHRC
DRH	Dispute resolution hearing	A second hearing within private proceedings, intended to consider any additional evidence or reports.	HMCTS
DRIU (departmental organisational unit)	Departmental Regulatory Impact Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
DRO	Departmental Record Officer		DLUHC
DRO	Departmental Records Office
DRO	Departmental Records Officer		DfE
DRP	Data Retention Policy		DfE
DRS	Document Repository System
DRY	Don't Repeat Yourself	Often "DRY-ed". Removing duplication in code.	MoJ
DS	Digital Services	MOJ Digital Services (formally DSD)	MoJ
DSA	Disabled Students Allowances	Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) are paid on top of your other student finance. They help you pay the extra costs you may have because of your disability. They dont have to be repaid.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/disabled-students-allowances-dsas/what-youll-get} accessed 2016-07-22	DfE
DSA	Data Sharing Agreement		MoJ
DSA	Data Standards Authority	The DSA works to improve how the public sector manages data. The DSA does this by establishing standards to make it easier and more effective to share and use data across government.	Cabinet Office
DSAP	Data Sharing Approval Board		DfE
DSAT	Data Self-Assessment Toolkit		DfE
DSCC	Defence Solicitor Call Centre	The call centre service that police use to provide a solicitor for people in custody.	MoJ
DSD	Digital Service Designers		MoJ
DSD	Digital Services Division	Now obsolete. Please refer to 'Digital Services' (without the 'Division') or 'MOJ Digital Services'.	MoJ
DSD (departmental organisational unit)	Data Services Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
DSDS	Defence Solicitor Deployment Service		MoJ
DSE	Display Screen Equipment		Not Limited to CS
DSF	Digital Services Framework	A framework for procuring software development teams across government	MoJ
DSG	Dedicated schools grants		DfE
DSG	Digital Steering Group		MoJ
DSI	DfE Sign-in	Method of access and password administration giving a single, secure point of entry to DfE systems. SA (Secure Access) was replaced in Dec 2018/Jan 2019 by DfE Sign-in which is abbreviated to DSI.Source: Data Directorate 2019-08-01	DfE
DSIT	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	New department from 2023	DSIT
DSM	Dispute Settlement Mechanism	Used to settle trade disputes	DBT
DSMB	Data and Safety Monitoring Board		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
DSO	DEFENCE & SECURITY ORGANISATION		MoD
DSO	Departmental Security Officer		DLUHC
DSO	Departmental Strategic Objectives	The 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR07) announced a radical reform of the performance management framework across government which focuses on the Government's priority ambitions; promotes collaboration; and reduces burdens on the frontline, increasing flexibility to deliver responsive services. The CSR07 announced new Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs) which would drive forward the cross-government Public Service Agreements (PSAs). The DSOs The CSR07 announced six new Departmenta...	DfE
DSO	Defence & Security Organisation		MoJ
DSO	Digital Studio Operations	Slack Channel - #ask-digital-studio-ops	MoJ
DSP	Digital Service Platforms	A unit within Platforms & Services, a directorate within the Government Digital Service.	Cabinet Office
DSR	Departmental Spending Review	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DSS	Department for Social Security	DSS was replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2001.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-social-security} accessed 2020-01-29	DfE
DSS	Data Security Standard	An accreditation for handling credit/debit cards managed by Payment Card Industry (PCI).	MoJ
DST	Department Security Team
DST (data)	Data Service Transformation		DfE
DST (directorate)	Directorate Support Team	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
DSTL	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	An executive agency of the Ministry of Defence	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
DSU (departmental organisational unit)	Departmental Security Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
DT	Design and technology		DfE
DTA	Development Trajectory Assessment		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
DTI	Department of Trade and Industry	Abolished 28 June 2007, largely replaced by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.	DfE
DTO	Detention Training Order		MoJ
DTP	Digital Transformation Portfolio		NHSx	Org Wide
DTR	Database of Teacher Records		DfE
DTRG	Digital Technology Review Group		MoJ
DTTP	Database of Trainee Teachers and Providers		DfE
DU (departmental organisational unit)	Delivery Unit	Delivery Unit (DU) works alongside the Secretary of State's private office to help set their priorities and ensure these are delivered. Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
DV	Domiciliary Visit
DV	Developed Vetting	National Security vetting (top secret)	Civil Service Wide
DV	Developed Vetting	Level of Security Clearance	MoJ
DV	Domestic Violence		MoJ
DvH	Delivery Hub (formerly known as the Portfolio Office)		NHSx	Org Wide
DVLA	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (part of DfT)		DfT
DVSA	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency		DfT
DWA	Disability Working Allowance
DWG	Delivery Working Group		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
DWP	Department for Work and Pensions		DWP
DWP	Department for Work and Pensions	Government organisation - administrates ESF budget ellocation	MoJ
DX	Document Exchange	DX, or Direct Exchange, is a private business-to-business mail and packaging network in the United Kingdom. Direct Exchange is cheaper than standard first class mail. Subscriptions are necessary to use this service.	MoJ
E	Ephemeral
e-GMS	e-Government Metadata Standard		DfE
E&D	Equality and Diversity
E2E (employment)	Entry to Employment	Entry to Employment (E2E) programmes are for learners aged 16-19. They aim to develop confidence, motivation and personal effectiveness, and to help learners to get jobs, enter Apprenticeships or go to college.	DfE
E2E (end)	End to end		DfE
E2L	English as a Second Language		DfE
EA	Employment Act
EA	Environment Agency		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EA (agencies)	Executive agencies	Executive Agencies are semi-independent organisations set up by the Government to carry out some of their responsibilities. Source: {UK Parliament|http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/executive-agencies/} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
EA (architecture)	Enterprise architecture	Enterprise architecture (EA) is a discipline for proactively and holistically leading enterprise responses to disruptive forces by identifying and analyzing the execution of change toward desired business vision and outcomes. EA delivers value by presenting business and IT leaders with signature-ready recommendations for adjusting policies and projects to achieve target business outcomes that capitalize on relevant business disruptions.Source: {Gartner|https://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/ente...	DfE
EA (authorities)	Education Authorities		DfE
EA (civil service grade)	Executive Assistants		DfE
EAB	Enterprise Architecture Board	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EAF	Education Action Forums	Statutory, Education Action Zones (EAZs) were created to enable local partnerships to develop new ways of meeting local needs. Each zone was initially established for a period of 3 years with the possibility of being extended for 2 further years. In return for setting a range of challenging targets for improvement each zone receives up to 1 million per annum in Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) grant and in contributions from business or other partners. In EAZs, school gove...	DfE
EAG	Expert Advisory Group		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
EAGA	Energy Actions Grants Agency
EAH	Educate against hate	Source: {educate against hate|http://www.educateagainsthate.com/} accessed 2016-03-02	DfE
EAIP	Enterprise Architecture Integration Patterns	Industry-standard approaches to integration across the ESFA	DfE
EAL	English as an Additional Language		DfE
EANCB	Equivalent Annual Net Costs to Business	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
EAP	Employee Assistance Programme
EAR	Exceptional Activity Report
EAS	Employee Authentication Services	Enables secure access to sensitive information by verifying that the right people are accessing appropriate data thus creating a secure and trusted environment for information sharing. It requires 2 components to validate the identity of a user: something you know - a password or PIN and something you have - a token or card.	DfE
EASEA	Electronic Access for Schools and Education Authorities	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EASS	Equality Advisory Support Service	Information and advice about discrimination and human rights issues.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/equality-advisory-support-service} accessed 2015-09-07	DfE
EAT	Employment Appeal Tribunal		MoJ
EAZ	Education Action Zones	1998-April 2005 EAZs were set up following bids from groups of schools. They were partnerships usually formed between the schools, their LEA and other local organisations. They were set up to tackle problems of underachievement and social exclusion in disadvantaged areas.	DfE
EAZAS	Education Action Zone Advisory Service		DfE
EBacc	English Baccalaureate	The English Baccalaureate is a new performance measure introduced in the 2010 performance tables. It is not compulsory, but Ofsted will take it into account when inspecting. The measure shows where pupils have secured a C grade or above across a core of academic subjects at key stage 4 and enables parents and pupils to see how their school is performing. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/english-baccalaureate-information-for-schools} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
EBD	Emotional and behavioural difficulties		DfE
EBDS	Energy Bills Discount Scheme	Scheme for businesses to receive discounts off energy bills	DESNZ	Energy
EBL	Education Business Links	The Government expects all young people to have broader experiences of work through Education Business Links (EBLs) so that they can leave school with the skills they need for employment and are prepared for an active role in society. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) made the provision of work related learning a statutory requirement from 2004, and gave new funds for enterprise learning from 2005. DfES allocated 25 million for education business link activity in 2006-2007. They ...	DfE
EBLO	Education business link organisations		DfE
EBN	Exceptional Basic Need	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EBP	Education Business Partnerships	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EBRS	Energy Bills Relief Scheme	Scheme for support for energy bills	DESNZ	Energy
EBS	CCMS's E-Business Suite	Part of CCMS	MoJ
EC	EXPORT CHAMPION		DIT
EC	European Community
EC (efficiency)	Efficiency controls		DfE
EC (Europe)	European Community		DfE
ECAR	Every Child a Reader	An initiative aimed at reducing the numbers of pupils achieving below Level 3 in English on entering secondary school. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05 Every Child A Reader (ECAR) is a unique collaboration between charitable trusts, the business sector and government. It aims to show that, with the right resources, it is possible to overcome the literacy difficulties that blight so many children's lives. The initiative is funding highly-skilled Reading Recover...	DfE
ECCTIS	Educational and Credit Transfer Information Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ECDL	European Computer Driving Licence		DfE
ECEC	Early Childhood Education and Care		DfE
ECF	Early Career Framework (teachers)	Starting in autumn 2021, early career teachers undergoing induction will receive 2 years of professional development and support underpinned by the Early Career Framework (ECF). The ECF was designed, in collaboration with an expert advisory group, to support early career teacher development in 5 core areas: behaviour management pedagogy curriculum assessment professional behavioursSource: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-early-career-teachers} accessed 2019-07-18	DfE
ECHILD	Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data	The ECHILD dataset links NHS Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data to NPD and facilitates research to improve policy making for children's health, education and wellbeing across a range of health and social science disciplines. For example, how can we better understand the health-related drivers of educational outcomes in England?Source: Data Directorate 2021-03-30	DfE
ECHO	Education Correspondence Handling Online	c2004-2014 A departmental system for managing correspondence. Succeeded by a Microsoft Customer Relationship Management system called, within the department, Iris.	DfE
ECITB	Engineering Construction Industry Training Board		DfE
ECL	End of Custody Licence	A scheme within Prison Service between 2007 and 2010 to help alleviate pressures on prison population. Offenders who were eligible could be released early from custody 18 days before their release date	MoJ
ECM	Every Child Matters	2004-2010. Overarching name for the children's reforms programme. The Every Child Matters (ECM) initiative began with the 'Every Child Matters' Green Paper in 2003. That set out the Government's aim for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to: 1. Be healthy 2. Stay safe 3. Enjoy and achieve 4. Make a positive contribution 5. Achieve economic well-being	DfE
ECO	Entry Clearance Officer		BEIS	Energy Policy
ECS	Eligibility Checking Service		DfE
ECS	Elastic Container Service		MoJ
ECSMA	European Convention Social and Media Assistance
ED	Department of Employment	1969-1995 In July 1995 merged with the Department for Education to become the Department for Education and Employment.	DfE
EDAP (education)	Education Data Advisory Panel		DfE
EDAP (enterprise)	Enterprise Data and Analytics Platform		DfE
EDC	Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	Ebbsfleet Development Corporation	DLUHC
EDC	Enterprise Data Catalogue	Enterprise Data Catalogue	DfE
EDD	Estimated Delivery Date	Estimated Delivery Date
EDD (departmental organisational unit)	Education Data Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2017-	DfE
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EDI	Equality Diversity and Inclusion	An acronym commonly used to discuss equality, diversity and inclusion	Civil Service Wide	All
EDIM	Equality and Diversity Impact Measures		DfE
EDIP	Early Diversity Internship Programme	An opportunity for those from diverse backgrounds to find out more about the Civil Service and Fast Stream.Source: {Fast stream GOV.UK|https://www.faststream.gov.uk/early-diversity-internship-programme/} accessed 2019-01-30	DfE
EDO	Educational Development Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EDP	Education Development Plans	A statutory requirement of all LEAs and the key document in which an LEA, in consultation with schools and other stakeholders, sets out costed plans for school improvement and raising pupils standards. 1999-? Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05 Education Development Plans (EDP) were key plans produced by all Local Authorities (LA) setting out its strategies for improving standards in schools and raising pupil attainment. The plans are produced in accordance with g...	DfE
EDRM	Electronic document and record management		DfE
EDRMS	Electronic Documents and Record Management System	Also known as NorthgateLAA's externally hosted document/record management system, used by CCMS.	MoJ
EDS	ECONOMIC DOMESTIC SECRETARIAT		DIT
EDS	Electronic Data Systems
EDS	Extended Determinate Sentence		MoJ
EDS (electronic)	Electronic Data Systems	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2000). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02 Cm 4602. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101460228]	DfE
EDS (employer)	Employer Data Service		DfE
EDSI	Educational Departments Superhighway Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EDT	Education Department Target	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EDW	Enterprise Data Warehouse	Management Information data warehouse. Holds data from many LAA applications.	MoJ
EE			MoJ
EEA	European Economic Area		Not Limited to CS	Europe, EU
EEA	European Economic Area		DfE
EEC	Early Excellence Centres	2002-. Established to develop models of good practice in integrating early education, childcare and family support services, including parental involvement and outreach work, and to provide training and a focus for dissemination. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05 The Early Excellence Centres (EEC) programme was established in 1997 to develop models of good practice in integrating early education, childcare and family support services, including parental involvem...	DfE
EEF (education)	Education Endowment Foundation	The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement, ensuring that children from all backgrounds can fulfil their potential and make the most of their talents.Source: {EEF website|http://www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/about/} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
EEF (engineering)	Engineering Employers Federation		DfE
EERA	European Educational Research Association	The aim of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) is to further high quality educational research for the benefit of education and society. High quality research not only acknowledges its own context but also recognises wider, transnational contexts with their social, cultural and political similarities and differences. The associations activities, such as the annual conference, season schools for emerging researchers and publishing, build on and promote free and open dialogue a...	DfE
EES (education)	Explore Education Statistics	Statistics dissemination platform used by Data Directorate 2019-	DfE
EES (employment)	European Employment Strategy	In 1997 the Amsterdam Treaty made promoting employment an EU objective. In the same year the European Employment Strategy (EES) was launched to promote the co-ordination of labour market policies and raise employment levels. At the Lisbon summit in March 2000, a much broader strategy was defined, that sought to make Europe the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. The EES and Lisbon provided the policy framework for the 2000-2006 round of programmes. The strategic focus on the Lisbon...	DfE
EESP	Energy Efficiency Social Programme	Government energy scheme covering WHD and ECO	BEIS	Energy Policy
EFA	Education Funding Agency	EFA merged with SFA to create the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on 01 April 2017. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 On 1 April 2012, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) became one of four new executive agencies of the Department. It took over the functions previously carried out by Partnerships for Schools and the Young People's Learning Agency as well as the DfE. The EFA had over 700 staff based in 11 offices, as well as a number of remote worker...	DfE
EFAU (departmental organisational unit)	Education Funding Analysis Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
EFG (departmental organisational unit)	Education Funding Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2018?	DfE
EFL	English as a Foreign Language		DfE
EFQM	European Foundation for Quality Management	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2000). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02 Cm 4602. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101460228]	DfE
EFS	Education Formula Spending	The level of funding the government spends on education through the local government finance system. It reflects the broad range of pressures facing the education service and the scope for making efficiency savings.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
EFSG (departmental organisational unit)	Education Funding Strategy Group		DfE
EFSS	Education Formula Spending Share		DfE
EFTA	European Free Trade Agreement
EGAS	Educational Grants Advisory Service	The Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS) offers guidance and advice on funding for those studying in post-16 education in the UK. EGAS operates nationally providing comprehensive advice and information on sources of funding available for post-16 education and training including loans, grants, benefits, access funds, hardship funds, bursaries and charitable trusts. EGAS is a charitable organisation that relies on affiliations from educational institutions to be able to offer a service th...	DfE
eGIF	e-Government Interoperability Framework		DfE
eGU	e-Government Unit		DfE
EHC	Education, Health and Care		DfE
EHC Online	Export Health Certificate		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EHCP	Education, health and care plans	An education, health and care (EHC) plan is for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more support than is available through special educational needs support. EHC plans identify educational, health and social needs and set out the additional support to meet those needs. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/children-with-special-educational-needs/extra-SEN-help} accessed 2016-03-30	DfE
EHE (elective)	Elective home education		DfE
EHE (enterprise)	Enterprise in Higher Education	December 1987-1996. Designed to encourage the development of qualities of enterprise amongst those seeking higher education qualifications and to help students be better prepared for working life.	DfE
EHER	Elective Home Education Review		DfE
EHRC	Equality and Human Rights Commission	Established by the Equality Act 2006, it brought the three existing Commissions (EOC, CRE and DRC) into a single body.Source: {EHRC website|http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/} accessed 2015-05-28 The Equality and Human Rights Commission is Great Britains national equality body and has been awarded an A status as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) by the United Nations. Our job is to help make Britain fairer. We do this by safeguarding and enforcing the laws that protect peop...	DfE
EHRSG	Executive HR Sub Group		NHSx	Org Wide
EI (30 hours free childcare)	Early implementers (30 hours free childcare)		DfE
EIA	Equality Impact Analysis
EIA	Equality impact assessments		DfE
EiC	Excellence in Cities	1999-2006. Excellence in Cities was designed to remedy successive failures and to address the educational problems of the major cities where standards had been low. The programme was implemented through local partnerships crossing traditional LEA boundaries, focusing on the needs and aspirations of individual pupils and their parents. From 2006 the funding became part of the School Development Grant. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 The Excellence in Cities ...	DfE
EIfEL	European Institute for E-Learning	EIfEL is responding to the challenge of the knowledge society by creating a community, a framework, and tools to identify, develop, recognize and validate the competencies of education, learning, and human resources development professionals. The key principles on which our actions are founded are: learning is lifelong, life-wide, formal and informal individuals, organizations, and communities learn in close interaction knowledge, information and learning technologies have the power to suppor...	DfE
EIG	Early intervention grants		DfE
EIP (education)	Education Improvement Partnerships	2005-?. The aim of the Education Improvement Partnerships (EIPs) was to build sustainable partnerships that worked towards developing an integrated approach to improving outcomes for children and young people through schools working together with public, private, community and voluntary partners.	DfE
EIP (employer)	Employer Investment in People	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EIR	Environmental information regulations	Public authorities that are subject to the EIR must consider disclosure of environmental information under the EIR, rather than under FOIA. Environmental information is any information on: * the state of the elements of the environment and the interaction among these elements; * factors affecting or likely to affect those elements; * measures or activities affecting or likely to affect those factors or elements, or designed to protect those elements; * reports on the implementation of environ...	DfE
EISS	ENHANCED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICE		DIT
EKSD	End of Key Stage Description	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
ELAS	Education Law Association	The Education Law Association, ELAS, is the premier association for educationalists, lawyers and advice workers concerned with the law of education.Source: {ELAS website|http://www.educationlawassociation.org.uk/} accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
eLC	e-Learning Credits	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ELDP	Early Language Development Programme	The ELDP was a national training programme, funded by the Department for Education from September 2011 to March 2015. Led by I CAN, it increased awareness, knowledge and confidence amongst the early years workforce supporting children's early speech, language and communication development. Although the funded programme has closed, Talking Point continue to offer the training. This course can also contribute to a national qualification.Source: {Talking Point|http://www.talkingpoint.org.uk/earl...	DfE
ELG	Early Learning Goals	1999-. The statutory early learning goals established expectations for most children to reach by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The revised EYFS curriculum coming into force in September 2012 reduces the number of early learning goals from 69 to 17.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentewsew-early-years-framework-published} accessed 2015-06-02 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30 Early learning goals aim to make learning a fun and challenging e...	DfE
ELLFS	English Local Labour Force Survey		DfE
ELM	Enviromental Land Management		Defra
ELMC	Employment and Labour Market Committee	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
ELNET	E-learning for Literacy Numeracy and ESOL Teachers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ELPP	Early Learning Partnerships Project	The Early Learning Partnerships Project (ELPP) aimed to target hard to reach parents, through a range of approaches, and support them to get involved in the early learning of their children from 1-3 years. The project started in October 2006 and ran to March 08. Up to 7,500 parents were reached. In addition, the project upskilled the early years workforce to support parents to support their childrens early learning.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ELQ	Equivalent or Lower Level Qualification		DfE
ELS (lecturing)	Education Lecturing Services	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
ELS (life skills)	Essential Life Skills	The government has also announced today that 22 million will be shared among all 12 Opportunity Areas through a new Essential Life Skills programme, to help disadvantaged young people have access to the same opportunities as those in the top-performing schools. The aim is to help them develop wider skills such as resilience, emotional wellbeing and employability. The programme will complement the individual Opportunity Area plans by providing extra-curricular activities, such as sports, volun...	DfE
ELSA	Education Labour and Social Affairs Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05	DfE
ELT	English Language Teaching	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ELT	Executive Leadership Team	Directors, CEO and COO	Charity Commission
ELUS	ESA Legasuite Update System
EM	Excellence Models	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EM	Electronic Monitoring	(Also known as 'tagging') is the practice of attaching a tag to someone's ankle, used in England and Wales to monitor curfews and conditions of a court or prison order.	MoJ
EMA	Education Maintenance Allowance	A weekly payment to help with the day-to-day costs for students who stay on at school, college or a training provider after their GCSEs. The Education Maintenance Allowance scheme closed to new applicants in England on 1 January 2011.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/education-maintenance-allowance-ema} accessed 2015-05-28 Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) became available nationally across England from September 200...	DfE
EMA	European Medicines Agency		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
EMAG	Ethnic Minority Achievement Grants	Also known as: Ethnic Minority Student Achievement Grants The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) was set up to narrow achievement gaps for pupils from those minority ethnic groups who are at risk of underachieving and to help meet the particular needs of bilingual pupils. From April 2011 it was mainstreamed into the dedicated schools grant. Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/strategy/...	DfE
EMB	Executive Management Board	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EMHP	Education Mental Health Practitioners		DfE
EMI	Electronic Management Information	LAA web app that allows LAA to share MI data with providers. Currently used for financial statement.	MoJ
EMIE	Education Management Information Exchange	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EMP	Electronic Media Policy
EMPNTO	Employment National Training Organisation		DfE
EMPP	Executive Masters of Public Policy		DfE
EMR	Electronic medical record		NHSx	Org Wide
EMS	Environment Management Systems	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
EMSAG	Ethnic Minority Student Achievement Grants	Also known as: Ethnic Minority Student Achievement Grants The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant (EMAG) was set up to narrow achievement gaps for pupils from those minority ethnic groups who are at risk of underachieving and to help meet the particular needs of bilingual pupils. From April 2011 it was mainstreamed into the dedicated schools grant. Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/strategy/...	DfE
EMT	Executive Management Team		DfE
EMTAG	Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Grants		DfE
ENCA	Evaluation National Curriculum Assessment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ENIC	European Network of Information Centres	UK NARIC was the UK's National Agency responsible for providing information and opinion on academic, vocational and professional qualifications from across the world. As the National Agency, managed on behalf of the UK Government, UK NARIC provide the only official source of information on international education and training systems and qualifications and skills attained outside the UK. UK ENIC is the UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualific...	DfE
ENT	Electronic Notification Template
ENTO	Employment National Training Organisation		DfE
EO	Executive Officer	A Grade within the Civil Serice	Civil Service Wide
EO	Executive Order		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
EO (civil service grade)	Executive Officers		DfE
EOA	Examination Officers Association	The International Examination Officers' Association (iEOA) has evolved from its foundation organisation the Examination Officers' Association (EOA) founded by Andrew Harland with a number of other teaching exam officers back in 2000. That lobby group transformed the EOA into a professional body to help represent the exams officer community in 2005 when it was registered as a charity and not-for-profit organisation. The iEOA like its predecessor remains the only independent professional organi...	DfE
EOC	Equal Opportunities Commission	Ceased to exist on 31 March 2009. Was subsumed into the Equality and Human Rights Commission.	DfE
EOC	Equal Opportunities Commission		DfE
EOF	Employment Opportunities Fund	An interdepartmental fund to support the achievement of the government's welfare to work objectives.Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2001). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2001-02 to 2003-04 and Main Estimates 2001-02 Cm 5102. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101510225]	DfE
EOI	Expression of Interest		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
EOI	Expression of Interest		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EOI	Expression of Interest		DLUHC
EOP	Employer Ownership Programme		DfE
EOTAS	Education Otherwise than at School	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EP (educational)	Educational Psychologists	Educational Psychologists (EPs) have a primary role in statutory assessments but they also have an important role in early identification and intervention.	DfE
EP (parliament)	European Parliament		DfE
EPAS	Educational Performance Analysis System	Educational Performance Analysis System (EPAS) is a software system produced by the National Consortium for Examination Results (NCER). EPAS imports pupil performance data from the University of Bath and provides analysis of GCSE, A Level data and Key Stage data matched to GCSE.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EPIC	Education Policy Information Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EPICK	Event, Problem, Incident, Continual Service Improvement and Knowledge Team		MoJ
EPMA	Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration		NHSx	Org Wide
EPMO	Electronic Project Management Office (PMO reporting tool)		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EPoA	Enduring Power of Attorney		MoJ
EPPE	Effective Provision of Pre-school Education	1997-2004 Longitudinal research project funded by the DfES (2001-2007)	DfE
EPPE 3-11	Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 project	EPPE 3-11 is an extension of the original EPPE research.	DfE
EPPSE	Effective Pre-school Primary and Secondary Education project	1997-2014 In 1997 Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE) was instigated as the UKs first major study to focus on the effectiveness of early years education. More than 3,000 children were assessed at the start of pre-school (at approximately three years old) and their development monitored as they entered school until they made their post-16 education, training or employment choices. Children were assessed at the start of the study and on entering school at primary ages ...	DfE
EPR	End of Project review
EPR	End of Posting Review		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
EPSI&RD	Early Primary School Improvement and Research Development Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EPSO	European Personnel Selection Office		DfE
EPSRC	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EPSRC is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than 800 million a year in a broad range of subjects - from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.Source: {EPSRC|https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
EPWG	Educational Psychologists Working Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
EQA	External quality assurance		DfE
EQIA	Equality impact assessments		DfE
EQUIP	Excellence and Quality in Probation Processes		MoJ
ER	Evidence Requirements
ER (employer)	Employer Responsive	Employer Responsive Business Definition DEFINITION 1. One of three demand led models used to calculate funding, the Employer Responsive Model supports provision driven by employer choice, encompassing Train To Gain, Apprenticeships for Adults (over 19) and Further Education (FE) provision delivered on employers' premises. DETAILED DESCRIPTION 2. The model covers all employer-facing activity, including Skills for Life, Level 2, Level 3 and above and Adult Apprenticeships. 3. Skills brokers pla...	DfE
ER (rollout)	Early Rollout		DfE
ERA 1988	Education Reform Act 1988		DfE
ERASMUS	EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students		DfE
ERCC	Employer Contributions Collection		DfE
ERD	Entity Relationship Diagram		DfE
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund		DfE
ERG	Efficiency and Reform Group (part of CO)
ERG (departmental organisational unit)	Efficiency and Reform Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ERG (external reviews)	External reviews of governance	A review of governance looks at how well your schools governing body is working. An external system leader works with your chair of governors to improve the performance of the governing body.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/reviews-of-school-governance} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
eRGF	Exceptional Regional Growth Fund		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ERIC			MoJ
ERNAPE	European Research Network about Parents in Education	ERNAPE is the European Research Network about Parents in Education. It is an association of networks organised by areas. Each network is autonomous. In October 1993, with financial support from the European Commission, a group of researchers working in the field of parents in education in different parts of Europe met in Glasgow to discuss how to increase contact across Europe, to exchange knowledge of research developments in Europe and to stimulate research about parents in education at all...	DfE
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning		MoJ
ERR (employment)	Employment Rights and Responsibilities		DfE
ERR (reading)	Early Reading Research		DfE
ERS	Early Removal Scheme		MoJ
ERSED	Early Removal Scheme Eligibility Date		MoJ
ES	Employment Service
ES	Employment Service		DfE
ESA	Employment and Support Allowance		DWP
ESA	End of Scheme Assessment		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
ESA (C)	Employment and Support Allowance (Contributory)		DWP
ESA (IR)	Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)		DWP
ESAC	Select Committee on Education Science and the Arts		DfE
ESARD (departmental organisational unit)	Education Standards Analysis and Research Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
ESCOM	Employment Services Communications System	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
ESCS	Education Skills and Childrens Services		DfE
ESCS ISB	Education Skills and Childrens Services Information Standards Board		DfE
ESD (departmental organisational unit)	Education Standards Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
ESD (electronic)	Electronic Service Delivery	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ESD (sustainable)	Education for Sustainable Development	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ESF	European Social Fund		DWP / MHCLG
ESF	European Social Fund	The European Social Fund (ESF) was created under the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to improve job opportunities by promoting employment and increasing the geographical and occupational mobility of workers across the six founding Member States. They were France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Over the years ESF has experienced many changes. Social and economic evolution, the changing nature of EU policies, and enlargement have all played their part in how ESF operates today...	DfE
ESF	European Social Fund	Provides funding via the CFO to provide additional services to offenders	MoJ
ESFA	Education and Skills Funding Agency	The Education Funding Agency and Skills Funding Agency are to merge to become one body, the Secretary State for Education announced today (Tuesday 28 March 2017). The new, single funding agency - to be called the Education and Skills Funding Agency - will sit within the Department for Education and begin to operate from April 2017.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentewsew-agency-to-provide-joined-up-education-and-skills-funding} accessed 2017-03-31	DfE
ESFL	English for speakers of foreign languages		DfE
ESG	Education Support Grants		DfE
ESGE	Expenditure Steering Group (Education)		DfE
ESL	English as a Second Language		DfE
ESLT	Extended Senior Leadership Team		DfE
ESO (education)	Education Services Officers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ESO (supervision)	Education supervision orders		DfE
ESOL	English for Speakers of Other Languages		DfE
ESP (education)	Education Support Partnership		DfE
ESP (employability)	Employability Skills Programme		DfE
ESR	Electronic Staff Record (NHSE/I)		NHSx	Org Wide
ESRC	Economic and Social Research Council	ESRC is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. They support independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and civil society. We [ESRC] are a non-departmental public body (NDPB) established by Royal Charter in 1965.Source: {ESRC|http://www.esrc.ac.uk/about-us/what-we-do/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
ESRT (departmental organisational unit)	Education Standards Research Team	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
ESS	Education Standard Spending	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ESSA	Education Standard Spending Assessments		DfE
ESW	Educational Social Workers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ET	Executive Team		Not Limited to CS
ET	Executive Team
ET	Employment Tribunal	Also stands for 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial', a 1982 sci-fi movie about a loveable alien.	MoJ
ET	RPA Executive Team		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
ETD	Early Transfer Date		MoJ
ETDA	Education and Training Development Agenda	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ETE	Education, Training & Employment		MoJ
ETF	Education and Training Foundation	The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) was established in October 2013. The ETF receives grant funding of just under 23m from BIS, DfE and MOJ. In addition, we generate commercial income and receives additional grants from a variety of sources. We (ETF) are owned by the FE and training sector. On behalf of the whole sector, three Founder Members appoint the majority of our board. The Founder members are the Association of Colleges (AoC), the Association of Employment and Learning Provide...	DfE
ETF	Evaluation Task Force	The Evaluation Task Force (ETF), a joint Cabinet Office (CO) and His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) unit, was set up following the 2020 Spending Review to improve people’s lives by ensuring robust evidence on the effectiveness of policies and programmes sits at the heart of government spending decisions.	Cabinet Office	Delivery Group
ETF	Evaluation Task Force		Cabinet Office	Delivery Group
ETF (environmental)	Environmental Task Force	1997-? One of four options for young people on the New Deal where the long-term unemployed elected to do six months environmental work to benefit the community. In so doing, they received training and acquire the job skills required by future employers.	DfE
ETF (European)	European Training Foundation		DfE
ETG (departmental organisational unit)	Education and Training Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
ETL	Extract, Transform & Load		MoJ
ETP	Employer Training Pilots	2002-05. Launched by the Treasury in September 2002 with six pilots in different areas of England. Expanded to 18 pilots between 2003 and 2004. Superseded by the National Employers Training Programme. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05 Employer Training Pilots (ETPs) offered subsidised training to small and medium-sized enterprises to help them develop their workforces. The ETPs were launched in September 2002 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Led by the Learni...	DfE
ETS	Enhanced Thinking Skills	A course that prisoner can do to to address the attitudes and thought patterns that may of contributed to their offending	MoJ
EU	European Union		Civil Service Wide
EU	European Union		DfE
EU-TCA	EUROPEAN TRADE CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT		DIT
EUA	Emergency Use Authorisation		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
EUI	European University Institute		DfE
EUIT	European International Trade		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EURES	European Employment Services	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
EUV+	existing use value plus	To define land value for any viability assessment, a benchmark land value should be established on the basis of the existing use value (EUV) of the land, plus a premium for the landowner. The premium for the landowner should reflect the minimum return at which it is considered a reasonable landowner would be willing to sell their land. The premium should provide a reasonable incentive, in comparison with other options available, for the landowner to sell land for development while allowing a ...	DLUHC
EVAST	Environmental value scenario tool	Defra funded consortium in collaboration with UKCEH and modelling partners	Defra
EVL	Electronic Vehicle License
EVS	European Voluntary Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-03	DfE
EWO	Education Welfare Officers		DfE
EWS	Education welfare service		DfE
ExCo	Executive Committee		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ExCo	Executive Comity Board	Permanent Secutary and Director Generals (6 of).	MoJ
ExCo	Executive Committee		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
EXHIBIT	See XHIBIT		MoJ
EXISS	Exchange Integration Services Stream		MoJ
Extradition	only registered solicitor can go		MoJ
EY	Early Years	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EYC	Early years census	Collects information about private, voluntary and independent Early Years Settings with children in receipt of funded places.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-census} accessed 2015-06-02	DfE
EYDCCP	Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships	1997-?. Convened by LEAs to bring together all the parties (including schools and other providers, parents, employers and colleges) to develop early education and childcare services in their areas and to draw up, implement and monitor their annual plans.	DfE
EYDCP	Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships	1997-?. Convened by LEAs to bring together all the parties (including schools and other providers, parents, employers and colleges) to develop early education and childcare services in their areas and to draw up, implement and monitor their annual plans.	DfE
EYDP	Early Years Development Plan		DfE
EYFS	Early Years Foundation Stage	A comprehensive statutory framework that sets the standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to five. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-foundation-stage} accessed 2015-06-02 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-05 The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework was launched on 13 March 2007 and became effective from September 2008. The Childcare Act 2006 provides the legislative basis for the establis...	DfE
EYFSP	Early Years Foundation Stage Profile	A way of summing up each child's progress and learning needs at the end of the foundation stage, for most children the end of the reception year in primary school.	DfE
EYNFF	Early Years National Funding Formula		DfE
EYPP	Early Years Pupil Premium		DfE
EYPS	Early Years Professional Status	Early Years Professional Status is no longer available and was replaced by Early Years Teacher Status in 2013. Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is a programme to provide graduate practitioners with the skills to lead high quality practice in Early Years.	DfE
EYR	Early Years Register	Established by the Childcare Act 2006, a register for childcare for children up to the age of 5. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 The Early Years Register (EYR) replaced the existing Ofsted registration arrangements for childcare (for children from birth to five) from September 2008. The EYR has been introduced alongside the Ofsted Childcare Register as part of the new arrangements introduced under the Childcare Act 2006. The EYR will be compulsory for most ...	DfE
EYSG (departmental organisational unit)	Early Years and Schools Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-	DfE
EYSPI	Early Years Starting Points Indicators	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
EYTS	Early years teacher status		DfE
EZ	Employment Zones	September 1998-unknown. Employment Zones was a programme offering practical support to Jobseekers Allowance customers, lone parents and people getting Pension Credit. Employment Zones were run in the following areas: Brent and Haringey, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sefton and Tower Hamlets and Newham.	DfE
F&S	Forecasting and Scheduling Officer
F2050	prisoner core record	protected characteristics and case information	MoJ
F2F	Face to Face [meeting]		DfE
FA	Finance Act
FA	Financial Assessor
FA	Fixed Amount
FA	Fraud Act
FA	Factual Report
FAB	Federation of Awarding Bodies	FAB was initially formed in 2000 by the four largest vocational awarding bodies, namely: City & Guilds Edexcel Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board (OCR) The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations Board (LCCIEB)Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FALA	Find a legal advisor	Public-facing service that allows people to find a legal advisor who holds a contract with the LAA	MoJ
FAM	Financial Appraisal and Monitoring	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FAMIS	Fraud and Management Information Service
FAnGR	Farm Animal Genetic Resources Committee
FAO (families)	Family Assistance Order	A Family Assistance Order is made by a judge or magistrate to help families when parents split up.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FAP	Fair Access Protocols	The purpose of Fair Access Protocols is to ensure that - outside the normal admissions round - unplaced children, especially the most vulnerable, are found and offered a place quickly, so that the amount of time any child is out of school is kept to the minimum. This is why every local authority is required to have in place a Fair Access Protocol, developed in partnership with local schools.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fair-access-protocols-in-school-admissions} ...	DfE
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions		Not Limted to CS
FAR	Fixed Asset Register
FAS	Funding Agency for Schools	The Funding Agency for Schools was an executive Non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up by the Department for Education. It was established on 1 April 1994. (DES Press Notice 88/94 contains its remit letter). For the setting up of the FAS see the Education Act 1993. The Funding Agency for Schools (FAS) was responsible for calculating and paying grants to the governing bodies of Grant Maintained Schools which were provided for under the Education Reform Act 1988. It also monitored the finan...	DfE
FASNA	Foundation and Aided Schools National Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FAT	Field Assurance Testing
FATE	Find Answers to Enquiries	2020- Internally facing departmental system which is a replacement for The Knowledge briefing sheets. Was briefly known as Project Athena (January-March 2020).	DfE
FBC	Full Business Case	In reference to the The Five Case Model: Full Business Case (FBC) – building on the OBC, taking the chosen option through procurement, putting in place delivery plans and providing the final detailed costing of the scheme. http://www.qafileshare.com/mcw/PCR/PPM/BBCF/DG_01_PPMBBCF-PCR_FiveCaseModelOverview.pdf	Civil Service Wide
FBP	Finance Business Partner		Civil Service Wide	Finance
FBP	Finance Business Partners		DfE
FBS	Feeder Benefit Systems
FCA	Forgery and Counterfeiting Act
FCA	Financial Conduct Authority	The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the United Kingdom government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry.	MoJ
FCAP	Finance and Commercial Assurance Panel		NHSx	Org Wide
FCDO	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	2 September 2020 - Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID) Merged	FCDO
FCERM	Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management		Defra Group	Environment Agency
FCO	Foreign and Commonwealth Office	See FCDO	FCDO
FCO	Foreign and Commonwealth Office		MoJ
FCOS	Foreign and Commonwealth Office Services	A trading fund of the FCO. Providers of IL2 and IL3 web hosting	MoJ
FCRM	Flood and Coastal Risk Management		Defra Group	Environment Agency
FCT	Family and Childcare Trust		DfE
FCTLW	Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work		DfE
FDA	US Food and Drug Administration		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
FDAC	Family Drug and Alcohol Courts	Family Drug and Alcohol Courts This project provides a problem solving approach to care proceedings, where a team of substance misuse specialists, domestic violence experts, psychiatrists and social workers carry out an early assessment and agree an intervention plan with parents who come before the court in care proceedings. Once in proceedings, parents begin a trial for change, supported by the specialist team and with regular meetings with the judge, who reviews the progress being made as ...	DfE
FDF	Foundation Degree Forward	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FE	Further education		DfE
FEAP	Further Education Application Portal		DfE
FEC (colleges)	Further education colleges		DfE
FEC (commissioner)	Further Education Commissioner	The role of the FE Commissioner is set out in Rigour and Responsiveness in Skills (April 2013). He will provide advice to ministers and the chief executives of the funding agencies on the action necessary to secure swift improvement. He can call on the support of the FE Advisers, who bring with them a range of skills and expertise in financial recovery, change management and curriculum design.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentewsew-fe-commissioner-to-tackle-poor-performing-fe-colle...	DfE
FECDF	Further Education Competitiveness and Development Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FECF	Further Education Collaboration Fund	November 1997/unknown. The Fund aimed to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of further education and post-16 provision generally by encouraging collaboration in order to promote mergers and rationalisation, and to improve responsiveness and skill needs.	DfE
FECRDU	Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit		DfE
FED	Fraud Error and Debt		DWP
FED	Future Engage Deliver	FED is the leadership framework that DfE has adopted to support our culture change and to give us ideas and concepts which can help us to build our leadership capability at every grade in our department from EA to SCS (Senior Civil Service).Source: DfE accessed 2019-08-01	DfE
FEDA	Further Education Development Agency	FEDA was renamed the Learning and Skills Development Agency in November 2000 to reflect its widened role across the learning and skills sector. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FEDP	Fraud Error and Debt Programme		DWP
FEE	Free Early Entitlement		DfE
FEESS	Further Education Early Student Statistics		DfE
FEFC	Further Education Funding Council	The Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFC) was a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up on 1 April 1993. It distributed funding to Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges in England which had formerly been run by Local Education Authorities (LEAs) or voluntary bodies. FEFC was sponsored by the Department for Education and Employment. FEFC was created by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, following the white paper "Education and Training for the 21st Century". HMSO,...	DfE
FEFM	Further education free meals	Advice to help institutions meet the requirement to provide free meals to disadvantaged 16 to 18 year old students in further education (FE).Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-free-meals-advice-for-fe-institutions} accessed 2015-07-20	DfE
FEIB (departmental organisational unit)	Further Education Inspectorate Branch		DfE
FELL	Families, Early Learning and Literacy Research Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FENTO	Further Education National Training Organisation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FEO	Finance Executive Officer
FEPEP	Further Education Procurement Efficiency Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FEPS	Fraud and Error Prevention Service (CFCD Interventions since 2017)
FERL	Further Education Resources for Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FERN	Further Education Research Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FERSG	Further Education Reputation Strategy Group		DfE
FES	Fraud and Error Service (part of CFCD since 2017)
FES	Fish Export Service		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
FESD	Further Education System Data [Programme]		DfE
FESR	Further Education Statistical Records		DfE
FEU	Further Education Unit	This was a special unit set up by the Department of Education and Science in January 1977 as the Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit It was a major contributor to curriculum development throughout the further education service. (This was announced on 20 December 1976 in a press notice.) It produced reports and shared offices in Elizabeth House. After January 1983 its name was changed to Further Education Unit and it was changed into a limited company. It commissioned and ...	DfE
FEXIT	Further Education EXIT Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FF	Further Forces	In partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation [and the Education and Training Foundation], Further Forces is a scheme to retrain 210 Armed Forces Service Leavers to teach technical subjects, including Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) in the Further Education (FE) and Skills Sector. Service Leavers are supported to find employment, allocated a subject specialist mentor and experience high quality learning experiences while on their fully funded teacher training programme which ...	DfE
FF	Forward Funding		DLUHC
FFC	Future Farming & Countryside Program		Defra	Future Farming
FFCP	Future Farming and Countryside Programme		Defra
FFCP	Future Farming and Countryside Programme		Defra	Future Farming
FfE	Framework for Excellence for the further education system	A new all-inclusive and radical approach to managing performance across the learning and skills sector. It was driven by the LSC Agenda for Change and the Further Education White Paper. Launched 2007.	DfE
FFEP	Family Friendly Employment Project	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FG (departmental organisational unit)	Families Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
FGC	Family Group Conferences	This project puts families at the heart of making safe decisions and plans for children that are at immediate risk of being taken into care. Children and young people are involved in the conference along with their wider family network, and often supported by an advocate from outside the family. Together, a plan is agreed by all those involved and families agree to meet again to assess how well the plan is going and make the changes necessary to protect children.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.go...	DfE
FGM	Female genital mutilation	Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in the UK. Its also illegal to take a British national or permanent resident abroad for FGM or to help someone trying to do this. FGM is any procedure thats designed to alter or injure a girls (or womans) genital organs for non-medical reasons. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/female-genital-mutilation} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
FHEQ	Framework for Higher Education Qualifications	Applies to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards granted by a university or higher education college (apart from honorary degrees and higher doctorates). The FHEQ broadly corresponds with levels 4 to 8 of the National Qualifications Framework, in terms of the demands the qualifications place on learners.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
FI	Fraud Investigator
FI	Financial Investigator
FIA	Financial Investigator Assistant
FIP	Family intervention projects	Takes a whole family approach to help solve issues such as poor physical and mental health, domestic violence, substance misuse, a lack of basic and life skills and behavioural problems.	DfE
FIS			MoJ
FIT	Feed-in-Tariff	Feed-in-Tariff renewable electricity scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
FITB	Film Industry Training Board		DfE
FITS	Future IT Sourcing Programme	or is the S 'sourcing'? Yes	MoJ
FIU	Financial Investigation Unit
FL	Flexible learning		DfE
FLA	Foreign Language Assistant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FLC	Flexible Learning Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FLO	Family Liaison Officer		MoJ
FLS	Frontline Services
FLS	Future Leaders Scheme		DfE
FLS	Future Leaders’ Scheme		Cabinet Office	FSET
FLSM	Frontline Line Service Management
FLT	Foundation Learning Tier	Used to describe Entry level and Level 1 qualifications in the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), operating in England only. Its overall aim is to reform provision for all learners working towards Entry level and Level 1 qualifications.	DfE
FM	Finance Manager
FM (facilities)	Facilities management		DfE
FM (marriage)	Forced marriage	A marriage conducted without the valid consent of both people, where pressure or abuse is used.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/forced-marriage} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
FMA	Foundation Modern Apprenticeship	Foundation Modern Apprenticeship (but not Foundation Modern Apprentice)	DfE
FMB	Functional Mailbox		MoJ
FMD	Falsified Medicines Directive		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
FMDS	Financial Management Development Scheme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FMI	Five Minute Intervention	Prisons	MoJ
FMSiS	Financial Management Standard in Schools	Michael Gove, then Secretary of State for Education announced the decision on 15 November 2010 to end FMSiS with immediate effect and develop a simpler standard as a replacement. Links/Further Information Source: {DfE Website|http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/financialmanagemen} accessed 2019-05-07Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FMSP	Further Mathematics Support Programme (2005-2018)	20052018 The key aim of the FMSP is to increase the number of students studying further mathematics A level. Funding is used to target schools and colleges where no students are currently taking further mathematics, providing support to improve and extend their mathematics provision.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/25m-to-help-boost-number-of-pupils-studying-further-maths-a-level} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
FNA	Future needs Assessment
FNC	First Night Centre	Prisons	MoJ
FNP	Foreign National Prison or Foreign National Prisoner	Prisons	MoJ
FNPP	Family Nurse Partnership Programme	A preventive programme for young first time mothers. It offers intensive and structured home visiting, delivered by specially trained nurses (Family Nurses), from early pregnancy until the child is two. This is a Department of Health scheme	DfE
FNtI	Financial notices to improve (academies)		DfE
FO	Finance Officer
FOC	Full Operating Capability		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
FOH	Front of House		DWP
FOI	Freedom of Information		NHSx	Org Wide
FOI	Freedom of information		DfE
FoI	Freedom of Information		Civil Service Wide
FOI	Freedom Of Information		MoJ
FOI	Freedom of Information		DLUHC
FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
FOT	First Of Type		NHSx	Org Wide
FPA	Fraud Partnership Agreement
FPBS	FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES		DIT
FPMF	FITS Programme Management Framework	This was part of the overall governance framework for FITS.	MoJ
FPMT	Finance and Performance Management Team
FPRC	Family Procedure Rules Committee	The Family Procedure Rule Committee (FPRC) makes rules of court that govern the practice and procedure followed in family proceedings in the High Court and family court.FPRC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.	MoJ
FPU (departmental organisational unit)	Funding Policy Unit		DfE
FRA	Full Roll-Out Approval		NHSx	Org Wide
FRAIMS	Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System
FRC	Financial Reporting Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FRESA	Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action	The Frameworks for Regional Employment and Skills Action (FRESA) were commissioned by the Government in 2001. They are plans, developed and led by Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and their partners, to tackle the skills and employment needs of regional economies. Each region has its own FRESA, drawn up by the RDA in partnership with employers, trade unions and others.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FRET	Fundamental Review of Education and Training		DfE
FRF	Fraud Referral Form
FRP	Full Record Print
FRPS	Financial Resources and Payment for Services		MoJ
FRRP	Financial Reporting Review Panel	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FRS	Family Resources Survey		DfE
FRU (departmental organisational unit)	Flexible Resource Unit		DfE
FS	Foundation stage	3-5 year olds.	DfE
FS	Foreign Secretary		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
FSA	Financial Services Authority	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FSB	Federation of Small Businesses	The Federation of Small Businesses is the UK's largest campaigning pressure group promoting and protecting the interests of the self-employed and owners of small firms. Formed in 1974.Source: {FSB website|http://www.fsb.org.uk/} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
FSC (contracts)	Future Service Contracts		DfE
FSC (departmental organisational unit)	Free Schools Capital Directorate		DfE
FSCM	Forensic Services Contract Management
FSD	Financial Services Division
FSD (departmental organisational unit)	Free Schools Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-	DfE
FSET	Fast Stream & Early Talent		Civil Service Wide
FSG (departmental organisational unit)	Free Schools Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2016-2018	DfE
FSM	Free school meals		DfE
FSMever6	Ever 6 FSM	Ever 6 FSM The pupil premium for 2017 to 2018 will include pupils recorded in the January 2017 school census who are known to have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) since May 2011, as well as those first known to be eligible at January 2017.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018} accessed 2018-04-17	DfE
FSP	Foundation Stage Profile	Introduction The Foundation Stage Profile is a way of summing up a child's progress and learning across the six areas of learning at the end of the foundation stage. The profile is made up of 13 scales based on the early learning goals and stepping stones set out in Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage. The Foundation Stage Profile Handbook provides guidance for practitioners on how to make assessments on the basis of their observations and knowledge of the whole child. Recording atta...	DfE
FSPG	Funding Stream Period Group		DfE
FSRO (civil service grade)	Fast Stream Research Officers	Also known as HEO(D)	DfE
FST	Financial Secretary to the Treasury
FSU	Fraud Support Unit
FSWO	Future Service Work Order		DfE
FT	Full-time		DfE
FT	Fast track	The route followed by a claim with a value of between £10,000 and £25,000.	HMCTS
FT	Financial Transactions		DLUHC
FTA	FREE TRADE AGREEMENT		DIT
FTA	Failed to Attend
FTA	Fair treatment ambassador		DfE
FTA	Fixed Term Appointments		Civil Service Wide
FTA	Free Trade Agreement	A free trade agreement is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them.	DBT
FTC			MoJ
FTE	Full-time equivalent		Not Limited to CS
FTE (exclusions)	Fixed term exclusions		DfE
FTE (staffing)	Full-time equivalent	FTE (Full-time equivalent) is used for comparison and funding purposes. Numbers of part-time students and staff are converted to full-time equivalents. This is because a direct head-count is often a poor indication of the actual volume of activity. Example In this example the normal working week is 36 hours Three part-time workers work 18 hours per week and another three part-time workers work 12 hours per week. The headcount is therefore 6. To calculate the FTE add up all the hours worked:...	Civil Service Wide
FTET	Full-time Education and Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07	DfE
FTR	Fixed Term Recall		MoJ
FTRS	Full Time Reserve Service	A member of the Army Reserve who is temporarily employed full time	MoD
FtT	First tier Tribunal
FTT	Fast Track Teaching programme	Closed on 31 August 2009. Fast Track Teaching was an accelerated leadership programme designed for classroom teachers in the early stages of their careers, who demonstrated the potential to rapidly progress into senior leadership positions. Source: The National College as at 2012-05-14 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-07 The Fast Track Teaching programme was one of a number of reforms designed to modernise the teaching profession, announced in the 1998 Green Paper...	DfE
FTW	For The Win		MoJ
FVTD	Free Vehicle Tax Disc
FWA	Family Welfare Association		DfE
FWAS	Flexible Working Ambassador Schools	The Department for Education (DfE) is looking to recruit 8 flexible working ambassador schools across England. Each flexible working ambassador school will receive a grant of 30,000 per year for 2 years to increase flexible working in schools. They will be expected to do this by: * improving the policies, practice and culture around flexible working by providing peer support for headteachers within local and other networks * increasing the likelihood of flexible working requests being accepte...	DfE
FY	FINANCIAL YEAR		DIT
FY	Financial Year		DfE
FYI	For your Infomation		Not Limted to CS
FYSNG (departmental organisational unit)	Foundation Years and Special Needs Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
G&T	Gifted and talented		DfE
G2G	GOVERNMENT TO GOVERMENT		DIT
G5 (civil service grade)	Grade 5		DfE
G6	Grade 6		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
G6 (civil service grade)	Grade 6		DfE
G6/G7	Grade 6 and Grade 7	A Grade within the Civil Serice	Civil Service Wide
G7	Grade 7 / Annual summit of leading economies (UK chairs 2021)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
G7 (civil service grade)	Grade 7	Team Leaders	DfE
GA	Guardian’s Allowance
GaaP	Government as a Platform	Collective name for the tools developed by government to help departments deliver digital services.	Civil Service Wide	DDaT
GAD	Government Actuary's Department
GAD	Genesis Activation Device
GAG	General Annual Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
GAL	Global Address List		Not Limted to CS
GAL	Global Address List		MoJ
GALRO	Guardian Ad Litem and Reporting Officers		DfE
GAP	Government Assurance Panel		DLUHC
GAPS			MoJ
GARS	Gilliam Autism Rating Scale	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
GAVI	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation	A public–private global health partnership committed to increasing access to immunisation in poor countries. Once a vaccine is ready, GAVI will work to make it available in low income countries.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GB	Great Britain		Not Limted to CS
GB (governing)	Governing Bodies		DfE
GBR	Graduate Basis for Registration		DfE
GBS	Government Banking Service		MoJ
GCE	General Certificate of Education	Introduced in 1951 to replace the School Certificate. Replaced in 1988 by GCSEs. In 1943 the Secondary Schools Examinations Council produced a report called "Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools" known as the Norwood Report. (Source `Examinations' by RJ Montgomery.) The Ministry of Education responded in Circular 103 and commissioned the Secondary Schools Examination Council to produce further guidance. In 1947 they produced a report "Examinations in Secondary Schools", which the ...	DfE
GCF	Government Commercial Function	The Government Commercial Function is a cross-government network procuring or supporting the procurement of goods and services for the government.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-commercial-function} accessed 2019-12-23	Cabinet Office
GCFP (Corporate Finance)	Government Corporate Finance Profession	Government Corporate Finance Profession aims to get the best value for the taxpayer by ensuring government has access to high quality corporate finance advice.Source accessed 2021-05-17	Civil Service Wide
GCFP (Counter Fraud)	Government Counter Fraud Profession	We are a network of experts implementing standards of counter-fraud activity in government. Source accessed 2021-05-17	Civil Service Wide
GCO	Government Commercial Organisation	The Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) is the employer of senior commercial professionals, at Grade 7 and above, within the Government Commercial Function (GCF).Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-commercial-organisation} accessed 2019-12-23	Civil Service Wide
GCS	Government Communication Service	Government Communication Service supports all professional communicators across government to gain the skills and knowledge they need to carry out their roles.Source accessed 2021-05-17	Civil Service Wide
GCSE	General Certificate of Secondary Education	Introduced in 1988 to replace GCE O Levels and CSEs. Further information from The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26: Background In 1976 the Schools Council recommended that the GCE and CSE examinations be replaced with a common system of examining at 16+. In 1977 the Department of Education and Science (DES) set up a Steering Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir James Waddell. In July 1978 it produced a report called "School Examinations". Cmnd 7281 (HMSO, 1978). The government accepted the re...	DfE
GDA	Grant Declaration Agreement		DLUHC
GDN	Group Delivery Network
GDP	Gross domestic product		Civil Service Wide
GDP	Good Distribution Pratices		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulations		DfE
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GDS	Government Digital Service		Cabinet Office
GDS	Government Digital Service		MoJ
GDS	Government Digital Service		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
GDSC	Government Data Standards Catalogue		DfE
GE	General election		Civil Service Wide
GEC	Group Executive Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
GEF	GENERAL EXPORT FACILITY		DIT
GeL	Genomics England (Limited)		DHSC
GEO	Government Equalities Office		DfE
GEP	General Expenditure Policy
GES	Government Economic Service	A career in economics can touch on virtually any aspect of life and business. Being a government economist in the Government Economic Service is not just a question of analysing figures. It is work that sees you closely involved in important current issues and helping shape government policy.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GES	Government Economic Service		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GEST	Grants for Education Support and Training	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
GFA	Grant Funding Agreement	Effectively the contract for Grants Funding	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GFA	Grant Funding Agreements		DLUHC
GFEC	General FE Colleges	General Further Education colleges (GFECs) deliver academic and vocational/occupational courses at levels 1, 2 and 3, as well as basic adult skills provision. There were 199 GFECs in England at the end of August 2007. The average GFEC has around 9,000 LSC-funded learners, the largest has 40,000 and the smallest just 500. Of the 2.8 million LSC-funded learners enrolled in General FE and Tertiary Colleges in 2005/06, the majority (2 million - 70%) were adults studying part-time. GFECs are also...	DfE
GFF	Government Finance Function		Civil Service Wide	Finance
GGL	Green Gas Levy	Levy for Green Gas Support Scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
GGSS	Green Gass Support Scheme	Replacement for Domestic Renewable Heat scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
GI	Cheque		Not Limted to CS
GIAA	Government Internal Audit Agency	The Government Internal Audit Agency helps government departments to manage public money effectively by developing better governance, risk management and internal controls.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-internal-audit-agency/about} accessed 2019-08-29	DfE
GIAA	Government Internal Audit Agency		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GIAA	Government Internal Audit Agency		DLUHC
GIAP	Get information about pupils		DfE
GIAS	Get information about schools	This is a register of schools and colleges in England. You can search for and download information on establishments, establishment groups or governors. Schools, local authorities and academy trusts can also update details by signing in to their Secure Access account. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/} accessed 2017-11-30	DfE
GIF	Growth Investment Fund		DfE
GIO	Group Infrastructure and Operations		Defra Group	DDTS
GIO	Group Infrastructure & Operations		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
GIRR	Government Information Risk Return		MoJ
GIS	GREEN INVESTMENT SUMMIT		HMT
GIS	phe		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GKIM	Government Knowledge and Information Management	GKIM Profession supports qualified civil servants who enable the creation, organisation and exploitation of information and knowledge.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GL	General ledger		MoJ
GLA	Greater London Authority	The Greater London Authority, known colloquially as City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of London, with jurisdiction over both the City of London and the ceremonial county of Greater London.	Not Limited to CS
GLA	Greater London Authority		DfE
GLD	Government Legal Department		Civil Service Wide	Legal
GLD (level)	Good Level of Development		DfE
GLF	Graduate Leader Fund	The Graduate Leader Fund (GLF) is the Governments main investment in improving the quality of the early years workforce. It is central to raising standards and will help embed the culture of continuous quality improvement that is necessary to meet the Childcare Act 2006 duty to improve outcomes for all young children and reduce inequalities between them. It is also key to the Governments drive for a world class early years system as set out in the Children's Plan.	DfE
GLH	Guided learning hours	The definition for actual guided learning hours, as set out in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning (ASCL) Act 2009, is the time a person spends a) being taught or given instruction by a lecturer, tutor, supervisor or other appropriate provider of education or training, or b) otherwise participating in education or training under the immediate guidance or supervision of such a person, but does not include time spent on unsupervised preparation or study, whether at home or otherw...	DfE
GLH	Government Land for Housing		DLUHC
GLiMR	Generalised Listing, Management & Registration	GLiMR is a Generalised Listing, Management & Registration multi-jurisdiction Case Management system used by several MoJ sites situated throughout England and Wales, and as well as being accessed by both MoJ/HMCTS staff has a public facing website that feeds directly to the GLiMR Database.	MoJ
GLP	Government Legal Profession	Lawyers in the Government Legal Service provide legal advice to the government and represent it in court proceedings.Source accessed 2021-05-17	Civil Service Wide	Legal
GM	Grant maintained schools	Grant-maintained status was created by the Education Reform Act 1988. They were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government. Phased out by 2000.	DfE
GMC	General Medical Council		DHSC
GMH	Great Minster House	Department for Transport - Head Office	DfT
GMP	Good Manufacturing Practices	The practices required for manufacturers to conform with authorisation and licensing guidelines. Overseen by national regulatory agencies e.g. FDA.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GMP	Guaranteed Maximum Price		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GMPP	Goverment Major Projects Portfolio	"The GMPP encompasses ‘the most complex and strategically significant’ (not to mention ‘high-risk’) projects proposed by government departments. It contains key information about each project, including financial information, a delivery confidence assessment rating – setting out the likelihood of the project being delivered on time and on budget – and a project schedule." - IfG	IPA	Project Delivey
GMS	Generalised Matching Service
GMS (schools)	Grant maintained schools	Grant-maintained status was created by the Education Reform Act 1988. They were state schools in England and Wales between 1988 and 1998 that had opted out of local government control, being funded directly by a grant from central government. Phased out by 2000.	DfE
GMS (status)	Grant Maintained Status	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GMSAC	Grant Maintained Schools Advisory Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GMSCL	Grant Maintained Schools Centre Limited		DfE
GMSF	Greater Manchester Spatial Framework	Bringing in together more than one local authority. GM plans to produce a combined local plan for all 9 LAs. requires unanimous support from all local authorities. If one LA does not agree then plan will not proceed. (Stockport did not agree)	DLUHC
GMSF	Grant Maintained Schools Foundation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GMSLOG	Grant Maintained Schools Legislation Organising Group		DfE
GNVQ	General National Vocational Qualifications	Introduced in 1992, phased out between 2005 and 2007.	DfE
GO	Government Offices	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GO Science	Government Office for Science		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GOGGS	Government Offices Great George Street	London offices, comprised of 1 Horse Guards Road (1HGS) and 100 Parliament Street (100PS). Home to HMT, HMRC, DCMS, CO, CSS.	Civil Service Wide	Office
GORS	Government Operational Research Service	The Government Operational Research Service supports operational research analysts across government, helping them to contribute to policy-making, strategy and operations.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GOTT	Government Office for Technology Transfer	The new 'unit' responsible for the identification and exploitation of HMG Knowledge Assets, as envisioned in the Mackintosh report.	DSIT
GP	General Practitioner		Not Limted to CS
GP	General Practitioners		DfE
GPA	Government Property Agency		DfE
GPA	Government Property Agency		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GPC	Government Procurement Card		DfE
GPC	Government Procurement Card		Civil Service Wide
GPC	Government Procurement Card	Like a credit card, but with additional public sector controls etc. Divisions can use it for small purchases.	MoJ
GPFR	General Practitioners Factual report
GPP (Property Profession)	Government Property Profession	The Government Property Function operates across departments, delivery organisations and agencies. It is a network of over 5,000 members with responsibility for a range of property-related activities.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GPRLS	General Professional Recognition Learning and Skills	The General Professional Recognition Learning and Skills scheme (GPRLS) enables competent and experienced teachers to be recognised as a qualified member of the workforce. It supersedes an earlier Professional Recognition scheme (PRLS), run specifically for experienced but unqualified teachers of Skills for Life subjects. Successful applicants are placed on the Recognition register and become eligible to go on to apply for the status of either Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) or ...	DfE
GPS	Government Procurement Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GRE	Grant Related Expenditure	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GRS	Government Recruitment Service		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GRS	Government Recruitment Service	The organisation that manages recruitment campaigns, ensuring open and fair competition. Previously known as Civil Service Resourcing.	MoJ
GRT	Gypsy, Roma, Traveller		DfE
GRTP	Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes	The Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes (GRTP) offer employment-based training to people aged 24 and over. While following a training plan that leads to Qualified Teacher Status, trainees are employed by schools as qualified or unqualified teachers and paid accordingly. The programmes have proved particularly suitable routes to qualification for mature people with financial responsibilities; for people from ethnic minority groups and for people with previous experience in schools, for ...	DfE
GSA	Girls' Schools Association	The Girls Schools Association [GSA] helps girls and their teachers to flourish. We [GSA] represent the Heads of a diverse range of independent UK girls schools (day and boarding) including many of the top-performing schools in the UK independent sector.Source: {GSA website|https://gsa.uk.com/about/about-the-gsa/} accessed 2021-02-02	DfE
GSB	General Schools Budget		DfE
GSCPP	Government Security Centre People and Physical		MoJ
GSCU	Government Skills and Curriculum Unit	The Government Skills and Curriculum Unit (GSCU) is part of Civil Service HR in the Cabinet Office and focussed on learning across the Civil Service	Cabinet Office	HR
GSE	Government Science and Engineering (Profession)		Civil Service Wide
GSEP	Government Science and Engineering Profession	Government Science and Engineering supports scientists and engineers working in government. Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GSG	Government Statistician Group	The Government Statistician Group (GSG) is the civil service profession for statisticians. The GSG collects, analyses and disseminates official statistics in order to meet the needs of government, business, and the public for trusted, authoritative, relevant and timely statistics, and related analysis and advice.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service-government-statistical-service} accessed 2018-08-22 Subsumed into the Government Statistical Service.	DfE
GSG	Government Security Group	A Business Unit of Cabinet Office	Cabinet Office
GSI	Government Secure Intranet		DfE
GSI	Government Secure Intranet		MoJ
GSR	Government Social Research		DfE
GSS	Government Statistical Service	Government Statistical Service (GSS) is a community for all civil servants working in the collection, production and communication of official statistics.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GSS	Government Statistical Service		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
GST (department)	Group Support Team		DfE
GST (training)	Government Supported Training	Government Supported Training (GST) for young people comprised Advanced Modern Apprenticeships, Foundation Modern Apprenticeships, Life Skills and Other Training for Young People. Until 25 March 2001, GST was funded through Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) and supported by employers. From 26 March 2001, GST was funded through the Learning and Skills Council. The Learning and Skills Council was replaced by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People's Learning Agency in 2010.Source: ...	DfE
GSVQ	General Scottish Vocational Qualification	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-28	DfE
GTC (children)	Gifted and talented children		DfE
GTC (Council)	General Teaching Council	The GTC was established by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998. Its aim was to contribute to improving standards of teaching and the quality of learning, and to maintain and improve standards of professional conduct among teachers. From 1st April 2012 replaced by the Teaching Agency.	DfE
GTCS	General Teaching Council for Scotland	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
GTN	Government Telephony Network
GTP	Graduate Teacher Programme	A teacher training programme designed for graduates. On the GTP people could attain the same qualified teacher status often awarded alongside a PGCE while training and working in a paid teaching role. 1998-2012. Closed after academic year 2012/13, replaced by the School Direct Training Programme (salaried), an employment-based route into teaching for high-quality graduates with three or more years career experience.Source: {DfE website|http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/teacher-tra...	DfE
GTTR	Graduate Teacher Training Registry	An admissions service that processed over 50,000 applications each year for full-time and part-time postgraduate teacher training courses. Replaced by UCAS Teacher TrainingSource: {UCAS website|http://www.ucas.com/ucas-teacher-training} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
GUIE	Growing up in England	The GUIE dataset links ONS census 2011 to NPD, ILR and HESA data and enables a more comprehensive understanding of how factors such as family background, school type and geography shape outcomes, which will allow researchers to shine light on what does and doesn't work in supporting children and young people to thrive.Source: Data Directorate 2021-03-30	DfE
GVA	Gross Value Added	Gross value added is the value of output minus the value of intermediate consumption; it is a measure of the contribution to GDP made by an individual producer, industry or sector	DLUHC
GVMS	Goods Vehicle Movement Service		HMRC
GVS	Government Veterinary Services	The Government Veterinary Surgeons (GVS) is a network for veterinarians in the UK public sector. Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
GWS	Government Wide Service		MoJ
GYSP	Get Your State Pension
H&S	Health and safety		DfE
H&S	Health and Safety		Civil Service Wide
HASLOC	Health and safety of learners outside the classroom	Health and safety of learners outside the classroom (HASLOC) guidance provides straightforward advice and useful information for teachers and visits organisers planning off-site activities. The original guidance was published in 1998 and revised in 2002. 2009 consultation Consultation on a second revision was published on 6 November 2009. The new guidance will: help teachers and other staff to keep children safe by outlining their duties and giving helpful advice help cut red tape by providin...	DfE
HASSRA	Health and Social Security Recreational Association		Civil Service Wide
HB	Housing Benefit
HBD	Health and Benefit Division
HBF	Home Building Fund	The Home Building Fund is a flexible source of funding administered by Homes England on behalf of the government. It provides two types of finance: Development loans and Infrastructure loans	DLUHC
HBS	Heritage benefit System
HBT	Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic (bullying)		DfE
HC	Human Challenge		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HCA	Homes and Communities Agency	is the legal name of Homes England (who had a bit of a rebrand recently). https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/17/contents	DLUHC
HCC	Health Care Centre	NHS facility in a prison	MoJ
HCM	Human Challenge Model		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HCP	Health Care Professional		DHSC
HCS	Home Civil Service	All civil servants in UK, Scottish and Welsh governments	Civil Service Wide
HDC	home detention curfew		MoJ
HDCAD	Home Detention Curew Approved Date		MoJ
HDCED	Home Detention Curfew Eligibility Date		MoJ
HDP	Housing Delivery Project		DLUHC
HDT	Housing Delivery Test	The Housing Delivery Test is an annual measurement of housing delivery in the area of relevant plan-making authorities. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-delivery-test	DLUHC
HE	Homes England	Also referred to as 'the agency'	DLUHC
HE	Higher education		DfE
HEA (academy)	Higher Education Academy	Supports the sector in providing the best possible learning experience for all students. Develops and disseminates evidence-informed practice and act as an independent broker to facilitate the sharing of expertise. Source: {HEA website|https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/about} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
HEA (authority)	Higher Education Authority	The HEA leads the strategic development of the Irish higher education and research system with the objective of creating a coherent system of diverse institutions with distinct missions.Source: {HEA website|https://hea.ie/} accessed 2019-06-18	DfE
HEA (home education)	Home Education Advisor	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEAC			Cabinet Office
HEADLAMP	Head Teachers Leadership and Management Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEAFC	Higher Education Active Community Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEAS	Home Education Advisory Service	The Home Education Advisory Service (HEAS) is a national home education charity based in the United Kingdom. It is dedicated to the provision of advice and practical support for families who wish to educate their children at home in preference to sending them to school. HEAS recognises that reliable information should be available for everyone. HEAS was established in 1995 by a group of experienced home educators in order to provide good quality information on both the legal and practical asp...	DfE
HECSU	Higher Education Careers Service Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEE	Health Education England		NHSx	Org Wide
HEFCE	Higher Education Funding Council for England	HEFCE was set up as a non-departmental public body in 1992 following the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Separate councils were established for Wales and Scotland. HEFCE distributed public money for higher education to universities and colleges in England, and ensured that the money was used to deliver the greatest benefit to students and the wider public. This included monitoring the financial health of universities and colleges, that their courses were good quality, and that everyone...	DfE
HEFE (departmental organisational unit)	Higher and Further Education Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-	DfE
HEI (index)	Higher Education Index		DfE
HEI (institutions)	Higher education institutions		DfE
HEIF	Higher Education Innovation Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEIFES	Higher Education in Further Education Students survey		DfE
HEO	Higher Executive Officer		Civil Service Wide
HEO (civil service grade)	Higher Executive Officers		DfE
HEO(D) (civil service grade)	Higher Executive Officers (Development)	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEP	HIGH EXPORT POTENTIAL		DIT
HEPF	Higher Education Progression Framework	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEPI	Higher Education Policy Institute		DfE
HEQC	Higher Education Quality Council		DfE
HERA	Higher Education and Research Act 2017	Source: {Legislation.gov.uk|http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/29/contents/enacted} accessed 2017-05-12	DfE
HERD	Higher Education Regional Development Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HERO (reach out fund)	Higher Education Reach Out Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HERO (research)	Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEROBC	Higher Education Reach-out to Business and the Community Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HESA	Higher Education Statistics Agency		DfE
HESDA	Higher Education Staff Development Agency	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HESES	Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HESMF	Higher Education Senior Managers Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HEVA	Higher Education Volunteering Awards	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HFR	Hospital Factual Report
HGU	Higher Grade User
HIA	Heads of Internal Audit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HIF	Housing Infrastructure Fund	The Housing Infrastructure Fund is a government capital grant programme of up to £2.3 billion, which will help to deliver up to 100,000 new homes in England. Funding will be awarded to local authorities on a highly competitive basis, providing grant funding for new infrastructure that will unlock new homes in the areas of greatest housing demand.	DLUHC
HIG	Housing Investment Grant	Some schemes fail a bid for HIF but are given the grant instead	DLUHC
HIL	Higher Investigations Leader (Criminal and Financial)
HIP (Headship Induction Programme)	Headship Induction Programme	2004/unknown. Induction programme for headteachers.	DfE
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus		DfE
HLBR	High Level Business Requirement
HLD	High Level Design		DfE
HLE	Home Learning Environment		DfE
HLTA	Higher level teaching assistants	Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) work in the school alongside the teacher, providing valuable support for teaching and learning activities. The HLTA programme is available to school support staff in England, who have sought the support of their headteacher and line manager. There are potentially four steps to achieving HLTA status, which are: applying for funding training preparation for assessment assessment HLTAs work under the direction of a teacher on tasks such as working with i...	DfE
HM	Her/His Majesty		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
HMA	Housing Market Area		DLUHC
HMC	Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HMCI	Her/His Majestys Chief Inspector of Schools		DfE
HMCS	Her/His Majesty's Courts Service	See HMCTS	MoJ
HMCTS	Her/His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service		HMCTS
HMCTS	Her/His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service	They prefer ampersand (&) to avoid CATS acronymmiaowPreviously known as Her Majesty's Courts Service before it merged with Tribunals to become HMCTS	MoJ
HMG	Her/His Majesty's Government		DLUHC
HMG	Her/His Majesty's Government		Civil Service Wide
HMG	Her/His Majesty's Government		MoJ
HMI (school)	Her/His Majestys Inspector		DfE
HMICA	Her/His Majesty's Inspectorate of Court Administration	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HMIP	HM Inspectorate of Prisons		DfE
HMIP	Her/His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons	Thematic reviews. Also conduct unanounced prison inspections.	MoJ
Hmo	House in Multiple Occupation	HMO is a term that is used to define accommodation that is owned by a private landlord and shared among a number of people. The acronym stands for a House in Multiple Occupation. There are a range of different types of accommodation that could fall under this definition, depending on how many people are living there and what the living arrangements are. As a general rule, where there are three or more tenants in a property who make up more than one household with shared toilet, bathroom or ki...	DLUHC
HMPPS	HM Prison and Probation Service		MoJ
HMRC	Her/His Majesty's Revenue and Customs		HMRC
HMRC	HM Revenue and Customs		DfE
HMT	Her/His Majesty's Treasury (also known as ‘The Treasury)		NHSx	Org Wide
HMT	Her/His Majesty's Treasury		HMT
HMT	Her/His Majesty's Treasury		DLUHC
HMT	HM Treasury		DfE
HMTC	HER/HIS MAJESTY'S TRADE COMMISSIONER		DIT
HNC	Higher National Certificates		DfE
HND	Higher National Diplomas	A Higher National Diploma (HND) is a higher education qualification in the United Kingdom. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the HND is a BTEC qualification awarded by Edexcel and in Scotland is a Higher National awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. The attainment level is roughly equivalent to second year of university, a Diploma of Higher Education but in some cases may be marginally below that of a bachelor's degree. An HND takes two years of full-time study, or one year ...	DfE
HO	Home Office		HO
HO	Home Office		DfE
HO	Home Office	Department responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service (MI5).	MoJ
HOD	Head of Division	Pay band 6a/6b	Charity Commission	Org Wide
HofC	House of Commons		UK Parliament
HofL	House of Lords		UK Parliament
HOIT	Home Office IT		MoJ
HoM	HEAD of MISSION		DIT
HOMD	Head of Offender Management Delivery	An individual who can assign POMs to offenders	MoJ
HoP	Heads of Profession		DfE
HOP	Head of Profession or Houses of Parliament		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HoSEP	Head of Science and Engineering Profession		Civil Service Wide
HOTT	Handover Telephony Tool
HOW	Head of Work
HP	Hire Purchase
HPA	Historic Prisoner Application	When IIS (Inmate Information System - the precursor to Prison-NOMIS) was decommissioned, the data was archived into HPA	MoJ
HPAD	Housing and Planning Analysis Division		DLUHC
HPCF	Healthy pupils capital fund	Healthy pupils capital funding is for improving access to facilities for physical activity, healthy eating, mental health and wellbeing and medical conditions (such as kitchens, dining facilities, changing rooms, playgrounds and sports facilities). This is a one year fund for 2018 to 2019 only. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allocations} accessed 2018-09-09	DfE
HPE	Hewlett Packard Enterprises		Not Limited to CS	DDaT
HPITT	High Potential Initial Teacher Training		DfE
HPO	HIGH POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY		DIT
HPWAR	High Priority Work Available Report
HR	Human Resources		Not Limited to CS	HR, People
HR	Higher Rate		DWP
HR and OD	Human Resources and Organisational Development		NHSx	Org Wide
HRA	Housing Revenue Account	The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is intended to record expenditure and income on running a council’s own housing stock and closely related services or facilities, which are provided primarily for the benefit of the council’s own tenants.	DLUHC
HRA	Human Rights Act
HRA	Health Research Agency		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HRBP	Human Resources Business Partner	Departmental Human Resources (HR) role to assist teams and managers with HR related questions.	DfE
HRBP	Human Resources Business Partner		Civil Service Wide
HRBP	HR Business Partner		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
HRCC	Higher Rate Care Component	Part of DLA Payment	DWP
HRD	Human Resources Director		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HRFNAO	High Risk Food of Non-Animal Origin		Defra
HRMC	Higher Rate Mobility Component	Part of DLA Payment	DWP
HRT	Habitual Residence Test		DWP
HS1	High Speed 1	High Speed 1, legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, is a 67-mile high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.	DLUHC
HS2	High Speed 2	HS2 is a new high speed railway linking up London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland serving over 25 stations, including eight of Britain’s 10 largest cities and connecting around 30 million people. https://www.hs2.org.uk/what-is-hs2/	DLUHC
HS2	High Speed Rail 2		Department for Transport
HSA	Home School Agreements	Launched 1999. A home-school agreement is a statement explaining: the schools aims and values; the schools responsibilities towards its pupils who are of compulsory school age; the responsibility of each pupils parents; what the school expects of its pupils.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-school-agreements} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
HSB	Housing Strategic Briefing team		DLUHC
HSC	Health Service Circular
HSCIC	Health and Social Care Information Centre		NHSx	Org Wide
HSCP	Health or Social Care Professional		DHSC
HSE	Health and Safety Executive	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
HSE	Health and Safety Executive		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
HSE	high security estate prison use		MoJ
HSE	High Security Estate	The highest level of prison, eg Belmarsh.Could also be Health and Safety Executive, so avoid acronym.	MoJ
HSE	Health and Safety Executive		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
HSO (civil service grade)	Higher Scientific Officers		DfE
HStO (civil service grade)	Higher Statistical Officers		DfE
HTA	Hierarchical Task Analysis		MoJ
HTE	Higher technical education	Our vision is for higher technical education (HTE) to be a prestigious choice that delivers high levels of occupational competence and supports entry to skilled employment, for those seeking to enter industry or progress within an existing career. This means that the aims of HTQs should be to: Deliver the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are needed for an occupation(s) and valued by employers; Be understood and recognised as high-quality by employers and so have labour market currency; a...	DfE
HTQ	Higher technical qualifications	Our vision is for higher technical education (HTE) to be a prestigious choice that delivers high levels of occupational competence and supports entry to skilled employment, for those seeking to enter industry or progress within an existing career. This means that the aims of HTQs should be to: Deliver the knowledge, skills and behaviours that are needed for an occupation(s) and valued by employers; Be understood and recognised as high-quality by employers and so have labour market currency; a...	DfE
HWF	Help with Fees	The service formerly known as Fee Remission.Two parts, public and staff facing	MoJ
HWPV	Help With Prison Visits	Also known as APVS (Assisted Prison Visit Scheme)	MoJ
HWWB	Health Work and Wellbeing		DWP
HWWD	Health, Work and Wellbeing Directorate
i.AI	Incubator for Artificial Intelligenc	i.AI is a new, high performance, agile team working across the Downing Street and Cabinet Office (CO). They are an elite team of highly empowered technical experts at the heart of government. Their mission is to help departments harness the potential of AI to improve lives and the delivery of public services.	Cabinet Office	Digital
I&I	Innovation and Improvement		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
IA	Impact Assessment	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
IA	Impact assessments		DfE
IA	immigration and asylum	As in 'Immigration and Asylum Tribunal'.	MoJ
IA	Information Architecture	IA could also refer to Information Assurance, so confusing acronym.	MoJ
IA	Information Assurance	as used by MOJ ICT.	MoJ
IA (audits)	Internal audits		DfE
IAA	Information Asset Administrator		NHSx	Org Wide
IAAA	Immigration and Asylum Act		Home Office
IAAS	Infrastructure as a Service		DfE
IAASE	Independent Appeals Authority for School Examinations		DfE
IABS
IAC	Immigration and Asylum Chamber		MoJ
IAC (advisory)	Interim Advisory Committee		DfE
IAC (asset)	Information Asset Coordinator	Term no longer in use as at November 2018. New term is Information asset manager 2019-02-27	DfE
IAC (audit)	Internal Audit Committee	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
IAD (departmental organisational unit)	Internal Audit Division	Year(s) active (where known): 1999Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
IAG	Information advice and guidance services	Information, advice and guidance (IAG) is a term for the various levels of advice and help that learners receive from public agencies and providers.	DfE
IAGTP	Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy		DfE
IAL	Indicated Admissions Limit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
IAMS	Information Asset Management System		NHSx	Org Wide
IAN	Indicated Admissions Number	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
IAO	Information Asset Owner		NHSx	Org Wide
IAO	Information Asset Owners	The Security Policy Framework states that organisations should appoint and train Information Asset Owners (IAO) for each of their information assets. Their role is to protect and manage information held by the organisation, and ensure that its value to the organisation is fully realised. The IAO is responsible and accountable for an information asset in terms of: identifying risks associated with the information asset managing and operating the asset in compliance with policies and standar...	DLUHC
IAO	Information asset owner		DfE
IAO	Information Asset Owner	Somewhat of an equivalent to a SIRO - related to information security / accreditation	MoJ
IAPS	Independent Association of Prep Schools	The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) is a schools association with 700 of the worlds leading prep schools in membership. Schools must reach a very high standard to be eligible for membership, with strict criteria on teaching a broad curriculum, maintaining excellent standards of pastoral care and keeping staff members professional development training up to date. Although each of our schools is independent, and has its own ethos, they are all committed to delivering an excellent...	DfE
IAR	Information Asset Register		DLUHC
IAR	Information Access Representative	Admin staff based at a prison to collect information for a SAR	MoJ
IAS	Internal Audit Services
IB	Incapacity Benefit		DWP
IBBY	International Board on Books for Young People		DfE
IBO	International Baccalaureate Organisation		DfE
IC	Homes England's Investment Committee		DLUHC
ICA	Initial Categorisation Assessment		MoJ
ICAEW	Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales		DfE
ICE	Independent Case Examiner		DWP
ICES	Information on Children Education and Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ICF	Intelligent Client Function		DfE
ICFP	Integrated curriculum and financial planning	Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP) is a management process that helps schools plan the best curriculum for their pupils with the funding they have available. It can be used at any phase or type of school. ICFP involves measuring your current curriculum, staffing structure and finances, and using the data to create a 3 to 5 year plan.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/integrated-curriculum-and-financial-planning-icfp} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
ICJU	International Comparators Joint Unit		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ICL	Interim contingent labour		DfE
ICO	Information Commissioner's Office		DLUHC
ICO	Information Commissioners Office		DfE
ICS	Integrated Care System		NHSx	Org Wide
ICS	Institute of Customer Service	The Institute of Customer Service is the independent, professional membership body for customer service. Founded in 1996, and formally incorporated in February 1997, we help our members improve their customers experience and their own business performance.Source: {ICS website|https://www.instituteofcustomerservice.com/about-us} accessed 2019-06-11	DfE
ICT	Information Capture Tool
ICT	Information and Communications Technology		DfE
IDA	Identity Documents Act
IDA	identity assurance	Verifying digitally who someone is. There is a programme currently running (Jan 2014) in Government Digital Service, known as 'IDAP' which is implementing a way to verify the identity of citizens and business digitally so they can use government services online.	MoJ
IDACI	Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index	IDACI 2007 IDACI is the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index provided by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), released in December 2007. The index is based on Super Output Areas (SOAs) in England. Each SOA is given a rank between 1 and 32,482 where 1 is the most deprived SOA. IDACI is a subset of the Income Deprivation Domain of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2007 and shows the percentage of children aged under 16 in each SOA that live in families that are i...	DfE
IDAM	identity access management approach	The approach initially taken by the common platform programme, for applications like Rota. They are now moving to use the GDS created identity system IDAP	MoJ
IDAP	Government Digital Service's identity assurance programme		MoJ
IDeA	Improvement and Development Agency		DfE
IDP (inclusion)	Inclusion Development Programme		DfE
IDP (intrusion)	Intrusion Detection and Prevention		DfE
IDPC	Used in Defence request		MoJ
IDQ	Informatica Data Quality	Used to execute data quality against defined data sources and can be used to build a library of data quality scores and reports. primarily contains the business rules framework data and stores profiling information in its underlying repository.Source: {Informatica website|https://www.informatica.com/gb/} accessed 2021-02-10	DfE
IDS	Intrusion Detection System	An intrusion detection system (IDS) is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.	MoJ
IDTS	Integrated Drug and Treatment System	Reception - Unit for prisoners detoxing from drugs and/or alcohol	MoJ
IEB	Interim Executive Board	Schools that are performing very poorly may be 'eligible for intervention'. In these schools, the Secretary of State, or the LA with the consent of the Secretary of State, has the power to replace a board with an Interim Executive Board (IEB). They have the power to pay members of an IEB they impose, if they chose to do so. Payment to IEB members should only be offered when this is in the best interests of the school and only until a full board is appointed. From: Governance Handbook: Academy...	DfE
IED (departmental organisational unit)	International Education Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
IEI	Initial Evidence Interview
IELS	International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study	The International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study is designed to help countries to improve childrens early learning experiences, to better support their development and overall well-being.Source: {OECD|http://www.oecd.org/education/school/international-early-learning-and-child-well-being-study.htm} accessed 2019-06-18	DfE
iEOA	International Examination Officers Association	The International Examination Officers' Association (iEOA) has evolved from its foundation organisation the Examination Officers' Association (EOA) founded by Andrew Harland with a number of other teaching exam officers back in 2000. That lobby group transformed the EOA into a professional body to help represent the exams officer community in 2005 when it was registered as a charity and not-for-profit organisation. The iEOA like its predecessor remains the only independent professional organi...	DfE
IEP	Individual education plans	For children with SEN. An IEP could include: what special or additional help is being given; who will provide the help and how often; what help parents can give the child at home; the childs targets and how and when progress will be checked.	DfE
IEP	Incentive/Earned Privilege (level)		MoJ
IES	Institute for Employment Studies	IES is a leading independent centre for research and evidence-based consultancy. We provide insights on employment and human resource management topics to help improve policy and practice.Source: {IES|https://www.employment-studies.co.uk/} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
IESGD (departmental organisational unit)	Independent Education and School Governance Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
IETF	Industrial Energy Transformation Fund	A government fund that helps UK industry to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise as part of the drive to Net Zero	BEIS
IEW	International Education Week		DfE
IF	Internal Finance
IF1	Incident Reporting Form
IfA	Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education	Today [31 January 2019] the Institute for Apprenticeships formally adopts the name the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education after taking its responsibilities for the new T Level Programme. The Institute will assume responsibility for arranging the approval of outline content for all T Levels, for issuing contracts to awarding organisations who will develop the detailed qualifications, and for approving the final T Levels ready for providers to teach at colleges and schools th...	DfE
IFAD (departmental organisational unit)	Intervention Faith and Accountability Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
IFD (departmental organisational unit)	Infrastructure Funding Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2013-2016?	DfE
IfG	Institute for Government	https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk	Not Limited to CS
IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standards		Civil Service Wide
IFS	Interim financial system		MoJ
IFTE	International Federation of the Teachers of English		DfE
IG	Information Governance		NHSx	Org Wide
IGLO	Impact Group Liaison Officer		DfE
IICSA	Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse	The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will investigate whether public bodies and other non-state institutions have taken seriously their duty of care to protect children from sexual abuse in England and Wales.Source: {IICSA|https://www.iicsa.org.uk/} accessed 2016-08-16	DfE
IICSA	Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse		MoJ
IIDB	Industrial Injury Disablement Benefit		DWP
IIP (intervention)	Intensive intervention projects	Intensive Intervention Projects (IIP) target 1,000 of the most challenging young people every year, using the 'triple track' approach and applying lessons from Family Intervention Projects.	DfE
IiP (investors)	Investors in People	The Investors in People Standard was developed in 1990 by the National Training Task Force, in partnership with leading business, personnel, professional and employees organisations. The Standard provides a national framework for improving business performance and competitiveness through a planned approach to setting and communicating business objectives and developing people to meet these objectives. The Standard is based on three main principles: Plan - Develop strategies to improve the p...	DfE
IIS	Inmate Information System	The precursor to Prison-NOMIS. IIS has now been decommissioned, and data archived into HPA (Historic Prisoner Application)	MoJ
IiYP	Investing in Young People Strategy		DfE
IL#	Impact Levels [number]	Shorthand for BIL#Information has an impact level, not a whole system. eg p-Nomis is IL3 is wrong.specific information about prisoners will have business impact 3 if made publicAll revised with the new Official criteria	MoJ
ILA	Individual Learning Accounts	2000-2001. Provided funding for individuals to take up training.	DfE
ILEA	Inner London Education Authority		DfE
ILO	International Labour Organization		DfE
ILP	Introduction to Leadership Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ILP	Individual Learning Plan		MoJ
ILR	Individualised Learner Records	Main FE collection used to pay providers etc. Often used to mean all of FE administrative holdings rather than what comes in on the ILR return.Source: Data Directorate 2019-07-22	DfE
ILS	Integrated Learning Systems		DfE
ILT	Information and Learning Technology	Information and Learning Technology (ILT) is the umbrella term used in post-16 education for computers and the other services and features that now go with them. These include networking, email, the Internet, multimedia and managed learning. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ILTHE	Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education	The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILT) was a UK organisation set up as "the professional body for higher education staff involved in teaching and the support of learning".[1] It was founded in 2000 as a result of the reports of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (the "Dearing Report"). The ILT was located on York Science Park. The founding Chief Executive was Dr Paul Clark. Its stated aims were to: accredit programmes of learning in higher educa...	DfE
IM	Information management		DfE
IMA	Independent Monitoring Authority	Responsible for monitoring EU nationals post-Brexit	MoJ
IMB	Independent Monitoring Board	Part of Prisons service	MoJ
IMC	Information Management Consultant	Often used as a term specific to Records Management function.	DfE
IMD	Index of Multiple Deprivation		DfE
IMF	International Monetary Fund		Civil Service Wide
IMG	Inter-Ministerial Group		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IMS	Information Management Strategy	The Departments Information Management Strategy (IMS) was developed with the help of schools and Local Authorities (LAs) to aid leadership teams, teachers and support teams in their efforts to raise standards in the classroom. Important IMS principles include: minimising demands on schools collecting only essential information collecting information once and using it many times storing and transferring information electronically automating information collection; one-button solutions improvin...	DfE
IMSG	Information Management Sub-Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
In January 2002	as part of the Department's Information Management Strategy	the ASC was expanded to become the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC) which is supplied electronically from each maintained school's Management Information System. The Census continued to collect school level data about classes being taught and staff in schools but it also collected pupil level information for the first time from Maintained Primary	DfE
INCA	International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks		DfE
InCiSE	International Civil Service Effectiveness Index		Civil Service Wide
InfoX			MoJ
INSET	In-Service Education and Training		DfE
INSI	International Network for School Improvement		DfE
INSTEP	In-Service Training and Educational Panel		DfE
Interventions	This term in the prison system means courses that prisoners can attend that address behaviour such as drug misuse, domestic violence, etc		MoJ
Interventions Manager	A system that records prisons interventions services		MoJ
InVision	A system used in prisons to detail staff. Also known as CSR (Corporate Staff Rostering) or My Detail		MoJ
IO	Intelligence Officer		Civil Service Wide	Counter Fraud
IO (civil service grade)	Information Officers		DfE
IOD	Information Operations Division	The Information Operations Division are responsible for:- Records Management - Managing the department's corporate record- FOI Act compliance - Ensuring FOI requests are dealt with in accordance with the Act.- Knowledge & Information Mgr - Building good Information Management and Knowledge Sharing- Information Assurance - Building Information Assurance against HMG mandated standards and developing a culture of good information handling- Data Protection Act Compliance - Ensuring personal data ...	MoJ
IOE	University of London, Institute of Education		DfE
IOP	Instrument of Payment
IoT	Institutes of Technology	170 million of new capital funding to establish prestigious Institutes of Technology Responsible for delivering higher level technical education in STEM subjects across all regions. This is part of a new system of technical education which will replace thousands of qualifications, many of which are low quality, with just 15 core technical routes. The routes will be designed specifically to respond to the needs of industry and will help equip learners with the skills in demand from local emplo...	DfE
IP	Intellectual property		DfE
IP	Investment Panel (VTF)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IPA	Infrastructure and Projects Authority	The Infrastructure and Projects Authority is the United Kingdom government's centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA sits at the heart of government, reporting to the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/infrastructure-and-projects-authority	Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
IPAFFS	Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed system		Defra	APHA
IPAFFS	Imports of Products, Animal, Food and Feed, System		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
IPCC	Internet Protocol Contact Centre
IPD	Independent Professional Development	Independent Professional Development (IPD) is the joint professional development service of Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference and Girls Schools Association; it also has links with SHMIS. IPD exists to provide high quality training and development opportunities for members and their staff in almost 500 schools through national conferences and school-based training days. It has long been acknowledged that it is the responsibility of schools to identify, plan and seek to provide continui...	DfE
IPM	Independent Panel Member		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IPO	Intellectual Property Office	The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office} accessed 2016-08-01	DfE
IPR	Intellectual Property Rights		DfE
IPT	Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
IPT			MoJ
IPV	Intimate Partner Violence		MoJ
IQ	Intelligence quotient		DfE
iQTS	International qualified teacher status	The Department for Education (DfE) has developed proposals for a new international teaching qualification, International Qualified Teacher Status (iQTS). DfE will use your responses to ensure this qualification gives teachers the opportunity to: * train to high-quality, English standards worldwide * provide more opportunities for English teacher training providers to expand into the international teacher training market This new qualification, based on English standards and training methods, ...	DfE
IR	Intelligence Report	A method of reporting intelligence information to the Security department via the Mercury system (generally done electronically, but paper versions are available to those without computer access)	MoJ
IRA (reading)	International Reading Association	Objectives and Mission: Dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading and encouraging the lifetime reading habit, the IRA has affiliate groups located in over 99 countries throughout the world and a network of 350 000 members. To promote literacy worldwide by improving the quality of reading instruction through the study of the reading process and teaching techniques To serve as a cl...	DfE
IRAS	Integrated Research Application System		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IRaT	Incident Response and Tuning	Live product support at MoJ Digital.	MoJ
IRC	Immigration Removal Centre		MoJ
IRIS	Integrated Risk and Intelligence Service
IRIS	Integrated Risk, Issue & Opportunity Management Software		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IRIS (research)	Institute for Research in Schools	Our vision: a transformation of the student and teacher experience of science. Being involved in real science inspires young people and is the best professional development for teachers. Thanks to ever more powerful technology, today's school students can access top level scientific data, collaborate with scientists around the globe, process information at lightning speed and develop innovative experimental ideas. They can put an experiment in space and contribute to scientific discovery. IRI...	DfE
IRO (fostering)	Independent reviewing officers (fostering)		DfE
IRS	Incident Reporting System		MoJ
IRT (departmental organisational unit)	Insight Resources and Transformation Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): ?-2018/19	DfE
IRU	Implementation Review Unit	The Implementation Review Unit (IRU) was replaced with the Bureaucracy Reference Group (BRG) in 2010. The Implementation Review Unit (IRU) is the first ever independent scrutiny unit with a remit to cut red tape and bureaucracy in schools. The IRU is a panel of 12 experienced practitioners: heads, senior teachers and a bursar from across England, which reviews existing and new policy initiatives that impact on schools in England. Source: {Links/Further Information|https://webarchive.nationala...	DfE
IS	Income Support		DWP
is/are	denotes a description	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
ISA (safeguarding)	Independent Safeguarding Authority	Previously known as the Independent Barring Board. On 1st December 2012 merged with the Criminal Records Bureau to form the Disclosure and Barring Service.Source: Home Office website as at 2013-02-04	DfE
ISA (schools)	Independent Schools Association	Founded in 1878, the Independent Schools Association is one of the oldest of the independent schools organisations. Since 2014, we have been a registered charity and we are proud to promote our charitable objectives. ISA provides professional support to its 513 member Headteachers. Staff of our Members schools benefit from high quality training opportunities and access to a wide range of membership services, while pupils enjoy an extensive programme of local and national Sporting, Arts and Cu...	DfE
ISAAA	Independent Schools Adventure Activities Association		DfE
ISB (schools)	Individual Schools Budget	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISB (standards)	Information Standards Board		DfE
ISBA	Independent Schools Bursars Association	The Independent Schools' Bursars Association (ISBA) is the only national association to represent school bursars and business managers of independent schools, providing them with the professional support they need to manage their schools successfully and provide a world class education to their pupils.Source: {ISBA website|https://www.theisba.org.uk/about-us.aspx} accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
ISBL	Institute of School Business Leadership	In 1997, the National Bursars Association Ltd was formally incorporated in response to an increasing demand for a more formal representative body. In 2008, the association commissioned a rebrand exercise and made a conscious move away from the term bursar to reflect the broader responsibilities and complexity of school business management. The National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) was born. The move to become the Institute of School Business Leadership, in 2017, is firmly...	DfE
ISBU	Integrated Systems Business Unit		DfE
ISC	The Investment Sub-Committee	The Investment Sub-committee (ISC) is a sub-committee of the Executive Team responsible for scrutinising and approving investment proposals for the departmental group to ensure they achieve value for money and meet the requirements of Managing Public Money. https://intranet.mhclg.gov.uk/task/get-approval-for-your-policy/the-investment-sub-committee/	DLUHC
ISC	Independent Schools Council	The Independent Schools Council brings together seven associations of independent schools, their heads, bursars and governors. Through our member associations we represent over 1,300 independent schools in the UK and overseas. These schools are ranked among the best in the world and educate more than half a million children each year. What we do at ISC ISCs work is carried out by a small number of dedicated professionals working out of our offices in Central London. We are assisted by the con...	DfE
ISCED	International Standard Classification of Education	UNESCO developed the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to facilitate comparisons of education statistics and indicators across countries on the basis of uniform and internationally agreed definitions.Source: {UNESCO|http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/international-standard-classification-of-education.aspx} accessed 2015-06-04	DfE
ISCG	Information for School and College Governors	Information for School and College Governors (ISCG) provides a free advice line with open access to all governors, and publishes checklists and reports on governor issues. Its representative Soundings Panel acts as a research panel on governor issues.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISCS	Income Support Computer System		DWP
ISCTIP	Independent Schools Council Teacher Induction Panel	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISEIC	International School Effectiveness and Improvement Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISI	Independent Schools Inspectorate	The Independent Schools Inspectorate is: - a government approved independent inspectorate for independent schools, quality assured on behalf of the Department for Education. This remit extends to independent schools which are full members of the associations which form the Independent Schools Council - a Home Office approved provider of educational oversight for private further education colleges (PFE colleges) in England, which are or apply to become a Tier 4 sponsor - an approved independen...	DfE
ISIP	Information Security Improvement Project	Connected with the Learning and Skills Council or its later organisations.	DfE
ISIS	Independent Schools Information Services	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISMS	Information Security Management System		DfE
ISO (support)	Individual Support Order	ISOs are court orders only available for 10-17 year olds which can be attached to 'stand alone' Anti-social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) and impose positive conditions on the young person to address the underlying causes of the behaviour that led to the ASBO. An ISO may last up to six months and can require a young person to attend up to two sessions a week under the supervision of the Youth Offending Team (YOT). Breach of an ISO is a criminal offence which may be punished by way of a financial p...	DfE
ISP	Intensifying Support Programme	Piloted 20022004; ran 2004-2006? The Intensifying Support Programme (ISP) provided schools with funding and additional human resources to work with the schools leadership team and whole-school staff to raise attainment and accelerate childrens progress, to improve teaching and learning for all children, and to develop the school as a professional learning community.	DfE
ISP	Indeterminate Sentence Prisoner		MoJ
ISR (school)	Individual School Range	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISR (student)	Individualised Student Records	Replaced by Individualised Learner Records (ILR) in 2000.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISS (internet)	Internet Security Systems		DfE
ISS (support)	Integrated Support Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISSEN	Inclusive Science and Special Educational Needs	Inclusive Science and Special Educational Needs (ISSEN) is a collaboration between the Association for Science Education (ASE) and National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN). It was established to provide support for teachers and others working with students with special educational needs in both mainstream and special school settings. Through the development of a communications network (with some of it based on the Internet) the sharing of resources for supporting this area o...	DfE
ISSP (schools)	Independent State School Partnerships	The independent/state school partnerships programme was set up by the Department for Education and Skills in 1998 to provide a structure and funding for cooperation between the sectors. Partnerships have had several aims, including the breaking down of barriers between the sectors, the sharing of professional expertise and the raising of standards.Source: {The National Archives|https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141107080328/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/independentstate-school...	DfE
ISSP (supervision)	Intensive supervision and surveillance programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISSS	Information and System Support Services		MoJ
ISTA	Independent Schools Travel Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ISWP	Information Systems Work Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
IT/ICT	Information technology/Information and communications technology		Civil Service Wide	Digital
ITA	INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADVISORS		DIT
ITA	Initial Teaching Alphabet	Initial Teaching Alphabet, alphabet of 44 characters designed by Sir James Pitman to help children learn to read English more effectively. The Initial Teaching Alphabet is based on the phonemic (sound) system of English and uses the Roman alphabet, augmented by 14 additional characters, to represent each distinct sound with a separate symbol. It evolved from the phonotypy of Sir Isaac Pitman (grandfather of Sir James) and the Nue Speling of the Simplified Spelling Society of Great Britain. Th...	DfE
ITA	Initial Technical Assessment		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
ITA	Internation Trade Advisor	3rd party advisors contracted with UKTI offering business around business development.	MoJ
ITB	Industrial Training Boards	History Industrial Training Boards were first established following the Industrial Training Act (1964) to cover 26 sectors of industry. They represented positive intervention by the Government after it became clear that voluntary training effort by employers would not be sufficient to avoid recurring skill shortages. A succession of reviews in the 1980s/90s found that many ITBs had not made sufficient impact to justify their continuance and most Boards were wound up. However, the constructio...	DfE
ITCE	Information technology communications and electronics	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2000). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02 Cm 4602. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101460228]	DfE
ITD	Information Technology Directorate
ITHC	IT Healthcheck	Penetration and security testing for services before they are released for public consumption. The ITHC must normally be re-done for each major system change - adding new external API lookups to a previously secure system, for example. Services are not considered 'live' or 'accepted into service' until the ITHC has been completed. Partial ITHCs exist, where a service already passed ITHC and a focussed change has been made.	MoJ
ITIL	ITIL, formerly[1] an acronym for Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a set of detailed practices for IT service management (ITSM) that focuses on aligning IT services with the needs of business.		MoJ
ITITO	Information Technology Industry Training Organisation		DfE
ITM	Improving the Training Market	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ITN	Invitation to negotiate	Confusing acronym - as more commonly used for Independent Television News.	MoJ
ITO	Industry Training Organisation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ItP	Instruction to Proceed		DfE
ITQ	Information Technology Qualifications	ITQ (Information Technology Qualification) is a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) designed to help people develop the ICT skills they need for their job role. [No date]Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
ITSM	Information Technology Service Manager
ITT (teachers)	Initial teacher training		DfE
ITT (tenders)	Invitation to Tender	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
IU	IMPLEMENTATION UNIT		DIT
IUC	Interview Under Caution	A compliance interview	DWP
IWP	Integrated Word Processor	Used within classic Prison-NOMIS Application. Template documents that pull data through from the database. Examples include case management documentation and release licences	MoJ
IYA	In-Year Award		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
IYY	International Year of Youth (United Nations)	On 18 December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/64/134 proclaiming the year commencing on 12 August 2010 as the International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. The Year will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first International Youth Year in 1985 on the theme Participation, Development and Peace. The resolution A/RES/64/134: https://undocs.org/A/RES/64/134Source: {UN|https://social.un.org/youthyear/} accessed 2019-06-14	DfE
IZ	Investment Zone		DLUHC/HM Treasury
JAC	Judicial Appointments Commission		MoJ
JACCS	Job Career Change Scheme	1992/unknown	DfE
JACQA	Joint Advisory Committee for Qualifications Approval	JACQA was established in December 2008 to review the funding eligibility of accredited qualifications and make recommendations to the Secretary of State based on the administrative criteria for public funding. It was jointly supported by QCDA and YPLA and has now been dissolved.	DfE
Jaggaer	Jaggaer	Departmental contract and grant management system. Jaggaer replaced Redimo2 from October 2019.	DfE
JANET	Joint Academic Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
JAQSB	Joint Audit and Security Board		DfE
JAR	Joint Area Review	The Children Act 2004 provided for a single Framework for Inspection of Children's Services, to guide all inspections of such services; and for multi-inspectorate joint area reviews (JARs) of children's services at local authority area level. JARs drew together a range of evidence and inspection findings, to assess how services taken together contribute to improving the well-being of children and young people in a local authority area. Ending of JARs The Local Government White Paper indicate...	DfE
JASP	Juvenile awareness staff programme	The juvenile awareness staff programme (JASP) was a modular staff development programme for staff working in the secure estate with children and young people. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
JAWS	Job Access With Speech	JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse.	Not Limited to CS	Digital, Accessibility
JC	Justices' clerk	Legally-trained member of staff in a magistrates' court, who advises the mags (who are volunteers) on tricky questions about the law.	MoJ
JCDU	Joint Combating Drugs Unit	A new cross-government unit set up to help end illegal drug-related illness and deaths.	Civil Service Wide
JCP	Job Centre Plus		DWP
JCP	Jobcentre Plus		DfE
JCQ	Joint Council for Qualifications	The Joint Council for Qualifications is a membership organisation comprising the eight largest providers of qualifications in the UK. The JCQ provides a single voice for its members on issues of examination administration and, when appropriate, qualification and wider education policy.Source: {JCQ website|https://www.jcq.org.uk/about-jcq/} accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
JCVI	Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation	Independent expert advisory committee	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
JD	Job descriptions		DfE
JEGS	Job Evaluation and Grading Support		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
JES	Job Evaluation Scheme		MoJ
JESP	Job Evaluation for Senior Posts	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
JESP	Job Evaluation of Senior Posts		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
JHA	Justice and Home Affairs	One of the policy areas of the Council of the European Union	MoJ
JID	Joint Intelligence Desk		DWP
JIG	Job Interview Guarantee	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
JIO	Joint Intelligence Organisation
JIP	Joint Investment Programme		DfE
JIS	Job Introduction Scheme		DfE
Jisc	Joint Information Systems Committee	Jisc are the UK higher education, further education and skills sectors not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions.Source: {Jisc|https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about} accessed 2016-11-23 We have been known as Jisc since 2012 but, historically, JISC stood for Joint Information Systems Committee.Source: {Jisc|https://www.jisc.ac.uk/about/history} accessed 2019-06-17	DfE
JIT	Justice Impact Test	Process to evaluate impact of new legislation on Ministry of Justice	MoJ
JR	Judicial Reivew	when a public body is challenged in the High Court for legality/rationality of its processes and decision-making.	Civil Service Wide
JR	Judicial Review	Judicial review is a type of court proceeding in which a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body.	MoJ
JRS	Judgement Recording Statement		DfE
JS	JavaScript	Computer code used predominantly in Web browsers to provide enhance user interaction.	MoJ
JS	Jury Summons		MoJ
JSA	Job Seekers Allowance		DWP
JSA	Jobseekers Allowance		DfE
JSAPS	Jobseekers Allowance Computer System		DWP
JSC	Justice Select Committee		MoJ
JSG	Jobseekers Grant	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation	A simple, lightweight data format.	MoJ
JSR	Joint Service Reviews		DfE
JV	Joint Venture		DLUHC
JVT	Joint Vaccines Taskforce		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
K2S	Key to Success	Application providing schools with information to improve performance. 2019-08-01	DfE
KBD	Key Business Decisions		MoJ
KCN	Kids Clubs Network		DfE
KCSIE	Keeping children safe in education	Statutory guidance is issued by law; you must follow it unless theres a good reason not to. This guidance applies to all schools and is for: headteachers, teachers and education staff governing bodies, proprietors and management committees It sets out what schools and colleges must do to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2} accessed 2015-09-25	DfE
Key Traka	See: Traka		MoJ
KEYPAS	Key Stage Performance Analysis System	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
KGB	KIM (Knowledge and Information Management) Governance Board		DfE
KHUB	Knowledge Hub
KILO	Knowledge and Information Liaison Officer	Responsible person/people in a team/department for responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.	MoJ
KIM	Knowledge and Information Management policies		DLUHC
KIM	Knowledge and Information Management		DfE
KIM	Knowledge Information Management		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
KIT	Keeping in touch (day)		NHSx	Org Wide
KIT	Keeping In Touch
KIT	Keep in Touch	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
KITT	Keeping in Touch with Teaching	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-06	DfE
KLOEs	Key Lines of Enquiry		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
KM	Knowledge Management
KM	Knowledge management	Involves the acquisition, storage and transfer of knowledge within an organisation.	DfE
KMI	Key Management Indicator
KML	Keyhole Markup Language		MoJ
KPG	Key Performance Groups
KPI	Key Performance Indicator		NHSx	Org Wide
KPI	Key Performance Indicators		DfE
KPI	Key Performance Indicator		Civil Service Wide
KPI	Key Performance Indicators		MoJ
KPI	Key Performance Indicator		DLUHC
KS1	Key stage 1	5-7 year old pupils.	DfE
KS2	Key stage 2	7-11 year old pupils.	DfE
KS3	Key stage 3	11-14 year old pupils.	DfE
KS4	Key stage 4	14-16 year old pupils.	DfE
KS5	Key stage 5	16-18 year old students.	DfE
KSF	Keep Separate From	Used on a PER (Person Escort Record)	MoJ
KW	Key Worker		MoJ
KWO	Key Work Objective		Civil Service Wide
L&D	Learning and Development		DfE
L&D	Learning and Development		Civil Service Wide
L&D	Learning & Development		MoJ
L&D	Learning and Development		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
LA	Local Authority		DLUHC
LA	Local Authority		Not Limited to CS
LA	Local authorities		DfE
LA	Local Authority		DLUHC
LAA	Local Area Agreements	Local area agreements (LAAs) were three-year action plans for achieving better outcomes, developed by councils with their partners in local strategic partnerships. Their abolition was announced in October 2010.	DfE
LAA	Legal Aid Agency	The new LSC	MoJ
LAAC	Local Authority Accelerated Construction programme	£450 million Local Authority Accelerated Construction (LAAC) programme was launched to help unlock public land and increase the speed of delivery on local authority housing schemes. The funding will be used by the local authorities to invest in infrastructure and enabling works.	DLUHC
LAALAA	Legal Aid Agency Legal Adviser API	API for finding Legal Providers for specific categories of law close to a physical location (postcode or address).	MoJ
LAAN	Local apprenticeship ambassador networks	The national apprenticeship ambassador network is also supported by local apprenticeship ambassador networks (LAAN) throughout England. The chair of each LAAN is also a member of the national AAN.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/apprenticeship-ambassador-network} accessed 2018-01-17	DfE
LAC	Looked after children		DfE
LACA	Lead Association for CAtering in Education	Previously known as the Local Authority Caterers Association Since inception in 1989, LACA has set out to inform, develop, represent and support its members through a range of initiatives and services. The Association became a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2009. The Association represents the School Food Industry and membership is open to all parties who make a contribution to this market sector - providers (public and private sector) client officers, consultants, suppliers and manufacturer...	DfE
LACSAB	Local Authorities Conditions of Service Advisory Board		DfE
LACSEG	Local Authority Central Spend Equivalent Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
LACVP	Local Authority Co-ordinated Voluntary Aided Programme		DfE
LAD	Learning Appliance Device (Server)
LAD (learning)	Learning Aim Database	The Learning Aim Database (LAD) contains information about all Learning and Skills Council (LSC)-recognised learning aims offered by providers who return Individualised Learner Record (ILR) data to the LSC. It includes learning aim information required to complete ILR data returns, as well as funding and statistical data. The LAD holds data for three teaching years. Data amendments The information in the LAD is updated monthly. Aims are added/amended based on details received from a variety ...	DfE
LAD (local)	Local authority districts	Used for statistical purposes to cover district councils and unitary authorities.	DfE
LAF	Land Assembly Fund	The £1.3 billion Land Assembly Fund, will be used to acquire land needing work and get it ready for the market, making it less risky for developers to invest in and start building. Outside of London this work will be carried out by Homes England.	DLUHC
LAF	Learning Assessment Framework
LAIEF	Local Authority Information Exchange Form
LAO (departmental organisational unit)	Legal Adviser's Office		DfE
LAP	Learner Advancement Portfolio		DfE
LAPP	Lower Attaining Pupils Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
LARS	Learning Aims Reference System		DfE
LAS	Live Activity Schedule
LASCH	Local Authority Secure Children's Homes	A Local Authority Secure Children's Home (LASCH) is a children's home, run and managed by Local Authorities, which is 'secure' in that the young person is not able to leave. They hold between 6 and 36 young people, both boys and girls, who are under 16 years old. LASCHs replaced local authority secure units (LASUs).Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LASPO	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012	Essentially this act 'reformed' the scope of what legal aid was available for (decreased the scope). When talking to subject matter experts at the level of granting legal aid funding, you may hear reference to phrases such 'Schedule 1' of the act, which describes what cases are 'in scope' or 'out of scope' for legal aid. LASPO gave rise to the need for Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) to ensure that human rights were not breached by cutting the scope of legal aid	MoJ
LASS	Learning and Skills Council Application Security System		DfE
LAT	Learner Achievement Tracker	The Learner Achievement Tracker (LAT) was a piece of software for tracking learner progress that the LSC made available to all its providers. Part of the measures of success initiative, the LAT was intended to help providers measure qualification success rate (QSR), recognising and recording progress and achievement (RARPA) and value-added/distance travelled (VA/DT).Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
Law	Law officers (AGO, Office of the Advocate General for Scotland)
LBs	Living Blocks		MoJ
LCB	Local Competitiveness Budget	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
LCC	Leicestershire County Council		DLUHC
LCM	Legislative Consent Motion		Civil Service Wide
LCN	Learning City Network	The Learning City Network uses learning to promote social cohesion and economic development. It develops partnerships to stimulate and respond to the demand for learning. Learning cities and communities are also helping to support the governments priorities for modernising local government, tackling social exclusion, regenerating urban areas and achieving best value. The rapid expansion of the Learning City Network shows that the approach is working and that it offers real potential.	DfE
LCW	Limited Capability for Work	A grouping for UC claimants based on their condition [Lower Group]	DWP	UC
LCWRA	Limited Capability for Work and Work Related Activity	A grouping for UC claimants based on their condition [Higher Group]	DWP	UC
LDA (deprivation)	Least Deprived Area		DfE
LDA (London)	London Development Agency	The London Development Agency (LDA) is one of the Governments nine Regional Development Agencies for England. Chaired by the Mayor of London, the LDA works to deliver the Mayor's vision for London to be a sustainable city with strong, long-term economic growth, social inclusion and active environmental improvement. The LDA is responsible for formulating long term strategies and for implementing the Governments competitiveness agenda in London. In addition, the LDA is charged with encouraging ...	DfE
LDD	Learning Difficulties and Disabilities	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
LDD	Learning Difficulties and Disabilities		MoJ
LDM	Learner Data Mart		DfE
LDO	Like, Duh!... Obviously!		MoJ
LDS	Learner Data Service		DfE
LDU	Local Delivery Unit	Probation	MoJ
LE	Lead Engineer		DfE
LEA	Local Education Authorities		DfE
LEAFEA	Local Education Authorities Forum for the Education of Adults		DfE
LEAP	London Economic Action Partnership		DLUHC
LEATGS	Local Education Authority Training Grants Scheme		DfE
LEAWARDS	Local Education Authority Awards System	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LEC	Local Enterprise Company	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LECT	League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers	LECT's mission was to support teachers and promote excellence in education throughout the Commonwealth. LECT joined the education charity CfBT Education Trust in October 2007. Its records have been transferred to the Institute of Education.Source: LECT website as at 2014-07-23 Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18 The League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT) connects teachers and educators throughout the Commonwealth. They promote excellence in edu...	DfE
LED	Licence Expiry Date		MoJ
LEDS	Law Enforcement Data Service		MoJ
LeGSB	Local eGovernment Standards Body	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LEO	Longitudinal Education Outcomes	Data sharing between the DfE, DWP, HMRC and HESA provides a unique insight into the destinations of graduates and, by combining these sources, we can look at the progress of higher education leavers into the labour market.Source: Data Directorate 2021-03-30	DfE
LEP	Local Enterprise Partnership	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
LEP	Local Enterprise Partnerships	In the coalition agreement, the government committed to establishing local enterprise partnerships to replace the Regional Development Agencies. In June 2010 we invited businesses and councils to come together to form local enterprise partnerships whose geography properly reflects the natural economic areas of England.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-local-enterprise-partnerships-leps-and-enterprise-zones/2010-to-2015-government-policy-...	DfE
LEP	Local Employer Partnership
LETTOL	Learning to Teach Online	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LFE	Learning From Experience		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
LFS	Labour Force Survey		DfE
LFW	Legal Framework	Reference data used in civil legal aid. It's a bunch of interlinked spreadsheets and it's used by CCMS.	MoJ
LGA	Local Government Association	Formed on 1 April 1997, the LGA is a voluntary membership body with 422 member authorities covering every part of England and Wales. Source: {LGA website|http://www.local.gov.uk/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
LGA	Local Government Association		DLUHC
LGC	Local Government Chemists
LGDC	Local Government Delivery Council	The Local Government Delivery Council is a new joint central and local government strategy body set up by the Cabinet Office designed to co-ordinate policy to improve local services. The delivery council includes representatives from 14 local authorities; various stakeholder bodies such as the Local Government Association; and three key central government departments whose policies affect local government Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health and Department for...	DfE
LGE	Local Government Employers	Local Government Employers (LGE) was created by the Local Government Association and represents the interests of 375 Local Authorities in England and Wales as employers and has a key role in providing the main interface between employers and trade unions for consultation and negotiations on pay, pensions, workforce issues and advice and social partnership. The employment groups within LGE's remit include: local government staff teachers school support staff firefighters coroners police and p...	DfE
LGFS	Litigators Graduated Fees Scheme	Fee scheme available to Solicitors who work on Crown Court cases	MoJ
LGMB	Local Government Management Board		DfE
LGNTO	Local Government National Training Organisation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LGO	Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman	We look at individual complaints about councils, all adult social care providers (including care homes and home care agencies) and some other organisations providing local public services. We are a free service. We investigate complaints in a fair and independent way - we do not take sides.Source: {Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman website|https://www.lgo.org.uk/} accessed 2020-06-29	DfE
LGPS	Local Government Pension Scheme	Collective name for pension schemes of local governments	DLUHC	Local Govt
LGR	Local government reorganisation		DfE
LGS	Loan Guarantee Scheme	1986/unknown. Replaced by Enterprise Finance Guarantee.Source: Business Link website as at 2011-01-20	DfE
LHN	Local Housing Needs		DLUHC
Lib (civil service grade)	Librarians		DfE
LIBRA		Case management system used by Magistrate Courts only to record case details, hearing dates, applicant details etc. Note that this system is not used by Crown Courts.	MoJ
LIDS	Local Inmate Data System	Prison-wide computer system to log details of all prisoners and their sentences. Has been replaced by NOMIS.	MoJ
LIF	Local Initiative Fund	1992	DfE
LIFT	Literacy Initiative From Teachers	Literacy Initiative From Teachers (LIFT), developed in the London Borough of Westminster, is a Key Stage 1 classroom programme based on the type of classroom practice which works well alongside Reading Recovery. LIFT involves an Inset programme, demonstration classrooms and long term advice and support. The LIFT programme has been adapted for the National Literacy Project.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18Source: {Leeds University BERA|http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/000000363....	DfE
LIMP	Local Incident Management Plan
LiPs	Litigants in Persons	People at court without a professional representative.	MoJ
Liquid Logic		Children’s Services system supplier to multiple local authorities for children's social care (market leader), education, and early help	MoJ
LIS (learners)	Learner Information Suite	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LIS (library)	Library and information science		DfE
LIT	Local Implementation Team	Seems to be a common acronym for national->regional->local projects with CPS/Police/CJS.	MoJ
LIU	Laboratories Investigation Unit		DfE
LLA	Lifelong Learning Accounts		DfE
LLDD	Learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities		DfE
LLDP	Lifelong Learning Development Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LLM	Large Local Major		DLUHC
LLN	Lifelong Learning Networks	Funded by HEFCE between 2004 and 2012. The networks, known as LLNs, are regional partnerships of universities and colleges. LLNs aim to improve and make sense of opportunities for learners on vocational programmes to be able to enter (progress into) higher education (HE). Source: {HEFCE website|http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/Year/2010/llnsummevaln/Title,92243,en.html} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
LLP	Local Learning Partnerships	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LLR	London Living Rent		DLUHC
LLSC	Local Learning Skills Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LLU+	Language and Literacy Unit+	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LM	Line Manager		Civil Service Wide
LM (childrens services)	Lead Member	The Children Act 2004 requires every top-tier or unitary authority in England to designate a Lead Member (LM) for children's services. The LM has political accountability for the effectiveness of all Local Authority children's services and provides leadership across the range of Local Authority children's services and through engagement with partners.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LMA	Line Managers Assurance
LMAO	Labour Market Adjudication Officers	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
LMAS	Leadership and Management Advisory Service		DfE
LMCE	Local Management in Community Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LMS	Labour Market System	Software used by the JobCentre to manage claimant records/appointments for Legacy claims	DWP
LMS (labour)	Labour Market Systems	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
LMS (local)	Local management of schools	System of formula funding and delegated budgeting for schools. 1990-1999. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18 Introduced in 1990, Local Management of Schools (LMS) altered the way schools in Northern Ireland were funded and managed by giving the various Boards of Governors and School Principles the autonomy to make decisions on the allocation of resources and priorities. Education and Library Boards (there are five in total) are similar to Local Authorities in Eng...	DfE
LMSS	Local Management of Special Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LMU	Labour Market Unit		DWP
LNA	Learning Needs Analysis
LNR	Local Nature Recovery		Defra	Future Farming
LOBP	Loss of Benefit Provision
LODs	Law Officers' Departments	The Attorney General and Solicitor General (the Law Officers) have overall responsibility for the work of: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI); Government Legal Department (GLD); Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Together with the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), these departments are known as the Law Officers’ Departments (LODs).	LODs
LOT	Longer Occupational Training	Longer Occupational Training (LOT) is a programme for people who have the ability and motivation to take on and/or retain employment but who need additional skills and/or work experience to get a specific type of job. LOT is delivered as part of New Deal 25+ Intensive Activity Period or work-based learning for adults.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LOTCC	Learning Outside the Classroom Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LP (NLP)	(New) London Plan		DLUHC
LPA	Local Planning Authorities		DLUHC
LPA	Lasting Power of Attorney	This isn't usually capitalised, though GOV.UK and OPG do so.	MoJ
LPG	Learning Platform for Government	Replaced Civil Service Learning (CSL) during October 2019.	DfE
LPMO	Local Programme Management Office		DfE
LPs	Lone Parents
LPSA	Local Public Service Agreement	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LPSH	Leadership Programme for Serving Headteachers		DfE
LPT	London Probation Trust		MoJ
LR	Learner Responsive	Learner Responsive Business Definition DEFINITION 1. Learner Responsive refers to two out of the three demand-led funding models used to calculate funding by the LSC. DETAILED DESCRIPTION 2. There are two learner responsive funding models; 16-18 Learner Responsive covering learners in the 16-18 range. Adult Learner Responsive covering learners aged 19 and over. 3. These models cover funding based on learner choice and demand, whilst the Employer Responsive model covers provision led by employ...	DfE
LR	Licence Recall		MoJ
LR	Landscape recovery
LRB	Learner Registration Body [Provider]		DfE
LRS	Learning Records Service	Previously named Managing Information Across Partners (MIAP) and the Learner Registration Service, renamed in 2010. S	DfE
LS	Learner Statements		DfE
LSA	Learning support assistants		DfE
LSAC	Language Sports and Arts Colleges	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LSAST	Live Services Applications Support Team (also a Prison-NOMIS Dev / Test environment by the same name)	This was the Prison-NOMIS Application Support Team's name, and an environment named 'LSAST' was originally built for them, but now it is now also used by NART for dev/test purposes	MoJ
LSB	Local Schools Budget	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LSC	Learning and Skills Council	Succeeded in 2010 by the Skills Funding Agency and the Young People's Learning Agency.The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was a BIS-sponsored NDPB, established under the Learning and Skills Act 2000. This followed the white paper called "Learning to Succeed", TSO, 1999. Cm 4392. It became fully operational in April 2001 when sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills, replacing the Further Education Funding Council and the 72 training and enterprise councils. Its function was to p...	DfE
LSC	Legal Services Commision	Now the LAA	MoJ
LSCB	Local Safeguarding Children Boards	Each local authority is required to set up an LSCB to bring key agencies such as police, probation, youth justice, heath, education and social care together to make sure local safeguarding of children is effective.Source: {LSCB chairs website|http://www.lscbchairs.org.uk/LSCB} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
LSCB	Local Safeguarding Children Board		MoJ
LSDA	Learning and Skills Development Agency	In 2006 succeeded by the Quality Improvement Agency and the Learning and Skills Network. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18 The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) was a body funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) that supported organisations delivering post-16 education and training through research and training; it did not have NDPB status. It was the new name for the Further Education Development Agency. It was part of the new learn...	DfE
LSE	London School of Economics		DfE
LSEB	London Skills and Employment Board	Responsible for delivering a long-term strategy for adult skills and employment in London. Source: LSEB website as at 2012-05-14 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18 The London Skills and Employment Board (LSEB) was set up and first met in December 2006. It was created following a Government consultation on extending the Mayors powers in a number of areas, including skills. It is chaired by the Mayor of London and comprises major London employers to ensure that its...	DfE
LSH	Learner Support Hardship		DfE
LSI	Local Schools Information	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LSIS	Learning and Skills Improvement Service	Launched in October 2008, formed from the merger of the Quality Improvement Agency and the Centre for Excellence in Leadership.	DfE
LSN	Learning and Skills Network	Set up in 2006 as a part successor to the Learning and Skills Development Agency.The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) is an independent not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference to education and training.	DfE
LSO	Life Sciences Organisation	DIT Team	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
LSP	Local strategic partnerships	Non-statutory, multi-agency partnerships which match local authority boundaries. LSPs bring together at a local level the different parts of the public, private, community and voluntary sectors allowing different initiatives and services to support one another so they can work together more effectively.	DfE
LST	Land Securities Trillium
LSYPE	Longitudinal Study of Young People in England		DfE
LT	Leadership Team		DfE
LTAHW	Living Together as Husband and Wife		DWP
LTC	Loan to cost		DLUHC
LTD	Late Transfer Date		MoJ
LTHSE	Long Term High Security Estates		MoJ
LTL	Learning through Landscapes	Learning through Landscapes is the UK charity dedicated to enhancing outdoor learning and play for children.Source: {LTL|http://www.ltl.org.uk/about/about-ltl.php} accessed 2017-02-28	DfE
LTM	Leadership Team Meeting
LTP	(NHS) Long Term Plan		NHSx	Org Wide
LTSN	Learning and Teaching Support Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-18	DfE
LTT	Lines to take		DLUHC
LUF	Levelling Up Fund	Levelling Up Funds 1, 2 and 3	DLUHC
LUP	Levelling Up Partnership		DLUHC
LUWP	Levelling Up White Paper		DLUHC
LVC	Land Value Capture		DLUHC
LVU	Land Value Uplift		DLUHC
M&C	Match and Claim system		DfE
MA	Maternity Allowance
MA (apprenticeships)	Modern Apprenticeships		DfE
MAA	Marketing Authorisation Approval		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MAAT	Means Assessment Administration Tool	Web app used by caseworkers to process legal aid applications for criminal cases.	MoJ
MAC	Migration Advisory Committee	The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is an independent, non-statutory, non-time limited, non-departmental public body that advises the government on migration issues.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee/about} accessed 2019-08-29	DfE
MaLi	Master list of initiatives	An MOJ Technology list of all projects and programmes of work across the ministry	MoJ
MALRAP	Multi Agency Lifer Risk Assessment Panel		MoJ
MAP	Modern Apprenticeships Programme		DfE
MAPPA	Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements		MoJ
MAPPS	Multi-Agency Public Protection Service	will replace VISOR. In development from 2021 until approx 2024	MoJ
MARAC	Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference	A local, multi agency victim-focused meeting where information is shared on the highest risk cases of domestic violence and abuse (includes considerations of child protection) between different statutory and voluntary sector agencies	MoJ
MaSH	Management and Safety of Health (MaSH) Toolkit
MaST	Mandatory and Statutory Training		NHSx	Org Wide
MAT	Multi-academy trusts		DfE
may	denotes approval	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
MBA	Master of Business Administration		DfE
MBS	Music and Ballet Schools Scheme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MCA	Mayoral Combined Authorities		DLUHC
MCA	Mayoral Combined Authorities		DfE
MCA	Mental Capacity Act		MoJ
MCF	Multi-Client Forum
MCI	Management Charter Initiative	Set up 1989, later replaced by the Management Enterprise Training Organisation (METO), derecognised by DfEE (1995-2001) in March 2000.	DfE
MCL	Minimum Contract Level		DfE
MCO	Minister for the Cabinet Office	A ministerial role within the Cabinet Office. https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-for-the-cabinet-office	Cabinet Office
MCOL	Money Claim Online	Online service to "take court action against someone if they owe you money and won’t pay you back".	MoJ
MCQ	Minor Change Quotation	Related to tender documents.	MoJ
MCS	Millennium Cohort Study		DfE
MCV	Maximum Contract Value		DfE
MCWI	Ministerial Committee on Women's Issues		DfE
MDA	Most Deprived Area		DfE
MDC	Mayoral Development Corporation		DLUHC
MDEP	Music and Dance Expert Panel	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MDIF	Multi-academy trust Development and Improvement Fund	The Multi-academy trust (MAT) Development and Improvement Fund (MDIF) aims to provide additional funding to trusts in order to improve schools and increase social mobility.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-to-the-mat-development-and-improvement-fund} accessed 2019-01-03	DfE
MDM	Master Data Management		DfE
MDMTF	Medicines and Diagnostics Manufacturing Transformation Fund		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MDR	Master Data Repository		DfE
MDS	Music and Dance Scheme	1973- Formerly the Music and Ballet Scheme until 2000. The Music and Dance Scheme provides grants and help with fees at 8 independent schools and 21 centres for advanced training.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/music-dance-scheme} accessed 2016-02-09	DfE
MDS	Minimum Data Set		MoJ
ME (exceptions)	Mandatory Exceptions	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MEAG	Moral and Ethical Advisory Group		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MEC	Medical Examination Centre
MEF	Muslim Education Forum	The Muslim Education Forum (MEF) is an umbrella organisation consisting of the Muslim Teachers Network, the Muslim Parents Association and the Muslim Student Project. It represents the needs of Muslim pupils; aims to involve Muslim parents in their children's education; and works to prevent Muslim pupils disengaging from education.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MEG	Midland Examining Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MEGS	MUSIC ENTERPRISE GRANTS
MELSO	Managed Effective Learning in Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
META programme	Minority Ethnic Talent Association	META (Minority Ethnic Talent Association) is an accelerated development programme, aimed at staff from ethnic minority groups with the ambition and potential to become future leaders of the Civil Service. The programme was fully integrated with the FLS in 2016 meaning all successful FLS and SLS participants from an ethnic minority background will be offered a place on META. Alumni from the META/PAP and Accelerate schemes are eligible for a guaranteed interview during selection but must still ...	DfE
MFA	Multi Factor Authentication		DfE
MFD	Multi-Function Device	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MFD	Multifunctional device	Printers at MOJ, which can also be used to scan in documents (hence the 'multifunctional' bit).	MoJ
MFL	Modern foreign languages		DfE
MFM	Mockingbird Family Model	An evaluation of the Mockingbird family model (MFM) approach to supporting foster carers and the children placed with them.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mockingbird-family-model-evaluation} accessed 2020-08-19	DfE
MFO	Monthly Forecast Outturn	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MHA	Mental Health Act		DHSC
MHCLG	Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government	Department for Communities and Local Government was re-named Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 09 January 2018 following a Cabinet re-shuffle. The remit of the department was unchanged, but the new name considered to be a better reflection of the department's responsibilities. 09/01/2018	DLUHC
MHRA	Human Medicines Regulations		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MHRA	Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MHST	Mental Health Support Teams (for children and young people)	Supported by partners, NHS England is leading the delivery of two of the programmes main commitments: Establishing new Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), which is jointly delivered with the Department for Education. MHSTs will develop models of early intervention on mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing issues, such as anxiety, behavioural difficulties or friendship issues, as well as providing help to staff within a school and college setting. The teams will act as a link ...	DfE
MI	Management Information	Data or Statistics indicating performance of certain areas as stated in the Code of Practice for Statistics but do not meet the threshold for Official Statistics.	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
MI	Management Information	Data or Statistics indicating performance of certain areas as stated in the Code of Practice for Statistics but do not meet the threshold for Official Statistics.	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
MI	Management Information	Data or Statistics indicating performance of certain areas as stated in the Code of Practice for Statistics but do not meet the threshold for Official Statistics.	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
MI (information)	Management information	Data or Statistics indicating performance of certain areas as stated in the Code of Practice for Statistics but do not meet the threshold for Official Statistics.	Civil Service Wide	Org Wide
MI (instances)	Managed instances		DfE
MIA	Manufacturing and/or Importation Authorisation		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MIAP	Managing Information Across Partners	Aimed to simplify the way information about learners and providers was collected, handled and shared. Led by DIUS (2007-2009) / BIS (2009-.) and delivered by the LSC (2001-2010). In 2010 renamed the Learning Records Service.	DfE
MiC	Mathematics in Context	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MIC	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MIDAS	Matching Intelligence and Data Analysis
might	denotes a possibility	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
MINT	Managed INTerconnect	Two firewalls that bridge the OMNI and Quantum networks.	MoJ
MIS	Management Information Systems		DfE
MIS	Management Information System		MoJ
MISE	Management Information Systems in Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MISEP	Mutual Information System on Employment Policies	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MISP	Management Information System Programme
MITM	Man In The Middle		MoJ
MLD	Mild Learning Difficulties	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MLE	Managed Learning Environment	Managed Learning Environment comprises a range of information systems and processes that support learning and the management of learning within an institution. It includes Virtual Learning Environments, administrative and other support systems.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MLP	Minimum Level of Performance		DfE
MLRA	Managed Libra Record Access application	Web app used by LAA caseworkers to access court information on Libra	MoJ
MMC	Modern Methods of Construction		DLUHC
MMIC	Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MMIP	Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership	Industry network of UK medicines manufacturers. Supported by ABPI, BIA and IUK. Co-established by government.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MMO	Marine Management Organisation		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
MNS	Maintained nursery schools		DfE
MO	Modus Operandi		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MoD	Ministry of Defence		MoD
MOD	Ministry of Defence		DfE
MODs	Models for Operational Delivery		MoJ
MOE	More Open Enrolment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MOG	Machinery of government	A Machinery of Government (MoG) change is a transfer of functions between Ministers, either: a. between Ministers in charge of Departments or other Cabinet Ministers, or b. between a Minister and a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB). It can affect functions carried out by the Ministers Department or a public body such as an Executive Agency under the Ministers control, or by other public bodies. The transfer of a function takes effect immediately unless specifically provided to the contrary.	DfE
MOG	Machinery of Government (change)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MOG			MoJ
MOiC	Managing Offenders in Custody		MoJ
MoJ	Ministry of Justice		MoJ
MoJ	Ministry of Justice	Created 9 May 2007, replaced Department for Constitutional Affairs.	DfE
MOJ	Ministry of Justice	Use capitals - 'MOJ', not 'MoJ'.Departments don’t take the definite article, so 'MOJ', not 'the MOJ'.	MoJ
MOJFIN	MoJ Finance	Data warehouse the LAA finance team uses	MoJ
MoL	Mayor of London		DLUHC
MOOC	Massive Open Online Courses		DfE
MoS	Ministry of State		DLUHC
MoS	Minister of State		Civil Service Wide
MOSAIC	Mail Opening Scanning and Image Circulation
MOU	Mail Opening Unit		DWP
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding		DLUHC
MoU	Memorandum of understanding	Provides a framework for relations between organisations, building on existing partnerships. It defines individual responsibilities, shared priorities and how they will work together to best deliver these in line with their statutory responsibilities.	DfE
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding		Civil Service Wide
MOU	Memorandum Of Understanding		MoJ
MP	Members of Parliament		Civil Service Wide
MP	Ministerial Panel (VTF))		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MP	Modernisation Platform	The Modernisation Platform is a hosting platform where teams can host and modernise applications which are not suitable for Cloud Platform	MoJ
MPA	Major Projects Authority (part of CO)		Cabinet Office	Project Delivery
MPCD (departmental organisational unit)	Ministerial and Public Communications Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2017-	DfE
MPF	Major Projects Function		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
MPM	Managing Public Money		DLUHC
MPR	Mid Posting Review		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
MPS	Moving People Safely		MoJ
MPSI	Ministers, Parliament, Strategy and implementation		MoJ
MQPL	Measuring Quality of Prisoner Life		MoJ
MR	Manadatory Reconsideration	A request by a customer to reconsider a benefit decision made on their case	DWP
MRC	Medical Research Council	The Medical Research Council improves human health through world-class medical research. We fund research across the biomedical spectrum, from fundamental lab-based science to clinical trials, and in all major disease areas. Our research has resulted in life-changing discoveries for over a hundred years. We are a non-departmental public body funded through the government's science and research budget. We invest in research on behalf of the UK tax payer. Scientists apply for funding for their ...	DfE
MRC	UKRI Medical Research Council	The Medical Research Council (MRC) is responsible for co-coordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. Part of UKRI.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
MRN	Major Road Network		DLUHC
MRPQ	Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications		DfE
MRS	Model Repository Service	Forms part of the data management process along with the Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC) and the Data Integration Service (DIS (data)).	DfE
MSC	Manpower Services Commission		DfE
MSD	MINISTERIAL STRATEGY DIRECTORATE		DIT
MSD	My Service Desk		DfE
MSP (service provider)	Managed Service Provider	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
MSRS	Medical Services Referral System
MSU	Ministerial Support Unit	A form of correspondence that does require a Ministerial response, often from MPs or significant Stakeholders. https://intranet.mhclg.gov.uk/blog/msus-maximising-success-and-usefulness/	DLUHC
MTA	Modified Test Agency		DfE
MTD	Mid Transfer Date		MoJ
MTDE	Minister for Tech & Digital Economy	Responsible since Seotember 2021 for the following policy areas: Digital and tech policy, Online safety, International strategy, Gambling and lotteries, Legislation	DCMS	Digital
MTER	MEDIUM TERM ECONOMIC RESPONSE		DIT
MTFP	Medium Term Financial Plan
MTL	Masters in Teaching and Learning	Masters in Teaching and Learning (MTL) aims to build on the talents of teachers by making teaching a Masters level profession, boosting the status of the profession further and creating a world class teaching workforce. The MTL programme will be focused initially on teachers in their first five years of teaching but over time will be available to all teachers.	DfE
MTP	Money To Prisoners	Currently a working name for a project digitising the process of sending money to UK prisoners.	MoJ
MtW	Movement to Work	Movement to Work is a voluntary collaboration of leading employers in the United Kingdom, including the Civil Service, who are helping young people aged 18 to 24 who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) move closer to employment by providing quality work experience and learning opportunities.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/movement-to-work-work-experience-in-the-civil-service-for-unemployed-young-people} accessed 2018-01-29	DfE
MV	Market Value	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
MV	Millennium Volunteers	1997/unknown. Involved projects to expand volunteering among young people aged 16-24.Millennium Volunteers (MV) was launched in 1999. It was a national programme that provided volunteering and personal development opportunities for young people aged between 16 and 24. It put into practice what the Prime Minister said should become a Giving Age the idea of an active community which sees a step change in the level of community involvement, and people from all walks of life coming together to ma...	DfE
MVA	Monetary Value Adjustment
MVF	Marginal Viable Funding	Small scale, poli-filler	DLUHC
MVFE	Monetary Value of Fraud Error
MVP	Minimum Viable Product		DfE
MVP	Minimum Viable Product		MoJ
MVS	Multiple Virtual Storage		DfE
My Detail	A system used in prisons to detail staff. Also known as CSR (Corporate Staff Rostering) or InVision WFM		MoJ
N58	Network 58		DfE
NAA	National Assessment Agency	Launched in April 2004 to develop and deliver high-quality national curriculum tests and supervise the delivery and modernisation of GCSEs and A levels. Following the Sutherland Report in December 2008 the NAA was fully integrated into the QCDA.	DfE
NAACE	National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education	The National Association for all those interested in technology in education We are a community of educators, technologists and policy makers who share a vision for the role of technology in advancing education. Our members include teachers, school leaders, advisors and consultants working within and across all phases of UK education. As a professional association, we represent the voice of the UK education technology community in the schools sector at a national and international level, as w...	DfE
NAAS (academic)	New Academic Appointments Scheme		DfE
NAAS (assessment)	National Assessment and Accreditation System (social workers)		DfE
NACAB	National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux		DfE
NACCCE	National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education		DfE
NACCEG	National Advisory Council for Careers and Educational Guidance		DfE
NACE	National Association for Able Children in Education	Founded in 1983, NACE is recognised both nationally and internationally as a leading charity in the field of education for able learners. We provide guidance, support and training, enabling teachers to attain the best from able learners in the everyday classroom, whilst enabling all learners to flourish and achieve. We run a dynamic regional and national events and conference programme. Alongside this we offer bespoke CPD, and develop resources specifically for members.Source: {NACE|https://w...	DfE
NACEIC	National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce		DfE
NACEPD	National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities		DfE
NACETT	National Advisory Council on Education and Training Targets		DfE
NACP	National Association of Connexions Partnerships	The National Association of Connexions Partnerships was formed in January 2003 to represent the interests of Connexions Partnerships in England. The association aims to 'improve the quality and consistency of services to young people'. To achieve this, it offers its members the opportunity to share information and good practice, represents the views of its members at all levels (local, regional and national), and gathers, analyses and spreads relevant information.Source: The Knowledge accesse...	DfE
Nacro	National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders	Formerly the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders	DfE
NACRO	National Association of Care & Resettlement of Offender	A prisoner charity.	MoJ
NACYS	National Advisory Council for Youth Services		DfE
NAEIAC	National Association of Educational Inspectors Advisers and Consultants		DfE
NAFE	Non-Advanced Further Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
NAFN	National Anti Fraud Network
NAGC	National Association for Gifted Children	NAGC's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research. We aim to help parents and families, K-12 education professionals including support service personnel, and members of the research and higher education community who work to help gifted and talented children as they strive to achieve their personal best and contribute to their communities.Source: {NAGC website|http://www.nagc....	DfE
NAGCEL	National Advisory Group on Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning		DfE
NAGM	National Association of Governors and Managers		DfE
NAGTY	National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth	2002-2007 Established by the government at the University of Warwick to improve provision for gifted and talented children and young people up to the age of 19, and to provide guidance, advice and development for teachers. Closed down 2010.Source: {The Guardian|http://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/feb/02/gifted-talented-scrapped-funds-redirected} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NAHT	National Association of Head Teachers	Founded in 1897 as the London Head Teachers Association.Source: {NAHT website|https://www.naht.org.uk/about-us/our-history/} accessed 2019-06-18	DfE
NALDIC	National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum	Dating back to 1992, NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) is the UKs national subject association for EAL. We are a charity and company limited by guarantee, registered with the Charities Commission (Charity No. 1110570) and Companies House (Company No. 05159760). NALDIC provides a professional forum for the teaching and learning of English as an additional language, supporting bilingualism, raising the achievement of ethnic minority learners, and promoting...	DfE
NALS	National Adult Learning Survey	The National Adult Learning Survey is a report on adult learning published by the National Audit Office in 2003. The actual survey was conducted in 2003. It found that 76 percent of adults questioned had participated in some form of organised learning in the previous three years. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NAMSS	National Association for Managers of Student Services	NAMSS (National Association for Managers of Student Services), is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1987 as a registered charity with the Charity Commission and is a key stakeholder for Government department consultations including safeguarding, funding, learner wellbeing etc. NAMSS provides support and professional development for managers and colleagues who work in student services roles in post-16 education and training.Source: {NAMSS website|https://www.namss.ac.uk/about-namss}...	DfE
NAO	National Audit Office		NHSx	Org Wide
NAO	National Audit Office		NAO
NAO	National Audit Office		NAO
NAO	National Audit Office		MoJ
NAO	National Audit Office		DLUHC
NAP	National Adaptation Programme	Required under the Climate Change Act 2008. Every five years the Government must publish a programme of how it is adapting to climate change impacts identified in the CCRA (see separately). The NAP is for England and reserved matters- each of the Devolved Admnistrations have their own national programems for adapting to climate change	Civil Service Wide	Defra Adaptation team lead on coordinating this, but responsibility to adapt to climate change risks is government-wide
NAPE	National Association for Primary Education	The National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) brings together everyone who has a concern for the learning of children from birth to 13 years. Members and affiliated schools work to improve education through the Early, Primary and Middle Years.Source: {NAPE website|https:/ape.org.uk/} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NAPO	National Association of Probation Officers		MoJ
NAPP	National Academy for Parenting Practitioners	Launched in November 2007 to improve the skills of the practitioners who supported parents in England. It closed in April 2010. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04 The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners (NAPP) was launched on 21 November 2007 to improve the quality of parenting support through training, developing and supporting practitioners in the sector. It will act as a national centre for academic research and provide practical support and soluti...	DfE
NARIC	National Academic Recognition Centre	UK NARIC was the UKs National Agency responsible for providing information and opinion on academic, vocational and professional qualifications from across the world. As the National Agency, managed on behalf of the UK Government, UK NARIC provide the only official source of information on international education and training systems and qualifications and skills attained outside the UK. UK ENIC is the UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualifica...	DfE
NART	National Applications Reporting Team	This team support Reporting from nDelius, OASys and Prison-NOMIS using Business Objects. Answer ad-hoc queries including FOIs, PQs and Research Projects. We're on slack #nart	MoJ
NAS	National Apprenticeship Service		DfE
NASBM	National Association of School Business Management	In 1997, the National Bursars Association Ltd was formally incorporated in response to an increasing demand for a more formal representative body. In 2008, the association commissioned a rebrand exercise and made a conscious move away from the term bursar to reflect the broader responsibilities and complexity of school business management. The National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) was born. The move to become the Institute of School Business Leadership, in 2017, is firmly...	DfE
NASEN	National Association for Special Educational Needs	nasen (National Association of Special Educational Needs) is a charity organisation who have been operating since 1992 making 2017 our 25th birthday! We support thousands of practitioners by providing relevant information, training and resources to enable staff to meet all pupils needs. Working with dedicated education professionals, nasen aims to ensure that practice for special and additional needs is both effective and current. nasen is committed to providing an excellent range of professi...	DfE
NASES	National Association for Student Employment Services	The National Association of Student Employment Services (NASES) is a national membership driven organisation, offering operational solutions to professionals working in the student employment sector. Established in July 1998, NASES aims to facilitate the continuing development of the employment sector by encouraging the sharing of best practice between Higher and Further Education institutions. NASES is a registered charity and has gained popularity from the desire of likeminded employability...	DfE
NASG	National Association of School Governors	The National Governance Association (NGA), founded as the National Governors' Association, is a representative body for school governors and trustees of state-funded schools in England. It was formed in February 2006 via the merger of two predecessor organisations: the National Governors Council (NGC) and the National Association of School Governors (NASG). It has its headquarters in Birmingham.Source: {Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Governance_Association} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NASMA	National Association of Student Money Advisers	NASMA is the National Association of Student Money Advisers. We have members in all four countries in the UK and collectively we are recognised as the leading authority on all matters relating to student advice and funding. NASMA acts as a focus for information exchange between practitioners in the field of student funding, bringing together professionals from across the sector and encouraging the free exchange of ideas. We work closely with national decision makers and their influencers on s...	DfE
NASS (asylum)	National Asylum Support Service		DfE
NASS (schools)	National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools	The National Association of Independent Schools & Non-Maintained Special Schools (NASS) is a membership organisation working with and for special schools in the independent, voluntary and private sectors within the UK. NASS is proud of its role in improving opportunities and standards for special schools outside of Local Authority control.Source: {NASS|https://www.nasschools.org.uk/} accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NASUWT	National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers		DfE
NATE	National Association for the Teaching of English	The association is run on a voluntary basis through elected executive and council committees. Members are affiliated to a network of regional branches. The association has a range of committees and working parties which address current concerns, disseminate knowledge and ideas, promote the work of the association and seek to represent the views of the association to national bodies, local authorities, the DfE, Ofsted and to the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) and examination boards. NATE o...	DfE
NATECLA	National Association for Teaching English and other Community Languages to Adults	NATECLA works to the following values: Independence and professionalism in language education Support for ESOL and community languages practitioners and learners High quality, relevant training opportunities, both local and national Respect for diversity and multilingualism Expert advice to government bodies and other agencies Campaigns which promote and protect ESOL and community languages.Source: {NATECLA|https://www.natecla.org.uk/content/474/About-NATECLA} accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NATFHE	National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education	Joined with the AUT to form the University and College Union on 1 June 2006.	DfE
NATSPEC	National Association of Specialist Colleges	Natspec is a membership association for independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.Source: {NATSPEC|http://www.natspec.org.uk/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NATT+	National Association of Teachers of Travellers + other professionals	The Association was established in 1980 in order to address the isolation of teachers of Travellers and to support and encourage their work. It was renamed in 2008 to recognise that there were other professionals needing support who were involved in the education of Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. NATT+ was the nationally recognised voice of Traveller Education Services. It represented and supported members at a national level by addressing Gypsy, Roma and Traveller issues with a number of organi...	DfE
NAW	National Apprenticeship Week	National Apprenticeship Week (NAW 2016) is co-ordinated by the National Apprenticeship Service and is designed to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals, businesses and the wider economy.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-eventsational-apprenticeship-week-2016} accessed 2016-08-11	DfE
NBA	National Bursars Association	In 1997, the National Bursars Association Ltd was formally incorporated in response to an increasing demand for a more formal representative body. In 2008, the association commissioned a rebrand exercise and made a conscious move away from the term bursar to reflect the broader responsibilities and complexity of school business management. The National Association of School Business Management (NASBM) was born. The move to become the Institute of School Business Leadership, in 2017, is firmly...	DfE
NBFH	National Benefit Fraud Hotline		DWP
NBYL	National Body of Youth Leadership	National Body of Youth Leadership The National Body of Youth Leadership (NBYL) will deliver a diverse offer to young people looking to develop their leadership, confidence and self esteem. This will include day long shadowing opportunities with Ministers; week long internships with local leaders and a fellowship programme offering young people the chance to develop their leadership skills in a range of settings, enabling them to act as role models and mentors to their peers. A consortia led b...	DfE
NC (curriculum)	National curriculum		DfE
NC (NCSL)	National College for School Leadership	From April 1st 2012 an executive agency of the Department for Education. In April 2013 merged with the Teaching Agency to form the National College for Teaching and Leadership.	DfE
NC (NCTL)	National College for Teaching and Leadership		DfE
NCA	National Crime Agency		NCA
NCA (capacity)	Net Capacity Assessment	The capacity of a school is the number of pupil places available. The Net Capacity Assessment (NCA) is intended to provide a single, robust and consistent method of assessing the capacity of schools. The guidance document Assessing the Net Capacity of Schools is available from DfE publications. The document describes the net capacity assessment method, which replaces all previous methods of assessing the capacity of maintained mainstream schools in England. The guidance explains why the new m...	DfE
NCA (childminding)	National Childminding Association		DfE
NCATE	National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education	The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) was founded in 1954 to accredit teacher certification programs at colleges and universities in the United States.Source: {Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Council_for_Accreditation_of_Teacher_Education} accessed 2019-04-02	DfE
NCB	National Childrens Bureau	Founded in 1963, as the National Bureau for Cooperation in Child Care. In 1970 its name changed to the National Childrens Bureau. Source: {NCB website|http://www.ncb.org.uk/default.aspx} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NCC (construction)	National Construction College	The National Construction College (NCC) has eight campuses and training centres across the UK. Our team of industry-focused instructors specialise in essential construction training. Source: {CITB|http://www.citb.co.ukational-construction-collegeational-construction-college-campuses/} accessed 2017-02-17	DfE
NCC (curriculum)	National Curriculum Council	1988-1993 The National Curriculum Council (NCC) was one of three bodies created under the Education Reform Act 1988 to help in implementing the national curriculum and its assessment arrangements. The others were the Curriculum Council for Wales (CCW) and the Schools Examination and Assessment Council (SEAC) for England and Wales. The National Curriculum Council, together with SEAC and CCW, were wound up by the Education Act 1993.Source: {The National Archives|https://discovery.nationalarchiv...	DfE
NCCE	National Centre for Computing Education	The National Centre for Computing Education is funded by the Department for Education and is run by a consortium of STEM Learning, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.Source: {NCCE website|https://teachcomputing.org/} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
NCE	National Commission on Education	The National Commission on Education was set up in July 1991 after the government turned down a request by Sir Claus Moser for a Royal Commission. It was set up by the British Association for the Advancement of Science and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The Commission, which was chaired by Lord Walton of Datchet, produced a series of Briefings on all aspects of education and a report called 'Learning to Succeed: report of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation' (Heinemann, 1993). The Commission's ...	DfE
NCEE (entrepreneurship)	National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education	The National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE) supports higher education to build its entrepreneurial future. We believe innovative and inspiring activities led by enterprising staff create graduates equipped for an ever changing world. We support organisations to develop their entrepreneurial capacity providing a range of services to universities, and their senior leadership and practitioners to ensure UK higher education remains at the forefront of enterprise and entrepreneurs...	DfE
NCEE (excellence)	National Council for Educational Excellence	Set up in July 2007, chaired by the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State, drawing its membership from leaders in business, universities and the voluntary sector as well as school leaders. Its aim was to champion the transformation of expectations of the education system and to advise on strategy and measures to achieve world-class education. 2007/unknown Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20 The National Council for Educational Excellence was established by ...	DfE
NCER	National Consortium for Examination Results	NCER is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company mutually owned by all top-tier local authorities in England.Source: {NCER website|https://www.ncer.org/PublicResources/Management.aspx} accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
NCET	National Council for Educational Technology	In March 1967 Anthony Crosland as Secretary of State for Education and Science announced that as a result of the Brynmor Jones Report Audio-Visual Aids in Higher Scientific Education (Jones, 1965) he was planning to set up a body to "advise educational services and industrial training organisations on the use of audio visual aids and media". It [NCET] was formally set up under the terms of a trust deed dated 5 December 1967 and funded by government through the Department for Education and Sci...	DfE
NCETM	National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics	The NCETM is managed by a consortium of Tribal Education and Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI). It is funded by the Department for Education (DfE). Our aims The aims of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) are to raise levels of achievement in maths, and to increase appreciation of the power and wonder of maths, across the school, sixth form college and further education system. In this context, our specific task is to try to ensure that all teac...	DfE
NCF	National Commissioning Framework		DfE
NCGE	National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship	NCEE is the trading name of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE).Source: {NCEE website|https:/cee.org.uk/about-us/} accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
NCHSR	National College for High Speed Rail	Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/government-confirms-80-million-for-national-colleges-to-deliver-the-workforce-of-tomorrow} accessed 2016-07-19 Operational as National College for High Speed Rail between September 2017 and August 2019, when it changed its name to the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure. 2020-08-17	DfE
NCITO	National Council of Industrial Training Organisations		DfE
NCLL	National Centre for Language and Literacy	For over three decades, the National Centre for Language and Literacy (NCLL) has been offering an independent voice, responding flexibly to teacher needs as they have evolved over time. The NCLL supports teachers, parents and governors in a wide range of ways - resources, publications, courses, conferences and research.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 Pandora Books is pleased to announce that it will be continuing its support for the National Centre for Language and Literacy through ...	DfE
NCMP	National Child Measurement Programme	The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) was one element of the Government work programme on childhood obesity, and was operated jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007-2010). 2005/unknown	DfE
NCPTA	National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations		DfE
NCR	National Contracts Register		DfE
NCS	National Security Council		Civil Service Wide
NCS (careers)	National Careers Service	Launched in April 2012 to offer independent, impartial information and advice on learning and work and access to a wide range of information about careers and the job market. Source: {NCS website|https:/ationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/aboutus/Pages/default.aspx} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NCS (childcare)	National Childcare Strategy	Aimed to ensure that affordable and accessible quality care was available in every neighbourhood. 1998/unknown Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20 The National Childcare Strategy (NCS) was introduced in 1998 and was an initiative for the development, expansion, implementation and sustainability of early years and childcare services. The Strategy set out to address the shortage of childcare places, scarcity of information on how parents could find them and affor...	DfE
NCS (citizen)	National Citizen Service	NCS is a voluntary eight-week summer programme for 16-year-olds that will support them in developing the skills and attitudes they need to get more engaged with their communities and become active and responsible citizens.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/get-involved/take-partational-citizen-service} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NCSL	National College for School Leadership	From April 1st 2012 an executive agency of the Department for Education. In April 2013 merged with the Teaching Agency to form the National College for Teaching and Leadership.	DfE
NCTL	National College for Teaching and Leadership		DfE
NCVQ	National Council for Vocational Qualifications	The National Council for Vocational Qualifications was the regulatory authority in the UK for vocational qualifications. It ceased to exist in 1997 when it was amalgamated with the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority to form the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-18	DfE
NCVYS	National Council for Voluntary Youth Services	A diverse network of over 160 national voluntary youth organisations and regional and local youth networks, NCVYS has been working since 1936 to support voluntary and community organisations that work with young people.Source: {NCVYS|http://www.ncvys.org.uk/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
ND	nDelius		MoJ
NDA	Non Disclosure Agreement		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NDC	National Disability Council	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
NDCC	North Devon County Council		DLUHC
NDDI	National Disability Development Initiative	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
NDE	Non-Directly Employed		MoJ
nDelius	Probation IT System		MoJ
NDH	Nomis Data Hub	Term used by HP, which is part of the NOMIS API architecture for Prison Visits Booking	MoJ
NDLPP	National Directory of Learning Providers and Provision		DfE
NDNA	National Day Nurseries Association	We are the voice of the UK nursery sector and hold governments in Westminster, Cardiff and Edinburgh to account and have influenced policy on everything from business costs to qualifications and better investment in early years.Source: {NDNA website|https://www.ndna.org.uk/NDNA/All_About_Us/About_Us.aspx} accessed 2019-06-18	DfE
NDP	National Development Programme	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
NDPB	Non-Departmental Public Body		DLUHC
NDPB	Non-departmental public bodies	A non-departmental public body is defined as a body which has a role in the processes of national government, but is not a government department or part of one, and which accordingly operates to a greater or lesser extent at arms length from ministers.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/public-bodies-reform#ndpbs-and-executive-agencies} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NDPB	Non-departmental public body		Civil Service Wide
NDPB	Non-departmental public body	Literally means a bit of government that's not a department - only really used in government circles.	MoJ
NDRB	National Digital Resource Bank	The National Digital Resource Bank (NDRB) is a bank of resources that are available on perpetuity and copyright free licenses that have been mapped and tagged and made suitable for use with learning platforms. The bank of resources is available free to any Local Authority (LA) or school wishing to become a member of the scheme. Around 120 LAs joined. Resources range from, tutorials, activities and interactive games covering entire courses to individual photographs, audio clips and worksheets....	DfE
NDS	New Deal for Schools	Announced in the July 1997 Budget, a capital programme, funded by the proceeds of the Windfall Tax, to improve the condition of school buildings. 1997/2000? Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20 The New Deal for Schools was announced in the July 1997 Budget in press release DfEE 2 of 2 July 1997 called "Blunkett welcomes 2 Billion pound New Deal for Schools".	DfE
NDTF	New Deal Task Force		DfE
NDTMS	National Drug Treatment Monitoring System	The National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) collects person level, patient identifiable data from drug and alcohol treatment providers at a national level.	DHSC
NDU	National Disclosure Unit
NDYP	New Deal for Young People		DfE
NE	Natural England		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
NEAB	Northern Examinations and Assessment Board		DfE
NEBPN	National Education Business Partnership Network		DfE
NECA	North East Combined Authority		DLUHC
NECA	Natural Capital Ecosytem Assessment		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
NEEC	North of England Education Conference	The North of England Education Conference (NEEC) was the UKs biggest annual education conference. The first Conference took place in Manchester in 1903.[1] The event provided an opportunity for senior decision makers in education, Childrens Services, the public sector, associated agencies and organisations to meet and consider the latest thinking and legislation affecting children and young people. In recent years the scope of the conference had expanded to encompass the broader childrens ser...	DfE
NEET	Not in Employment, Education or Training		DfE
NEET	Young people not in education employment or training		DfE
NEET	Not in Education, Employment, or Training		MoJ
NEET (16-18)	Young people not in education employment or training (16-18)	Young people not in education, employment or training.	DfE
NEET (19-25)	Young people not in education employment or training (19-25)		DfE
NEIC	Natural England Investment Committee	Natural England Investment Committee	APHA, Defra	Natural England
NEIS	Nursery Education Inspection Service		DfE
NEMC	National Executive Management Committee		MoJ
NEN	National Enterprise Network	Rebranded name for the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies.Source: {NEN website|https://www.nationalenterprisenetwork.org/about-us/history/} accessed 2019-06-12	DfE
NEOST	National Employers Organisation for School Teachers	The LGA provides the Secretariat to the National Employers' Organisation for School Teachers (NEOST), which represents education authorities and other employers of school teachers in maintained schools in England and Wales. The role of NEOST is to: represent maintained school employers to the Department for Education; submit evidence to the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) on behalf of maintained school employers; advise education authorities on the application of statutory pay and conditi...	DfE
NEPACS	(Formerly) The North East Prison After Care Society	A charity working in the north east of England to support prisoners and their families.	MoJ
NERC	Natural Environment Research Council	NERC - the Natural Environment Research Council - is the leading funder of independent research, training and innovation in environmental science in the UK.Source: {NERC|http://www.nerc.ac.uk/about/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
NERF	National Educational Research Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NERS	National Exclusions Reporting System	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NERT	National Economic Recovery Taskforce		DLUHC
NERT	NATIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY TASKFORCE		DIT
NES	National Employer Service	Part of the National Apprenticeship Service, works on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Skills Funding Agency.Source: {The National Archives|http://tna.europarchive.org/20100203033327ationalemployerservice.org.uk/} accessed 2015-06-05 Formerly the National Contracts ServiceSource: Team information	DfE
Nesta	National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts	Nesta is an innovation charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. Source: {Nesta|http://www.nesta.org.uk/about-us} accessed 2016-08-01	DfE
NETP	National Employer Training Programme	2004/unknown The National Employer Training Programme (NETP) was announced in 2004. Building on the success of Employer Training Programmes, the NETP gives grants directly to employers for them to invest in improving the skills of their low and semi-skilled employees. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NETT	National Education and Training Targets	Instituted in the early 1990s, replaced by National Learning targets in 1998.	DfE
NEU	National Education Union	NEU is a campaigning union with a clear vision of what our education system should look like. Together, we want to shape the future of education for the benefit of teachers, support staff, leaders and pupils.Source: {NEU website|https:/eu.org.uk/} accessed 2019-06-17	DfE
NFA	No Further Action
NFCEG	National Framework for Careers Education and Guidance	The National Framework for Careers Education and Guidance was written to help make sure that the careers education and guidance (CEG) given to 11-19 year olds by schools, colleges and work-based training organisations is of a high and consistent quality. It is built on three aims: 1.self development 2.career exploration 3.career management The Framework offers a range of advice and support, including examples of using the Framework in different settings, suggested CEG programme plans, and adv...	DfE
NFEA	National Federation of Enterprise Agencies	The National Federation of Enterprise Agencies was formed in 1992 as an independent, not for profit organisation created out of a crucial need that the emerging local enterprise agencies had for national representation with key stakeholders in central government, with other agencies and the private sector and to enable networking across this new, substantial enterprise support sector.Source: {NEN website|https://www.nationalenterprisenetwork.org/about-us/history/} accessed 2019-06-12	DfE
NFER	National Foundation for Educational Research		DfE
NFF	National funding formula		DfE
NFISG	National Family Intervention Strategy Group	The Government announced plans for a National Family Intervention Strategy Group (NFISG) to help make the case for Family Intervention Projects (FIPs) around the country on 23 October 2009. The NFISG will be led by Kim Bromley-Derry, President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS). This group will be supported by the DfE, the Home Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Justice and Department of Health. The Group will help to gather, promot...	DfE
NFR	Non-Functional Requirements		DfE
NFR	Non Functional Requirements		MoJ
NFS	National File Standard
NFU	National Farmers Union		Defra	Future Farming
NGA (governance)	National Governance Association	The National Governance Association aims to support and represent all school governors and trustees in England; there are over 250,000 governors/trustees, one of the largest volunteer groups in the UK. We are an independent charity that aims to support and promote good governance in our schools; we do this through providing information, advice and guidance; by undertaking research and by delivering face to face training, e-learning and consultancy services. We also run national conferences, a...	DfE
NGA (governors)	National Governors Association		DfE
NGC	National Governors Council	The National Governance Association (NGA), founded as the National Governors' Association, is a representative body for school governors and trustees of state-funded schools in England. It was formed in February 2006 via the merger of two predecessor organisations: the National Governors Council (NGC) and the National Association of School Governors (NASG). It has its headquarters in Birmingham.Source: {Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Governance_Association} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NGfL	National Grid for Learning	Launched in November 1998 as a gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It aimed to help learners and educators in the United Kingdom benefit from information and communications technology. It was funded and managed by BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) through the Department for Education and Employment. Closed April 2006.	DfE
NGO	Non-government organisations		DfE
NGO	Non-governmental organisation		Civil Service Wide
NGOV
NGRF	National Guidance Research Forum	The National Guidance Research Forum (NGRF) facilitates knowledge sharing and professional development, together with labour market information for those interested in career guidance research and practice including practitioners, policy makers, researchers, guidance trainees, tutors and trainers.Source: {NGRF|https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/iergrf/} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NGSS	Next Generation Shared Services		MoJ
NHB	New Homes Bonus	The New Homes Bonus is a grant paid by central government to local councils to reflect and incentivize housing growth in their areas. It is based on the amount of extra Council Tax revenue raised for new-build homes, conversions and long-term empty homes brought back into use. There is also an extra payment for providing affordable homes. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-homes-bonus-provisional-allocations-2021-to-2022	DLUHC
NHBF	National Home Building Fund		DLUHC
NHS	National Health Service		NHSx	Org Wide
NHS	National Health Service		NHS
NHS	National Health Service		DfE
NHS D	NHS Digital		NHSx	Org Wide
NHS E/I	NHS England and NHS Improvement		NHSx	Org Wide
NHSBT	National Health Service Blood and Transplant		DHSC
NHSD	NHS Digital	NHS Digital is the trading name of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, which is the national provider of information, data and IT systems for commissioners, analysts and clinicians in health and social care in England, particularly those involved with the National Health Service of England.	DHSC
NHSDG	National Home School Development Group	This national voluntary group has been in existence for well over 10 years. Its membership consists of people drawn from a wide range of working contexts throughout the UK - all of whom share a common interest in the development of productive collaboration between families and schools. Many are authors in their own right and most are also members of other, well known national organisations. The group is actively involved in: research, writing and development work in the area of family-school ...	DfE
NHSE	NHS England		NHS
NHSE&I	NHS England and NHS Improvement		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NHSP	National Healthy Schools Programme	The National Healthy Schools Programme (NHSP) is a joint Department for Education and Department of Health initiative to create healthy and happy children and young people, who do better in learning and in life. The Programme supports the links between health, behaviour and achievement. The impact of the Programme is based on a whole-school approach to physical and emotional well-being focused on four core themes: 1.Personal, Social and Health Education 2.Healthy Eating 3.Physical Activity 4....	DfE
NHSS (standard)	National Healthy Schools Standard		DfE
NHSS (status)	National Healthy School Status		DfE
NHSX	User Experience		NHSx	Org Wide
NHSXers	NHSX Staff		NHSx	Org Wide
NI	Northen Ireland		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NI DAS	Northern Ireland Digital Assistance Scheme		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
NIBSC	National Institute for Biological Standards and Control		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NIC	National Insurance Contribution		HMRC
NICCEA	Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NICE (care)	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence	NICE was originally set up in 1999 as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, a special health authority, to reduce variation in the availability and quality of NHS treatments and care. In 2005, after merging with the Health Development Agency, we began developing public health guidance to help prevent ill health and promote healthier lifestyles. Our name changed to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. In April 2013 we were established in primary legislation, bec...	DfE
NICE (clinical)	National Institute for Clinical Excellence		DfE
NICEC	National Institute for Career Education and Counselling	NICEC was founded in 1975 and has continued to evolve since then. It now operates as a learned society for reflective practitioners in the broad field of career education, career guidance, career counselling and career development.Source: {NICEC website|http://www.nicec.org/about-us} accessed 2019-06-17	DfE
NICS	Northern Ireland Civil Service		Civil Service Wide
NIESR	National Institute of Economic and Social Research	The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain's longest established independent research institute, founded in 1938. Our mission is to carry out research into the economic and social forces that affect peoples lives and to improve the understanding of those forces and the ways in which policy can bring about change. The Institute is independent of all party political interests and is not affiliated to any single university, although our staff regularly undertake projects i...	DfE
NIFU	National Identity Fraud Unit	The National Document Fraud Unit (NDFU) is a central unit within the Home Office, based at London Heathrow Airport. The NDFU is the UK's national centre for identifying travel and identity document fraud. It provides information on genuine, forged, counterfeit and fantasy documents to law enforcement agencies nationally and overseas, working with Interpol and the International Civil Aviation Organization to establish document standards. NDFU also liaises with security document manufacturers ...	Home Office	Boarders
NIHEC	Northern Ireland Higher Education Council		DfE
NIHR	National Institute for Health Research	UK's largest funder of health and social research. A government agency with funding from DHSC.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NIHR CRN	NIHR Clinical Research Network		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NINO	National Insurance Number		DWP / HMRC
NINO	National Insurance number		MoJ
NIO	Northern Ireland Office		DfE
NIO	Northern Ireland Office		Civil Service Wide
NIP	National Implementation Plan
NIS	National Indicator Set	The single set of National Indicators was announced by the Department for Communities and Local Government following the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review 2007. Effective from April 2008 to March 2011, the NIS was implemented as the only set of indicators on which central government performance managed local government. Source: Audit Commission website as at 2012-05-17	DfE
NISE	Network Information Security Enhancement (Project)	This aims to migrate intranet applications from the existing environment to a new one for reasons of security.	MoJ
NISEC	National Immunisation Schedule Evaluation Consortium		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NISRA	Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency		Civil Service Wide
NISSA	Northern Ireland Social Security Agency		DWP
NISVQ	National Information System for Vocational Qualifications		DfE
NJI	New Jobseekers Interview		DWP
NLA	National Literacy Association	The National Literacy Association strives to ensure that 99% of children develop adequate literacy levels and a love of reading. One of the major aims of the NLA has always been to provide support for the significant minority of young people who, for a variety of reasons, have difficulty in becoming literate. We need to ensure that, on leaving school, our young people can take their rightful place in society and meet the demands of the 21st Century, both socially and in the workplace. We want...	DfE
NLE	National Leaders of Education	National leaders of education are outstanding school leaders who, together with the staff in their schools, use their skills and experience to support schools in challenging circumstances. In addition to leading their own schools, NLEs work to increase the leadership capacity of other schools to help raise standards.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.ukational-leaders-of-education-a-guide-for-potential-applicants} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NLFE	National Leaders of Further Education	National Leaders of Further Education (NLFEs) are serving college leaders who have a strong track record of delivering improvement both at their own colleges and in working with others. They provide strategic mentoring and support to other colleges that need to improve. The NLFE programme is modelled on the highly successful National Leaders of Education scheme in schools. Its aim is to engage and mobilise outstanding leaders within the further education sector to work with their peers in sup...	DfE
NLG	National Leaders of Governance	NLGs are highly effective chairs of governors who support chairs of governors in other schools. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/system-leaders-who-they-are-and-what-they-do#national-leaders-of-governance-nlgs} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NLN	National Learning Network	Also known as National Learning Network Online [Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20] National Learning Network (NLN) provides a range of flexible training courses and support services for people who need specialist support (job seekers, unemployed, people with an illness or disability) in 50 centres around the country [Ireland].Source: {NLN|http://www.nln.ie/About-National-Learning-Network/About-NLN.aspx} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NLNO	National Learning Network Online	Also known as National Learning Network Online [Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20] National Learning Network (NLN) provides a range of flexible training courses and support services for people who need specialist support (job seekers, unemployed, people with an illness or disability) in 50 centres around the country [Ireland].Source: {NLN|http://www.nln.ie/About-National-Learning-Network/About-NLN.aspx} accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NLP	Neurolinguistic programming		DfE
NLP	Natural Language Processing	Natural language processing (NLP) is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and linguistics.	Not Limited to CS	DDaT
NLS	National Literacy Strategy	Developed from the National Literacy Project, 1996. The National Literacy Strategy had two main aims: to improve the teaching of literacy in the classroom and to improve the management of literacy at primary school level. 1998/unknown	DfE
NLW	National living wage		DfE
NMO	Non-Molestation Order		MoJ
NMRO	National Measurement and Regulation Office	The National Measurement Office regulated the Weights and Measures Act and has now changed its name. This organisation has a new website address under the new name of the National Measurement and Regulation Office.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisationsational-measurement-office} accessed 2016-08-01 The aim of the National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) is to simplify technical regulation for the benefit of British business.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/gove...	DfE
NMT	Network Management Team (Mgt of CC call traffic)
NNDR claims	National non-domestic rates claims (academies)		DfE
NNEB	National Nursery Examination Board	CACHE was established in 1945 by the Ministry of Health under the name of the National Nursery Examination Board (NNEB). The board set the syllabus for the first national examination which took place in 1947. In 1994 the NNEB merged with the Council for Early Years Awards to form CACHE. In 2001 we incorporated the National Association for Maternal and Child Welfare and in 2015 we became part of NCFE. Over the years we have continually invested in high quality qualifications. Written and devel...	DfE
NNI	Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative	Initiative to make sure that childcare is available to all who need it, especially in the most disadvantaged areas by setting up nurseries. Nurseries may be existing ones or new centres set up as part of the scheme. 2001/unknown We are currently in the midst of the most important child care investment programme ever seen. Three government programmes the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative, Sure Start and the Early Excellence Centres - will provide over 1,000 new facilities for pre-school child...	DfE
NNP	National Numeracy Project	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NNPCF	National Network of Parent Carer Forums	The National Network of Parent Carer Forums is a network of over 150 Parent Carer Forums from across England. The NNPCF is a membership led organisation. Our membership is made up of (up to) 152 local parent carer forums where they are in receipt of the Parent Carer Participation Grant which is currently [December 2019] administered by Contact for Disabled Children. These member forums are arranged into 9 regions, these follow the same regional breakdown as the Department for Education with e...	DfE
NNS	National Numeracy Strategy	Launched in 1998, superseded by the Primary Framework in 2006. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06 The National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) was launched in 1998 and has been formally implemented in classrooms since September 1999. NNS enables teachers to provide pupils with a firm foundation in Mathematics and sets ambitious targets for raising standards in these key skills. Primary Framework In October 2006 the Department published a renewed strategy - ''The Prima...	DfE
NoA	Notes on Amendment		DLUHC
NOC	Notification of Change
NOC	Notice of Change	(Privately Managed Prisons and CRC)	MoJ
NoCA	Notification of Commercial Activity		DfE
NOCN	National Open College Network	NOCN Group is an educational charity whose core aims are to help learners reach their potential and organisations thrive. The group includes business units specialising in regulated UK and international qualifications, End Point Assessment, Access to Higher Education, assured short courses, SMART job cards, assessment services, consultancy, and research. NOCN is at the forefront of vocational skills development and apprenticeships, including the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in the ...	DfE
NOF	New Opportunities Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NOLASA	No on Libra Auto Search	NOLASA (Not On Libra Auto-Search Application) is a micro-service that reads cases that have been marked as 'not-on-libra' from the MLRA database once a day (8pm). It then auto-searches the HMCTS Libra system via the LAA's Infox message broker service. The message protocol used is SOAP.If NOLASA finds that there are results returned for a case it updates its status in MLRA to say 'RESULTS FOUND'. This means that caseworkers can filter 'not on libra' cases to ones that they know they will have ...	MoJ
Nominals	In Police parlance a ‘nominal’ is someone recently arrested. In prisons it is a prisoner suspected (and often under surveillance) of carrying out criminal activity within the prison, such as drug dealing.		MoJ
NOMIS	National Offender Management Information System	aka c-nomis or p-nomisSystem designed to replace LIDS that logs details of all prisoners, their sentences, and more.	MoJ
NOMS	National Offender Management Service	Covers prisons and probation	MoJ
NOMS Number	National Offender Management Service Number	Used in Prison-NOMIS as the unique identifier for prisoners. (Note that colloquially it is referred to as both ‘NOMIS ID’ and ‘NOMS ID’ - but in the system it is labelled as ‘NOMS number’. Labelled on the Prison-NOMIS database as OFFENDER_ID_DISPLAY)	MoJ
NoPCC	National Police Force ?		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NOR	Number on Roll	Comparing the NCA with the Number on Roll (NOR - the number of children in the school at a specific time) can indicate the number of places that are surplus or the number of additional places that are needed in a school.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NORB	National Operations Readiness Board		MoJ
NOS	National Occupational Standards	Defines the competences which apply to job roles or occupations in the form of statements of performance, knowledge and the evidence required to confirm competence. Source: {NOS website|http://www.ukstandards.co.uk/Pages/index.aspx} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NOSB	National Occupational Standards Board	The National Occupational Standards Board no longer exists. The National Occupational Standards Board (NOSB) replaced the Project and Standards Approval Group (PSAG) and met for the first time on 1 May 2003. The Boards primary role is to ensure that National Occupational Standards are world-class statements of the skills knowledge and understanding needed in employment. It oversees and supports the development of National Occupational Standards across the UK and has introduced a new strategic...	DfE
NOTA	North of Tyne Authority	Made of 3 Mayoral Combined Authorities.	DLUHC
NPCC	National Police Chief's Council		HO
NPD	National Pupil Database	The national pupil database (NPD) contains detailed information about pupils in schools and colleges in England. The data includes: test and exam results, prior attainment and progression at different key stages for pupils in the state sector, attainment data for students in non-maintained special schools, sixth-form and further education colleges, information on pupils in independent schools, where available.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.ukational-pupil-database-apply-for-a-data-extract} a...	DfE
NPD	Non Parole Date		MoJ
NPDAAT	National Pupil Database Achievement and Attainment Tables		DfE
NPFA	National Playing Fields Association	Founded by King George V in 1925 as the National Playing Fields Association to protect parks and green spaces. Today they have the active support of their President HRH The Duke of Cambridge who took over this role when HRH The Duke of Edinburgh retired after 66 years. HM The Queen has been Patron of the charity since 1952.Source: {Fields in Trust|http://www.fieldsintrust.org/history} accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NPHA	National Primary Headteachers Association	The National Primary Headteachers Association (NPHA) was launched at Warwick University in March 1995 with the purpose of achieving "the best possible education for primary school children by ensuring that the needs and entitlements of those children are secured". The association is led by serving headteachers. It does not concern itself with legal or pay issues (it does not seek to be a union). It is intended to create links between serving heads to best represent their professional concerns...	DfE
NPIA	National Policing Improvement Agency
NPL	National Physical Laboratory	The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the UK's National Measurement Institute, and is a world-leading centre of excellence in developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology available.Source: {NPL|http://www.npl.co.uk/about/what-is-npl/} accessed 2016-07-22	DfE
NPMP	National Peer Mentoring Programme	The National Peer Mentoring Programme aims to promote and support the development of young people volunteering to become peers in schools and colleges. The scheme will ensure that the necessary infrastructure and resources are available to all schools and education settings that want them. It was introduced on 30 December 2008 and has funding until March 2011. The Programme, run by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, will work across England, to enable young people to provide support an...	DfE
NPP	National Partnership Protocol	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-06	DfE
NPPF	National Planning Policy Framework		DLUHC
NPPN	National Parent Partnership Network	Parent Partnership Services, local authority arms length bodies that support parents and carers of children with special educational needs, have been renamed to reflect new social care and health responsibilities The Children and Families Act came into effect in September 2014 and as a result, several key changes were introduced that had a significant impact on Parent Partnership staff. Not least of these was a change of name from Parent Partnership Services (PPS) to Information, Advice and S...	DfE
NPPV	Net Present Public Value	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
NPQEL	National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership		DfE
NPQH	National Professional Qualification for Headship	The National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) is the first choice qualification for anyone aspiring to be a headteacher or principal.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.ukational-professional-qualification-for-headship-npqh} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NPQML	National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership	Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence that you need to lead a high-performing team in a school and to improve classroom practice.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.ukational-professional-qualification-for-middle-leadership-npqml} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NPQSL	National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership	Develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to be a highly effective senior leader in a school.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.ukational-professional-qualification-for-senior-leadership-npqsl} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NPR	Northern Powerhouse Rail		DLUHC
NPR	National Percentile Rank	National Percentile Rank (NPR) is a statistical tool. NPR shows the percentage of pupils nationally who obtain a Standard Age Score (SAS) at or below a particular score. An NPR of 50 represents the 50th percentile, which is the median for the age group.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
NPS	National Probation Service	Old name for Probation Service (changed June 2021).	MoJ
NPT	National Primary Trust		DfE
NPT	National Prosecution Team	A joint team of CPS and Association of Chief Police Officers/National Policing Improvement Agency staff. T	MoJ
NPV	Net Present Value		DLUHC
NQF	National Qualifications Framework	The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) sets out the level at which a qualification can be recognised in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Only qualifications that have been accredited by the three regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland can be included in the NQF.Source: {Ofqual|http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/qualifications-and-assessments/qualification-frameworks/} accessed 2015-06-05 Further information below from: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-18 The National Qualifications F...	DfE
NQOS	Newly Qualified Officers	(Probation)	MoJ
NQT	Newly qualified teachers		DfE
NR	Network Rail		DLUHC
NRA	National Record of Achievement	Began in 1991 replaced from 2004 by 'Progress File'.	DfE
NRAG	National Rates Advisory Group		DfE
NRDC	National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy	The National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy, language and numeracy (NRDC) was established by the UK government in 2002 as part of its Skills for Life strategy that aimed to improve the literacy, numeracy and language skills of adults in England. On this website you will find over 150 publications produced by NRDC since then, including research reports, research reviews and policy analysis. NRDC closed its doors on 31st December 2015.Source: {NRDC|http://www.nrdc.org.uk/?pa...	DfE
NRF	Neighbourhood Renewal Fund		DfE
NROVA	National Record of Vocational Achievement	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-19	DfE
NRS	National Retraining Scheme	The National Retraining Scheme was announced in 2017 to help adults to retrain as the economy changes. On 13 October 2020, we announced that it would be integrated with the Governments new 2.5bn National Skills Fund.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publicationsational-retraining-scheme} accessed 2021-01-28 Part of the industrial strategy: create a new National Retraining Scheme that supports people to re-skill, beginning with a 64 million investment for digital and construction t...	DfE
NRT	National reference test	Ofqual is now introducing the NRT which will indicate if GCSE results should change from year to year. Over time, this will provide an additional method of measuring real changes in national performance at GCSE which is distinct from the use of international comparisons such as the PISA study.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/speechesational-reference-test-implementation} accessed 2015-12-02	DfE
NRUC	National Register of Unaccompanied Children		DfE
NRWS	New Relationship with Schools	New Relationship with Schools is a government initiative that aims to help schools raise standards, with clear priorities and more information for parents. School self-evaluation will form the basis for planning, inspection and the single conversation under the New Relationships with Schools initiative.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-20	DfE
NS	National Security		Cabinet Office
NS&I	National Savings and Investments		HMT
NSA	National Skills Academies	2006- National Skills Academies have been rolled out incrementally over five rounds of development, under a competitive bidding process. Development funding is available from the Skills Funding Agency which must be matched against other funding for start-up, product/service development, and marketing and promotion costs over the first three years of each NSAs operation. After this three-year period, the NSAs are expected to become financially self-sustaining.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk...	DfE
NSAG	New Start Advisory Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NSBP	National School Breakfast Programme	2018-2020 Our [Family Action] exciting National School Breakfast Programme, in partnership with Magic Breakfast and funded by the Department for Education has so far supported over 1,800 schools in disadvantaged communities across England to improve access to healthy breakfasts and learning. The Programme aims to: Ensure more children receive a healthy breakfast at the start of their school day; Improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged young people; Share best practices across schools a...	DfE
NSC	(UK) National Screening Comittee		DHSC
NSCS	National Cyber Security Centre		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NSD	Network Services Directorate
NSDU	National Safeguarding Delivery Unit	The unit became operational in July 2009 and included staff from the Department of Children, Schools and Families (2007-2010), the Department of Health, the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office as well as senior staff from local authorities and partner organisations. Disbanded June 2010.Source: {Hansard|http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100610/wmstext/100610m0001.htm#10061032000016} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NSEAD	National Society for Education in Art and Design	Our aim is to advance art, craft and design education through our values and with our community of members and supporters.Source: {NSEAD website|http://www.nsead.org/about/about02.aspx} accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NSF (neighbourhood)	Neighbourhood Support Fund	NSF supported projects helping disaffected and disengaged young people in areas of high deprivation back into education, training or employment. It began as a three year pilot in 1999 and ran until 2006.	DfE
NSF (skills)	National Skills Fund	The National Retraining Scheme was announced in 2017 to help adults to retrain as the economy changes. On 13 October 2020, we announced that it would be integrated with the Governments new 2.5bn National Skills Fund.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publicationsational-retraining-scheme} accessed 2021-01-28	DfE
NSFS	National School Fruit Scheme	The National School Fruit Scheme is a Department of Health led initiative, which will entitle 4 to 6 year olds and 3 year olds registered at schools with a free piece of fruit every day. Following successful piloting, the scheme was extended throughout England on a region by region basis. The expansion began with the West Midlands in summer term 2002, followed by London in the autumn term, the North West in spring 2003 and the East Midlands in summer 2003. The North East started receiving fru...	DfE
NSI	Non Statutory Intervention		MoJ
NSIP	Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.		DLUHC
NSN	New Schools Network	The New Schools Network was set up in 2009. We are a small charity that works to transform the standard of education in England by delivering more high-quality free schools and campaigning to win public and political support for free schools.Source: {NSN|https://www.newschoolsnetwork.org/about-us} accessed 2018-02-20	DfE
NSP	Non State Pension		DWP
nSP	new State Pension		DWP
NSPCC	National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children		DfE
NSRA	National Security Risk Assessment		Cabinet Office
NSRB	NATIONAL SURVEY OF REGISTERED BUSINESSES		BEIS
NSS (schools)	National support schools	One of the most effective ways of achieving school improvement is by working with other schools. There are now many opportunities for school leaders and governors to work with and receive support from their peers. This guide summarises the options available to you and how to access them.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/system-leaders-who-they-are-and-what-they-do} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NSS (student)	National Student Survey	A national initiative, conducted annually since 2005. The survey asks final year undergraduates to provide feedback on their courses in a nationally recognised format.Source: {National Student Survey website|http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NSSEN (non-statemented)	Non-Statemented Special Educational Needs		DfE
NSSEN (non-statutory)	Non-Statutory Special Educational Needs		DfE
NSSIF	National Security Strategic Investment Fund (en-sif)	HMG's venture investment arm for dual-use advanced technologies.	NSSIF
NSSM	Nutritional Standards for School Meals	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NSTC	National Science and Technology Council		Cabinet Office
NSTC	National Science and Technology Council	National Science and Technology Council	Civil service wide
NSTF	National Skills Task Force	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NSTIx	National Security Technology and Innovation Exchange	Independent, cross-Government organisation supporting the coordination and coherence of national security science, technology and innovation
NSVC	National Security Vetting Contact	Someone within a team or organisation with knowledge of the securty vetting process, and who can help with vetting questions or processes.	MoJ
NTA (teaching)	Non-Teaching Assistant		DfE
NTA (training)	National Training Awards		DfE
NTC	National Training Centre		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NTDP	National Training Development Plans	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NTFS	National Teaching Fellowship Scheme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NTO	National Training Organisations	National Training Organisations no longer exist - they were replaced by Sector Skills Councils and Standards Setting Bodies. A network of National Training Organisations (NTOs) was established by the Department for Education and Employment to replace the large number of lead bodies and other standards-setting bodies. NTOs were the representative bodies for vocational training and educational matters, and had the main responsibility for developing national occupational standards and working wi...	DfE
NTONC	National Training Organisations National Council		DfE
NTP	National Tutoring Programme	The National Tutoring Programme (NTP) aims to support schools in providing a sustained response to the coronavirus pandemic and to provide a longer-term contribution to closing the attainment gap. This website has been created to support schools to access the Tuition Partners and Academic Mentor pillars of the NTP. Through NTP Tuition Partners, schools will be able to access subsidised high-quality tuition from an approved list of providers. The Education Endowment Foundation will be leading ...	DfE
NTRP	National Teacher Research Panel	The National Teacher Research Panel (NTRP) is an independent group of practising teachers who work to: ensure that all research in education takes account of the teacher perspective ensure a higher profile for research and evidence informed practice in government, academic and practitioner communities increase the number of teachers engaged in and with the full spectrum of research activity The Panel is sponsored by: The Innovation Unit, The General Teaching Council for England The National C...	DfE
NTS	National Transfer Scheme	The Home Office and Department for Education have today (1 July [2016]) launched a new voluntary transfer arrangement between local authorities for the care of unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and claim asylum. The National Transfer Scheme has been launched to encourage all local authorities to volunteer to support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) so there is a more even distribution of caring responsibilities across the country. Under the scheme, a child arriving in on...	DfE
NUBS2	ES computer system for paying benefits	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
NUMS	National Uniform Managed Service	The contract with DHL to provide Home Office Uniforms	Home Office
NUS	National Union of Students		DfE
NUT	National Union of Teachers	National Union of Teachers was dissolved following a merger with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers to form a new union known as the National Education Union which was founded on 01 September 2017. 2020-06-29	DfE
NUTS	Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics		DLUHC
NVC	Nursery Voucher Centre		DfE
NVDA	NonVisual Desktop Access	Windows screen reader, like JAWS, but free.	MoJ
NVEC	National Vaccine Evaluation Consortium		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
NVID (departmental organisational unit)	Nursery Vouchers Implementation Division	Year(s) active (where known): 1997	DfE
NVOPP	National Voluntary Organisations Partnership Programme	The National Voluntary Organisations Partnership Programme was a programme funded by the Basic Skills Agency through a grant from the Department for Education and Skills. The Basic Skills Agency worked in partnership with 14 major national voluntary organisations, who were supporting and working with socially excluded groups, to help them develop sustainable basic skills provision. This programme ran for two years until September 2002. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04	DfE
NVQ	National Vocational Qualifications		DfE
NVS	Nursery Vouchers Scheme	Piloted July 1995, became nationwide in April 1997. Ended 1998. The scheme entitled parents of four-year olds to vouchers to pay for three terms of nursery provision.	DfE
NVYOG	National Voluntary Youth Organisation Grant scheme	The National Voluntary Youth Organisation (NVYO) Grant scheme was a three year cycle of funding (for the period of April 2005 - March 2008) which enabled NVYOs to promote the personal and social education of young people. Additional information from The Knowledge accessed 2019-06-04 The National Voluntary Youth Organisation (NVYO) Grant scheme is a three year cycle of funding (for the period of April 2005 - March 2008) which enables National Voluntary Youth Organisations (NVYOs) to promote th...	DfE
NWD	Non-Working Day		Not Limited to CS
NWOW	New Ways Of Working		MoJ
NWS	Nuclear Waste Services	Nuclear Waste Services brings together the UK’s leading nuclear waste management capabilities. Nuclear Waste Services works with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	Nuclear Waste Services
NYA	National Youth Agency	Founded in 1991. Helps young people in their personal and social development, equipping them with the practical skills they need to be resilient in challenging times, and positive contributors to future economic growth.Source: {NYA website|http://www.nya.org.uk/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
NYR	National Year of Reading	1998-99.Source: {National Literacy Trust|http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/resources/practical_resources_info/751_national_year_of_reading_1998_1999_and_2008} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
OA	Opportunity areas	Six areas, identified as the most challenged when it comes to social mobility, will have access to funding to address the biggest challenges they face. Opportunity areas will see local partnerships formed with early years providers, schools, colleges, universities, businesses, charities and local authorities to ensure all children have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Opportunity areas will also be given prioritised access to a wider support package helping young people from nur...	DfE
OAB	Old Admiralty Building	The London HQ of DIT and home to Government Art Collection	DIT
OAG	Operational Assurance Group
OAS	Oracle Analytics Server	LAA MI reporting tool. Pulls data from EDW, Mojfin and CLA. OAS is the upgraded version of OBIEE.	MoJ
OASys	Offender Assessment System	An offender assessment package. It identifies and classifies offending related needs, such as anger management, drug dependency, and poor literacy.	MoJ
OAT	Operations Acceptance Testing		DfE
OAT	Operational Acceptance Test		MoJ
OB	Optimism Bias	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
OBC	the Outline Business Case	In reference to the The Five Case Model: Outline Business Case (OBC) – building on the SOC to confirm the solution which offers optimal value for money. http://www.qafileshare.com/mcw/PCR/PPM/BBCF/DG_01_PPMBBCF-PCR_FiveCaseModelOverview.pdf	DLUHC
OBC	Outline Business Case		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OBIEE	Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition	LAA MI reporting tool that was replaced by OAS.	MoJ
OBN	Overseas British Network	AKA OBNI	MoJ
OBP	Offender Behaviour Programme		MoJ
OBR	Office for Budget Responsibility		HM Treasury
OBR	Office for Budget Responsibility	The Office for Budget Responsibility was created in 2010 to provide independent and authoritative analysis of the UKs public finances.Source: {OBR website|https://obr.uk/about-the-obr/what-we-do/} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
OBR	Office for Budget Responsibility	"It is the duty of the Office to examine and report on the sustainability of the public finances"	MoJ
OBR	Office of Budgetary Responsibility		DLUHC
OBSM	Outcome-based success measures		DfE
OBT	One Big Thing	One Big Thing is a learning and development opportunity for all civil servants. This year the aim is to improve your data skills and confidence.	Civil Service Wide	Modernisation and Reform
OCA	Ofsted Complaints Adjudicator	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
OCC	Office of the Childrens Commissioner	The role of the Children's Commissioner was created by the Children Act 2004 and is there to promote the views of children and young people from birth to 18 (up to 21 for young people in care or with learning difficulties).Source: {Children's Commissioner website|http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/info/about_us} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
OCEAC	Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OCIO (departmental organisational unit)	Office of the Chief Information Officer		DfE
OCN	Open College Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OCR (examination board)	Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations Board	OCR is a leading UK awarding body. We provide qualifications which engage people of all ages and abilities at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes.Source: {OCR website|https://www.ocr.org.uk/about/} accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OCR (Ofsted)	Ofsted Childcare Register	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OCR (operations)	Operations Change Request		DfE
OD	Operations Director		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
OD&D	Organisational Design and Development		Not Limited to CS
ODA	Overseas Development Agency		DfE
ODI	Open Data Institute		MoJ
ODLQC	Open and Distance Learning Quality Council	ODLQC is the UK guardian of quality in open and distance learning. Set up originally by government in 1968, we are now independent.Source: {ODLQC|http://odlqc.org.uk/} accessed 2016-08-09	DfE
ODM	Opposition Day Motion		Civil Service Wide
ODN	Operational Delivery Network
ODP	Civil Service Operational Delivery Profession	Operational Delivery supports civil servants who run the front line services that citizens use, such as processing visas, passports and driving licences.Source accessed 2021-05-17	DfE
ODP	Outcome Delivery Plan	An Outcome Delivery Plan is a department's annual plan, laying out its priorities and targets for the coming financial year.	Civil Service Wide
ODPM	Office of the Deputy Prime Minister	2002-2006	DfE
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development		DfE
OED	Operational Excellence Director
OED	Operational Excellence Directorate
OFF-SEN	Official Sensitive		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OFFA	Office for Fair Access	An independent, non-departmental public body. Their role is to promote and safeguard fair access to higher education for lower income and other under-represented groups following the introduction of higher tuition fees in 2006-07.Source: {OFFA website|http://www.offa.org.uk/about/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
offloc	Offender Location report	The old name for the Common Data Extract.	MoJ
OfI	OFFICE FOR INVESTMENT		DIT
Ofqual	Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation	Responsible for maintaining standards, improving confidence and distributing information about qualifications and examinations. Regulates general and vocational qualifications in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland. Gives formal recognition to bodies and organisations that deliver qualifications and assessments, also accredits their awards and monitors their activities (including their fees).Source: {Ofqual website|http://ofqual.gov.uk/about-us/} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
OfS	Office for Students	Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/student-choice-at-the-heart-of-new-higher-education-reforms} accessed 2016-07-19 This new public body will be a new market regulator in place of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Office for Fair Access (OFFA).Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/office-for-students-business-case} accessed 2016-12-20	DfE
Ofsted	Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills	Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills. It regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. The Education and Inspections Act 2006 established the new Ofsted.Source: {Ofsted website|http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/about-us} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
OFSTED	Office for Standards in Education
OfTI	Office for Tackling Injustices	A new independent body responsible for challenging social injustices and creating a fairer country has been announced today [12 July 2019] by Prime Minister Theresa May. The Office for Tackling Injustices (OfTI) will present future Governments with more effective, data-driven, evidence-based challenge to help drive forward reforms to tackle wide-ranging disparities in society.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/pm-announces-new-independent-organisation-to-tackle-deep-rooted-injus...	DfE
OGC	Office of Government Commerce	The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) was established in April 2000, following the announcement of its creation in July 1999 after a review of procurement in central government by Peter Gershon. It replaced the policy arm of the Treasury Taskforce. Its stated aim is to modernise procurement throughout government. OGC also represents the UK on procurement in Europe, at the World Trade Organisation and in other international fora. The OGC reports to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury. It has...	DfE
OGD	Other Government Department		DfE
OGD	Other Government Department		Civil Service Wide
OGD	Other Government Department		MoJ
OGDs	Other Government Departments		DLUHC
OGLAs	Operational Go Live Assurance
Oglog	Office for Local Government	New office for the regulation and scrutiny of local councils.	DLUHC
OGP	Office of Government Property	The Office of Government Property (OGP), formerly the Government Property Unit (established in 2010) supports government and the wider public sector to manage their estate more efficiently and effectively, helping to deliver the finest public services and supporting the governments priorities by unlocking surplus land for housing, and encouraging the creation of public service jobs outside London to support economic growth. OGP builds capacity and capability in the property function across go...	DfE
OGP	Office of Government Property		DLUHC
OGRS	Offender Group Reconviction Scale	Actuarial predictor of risk of reoffending	MoJ
OGSIRO	Office of the Government Senior Information Risk Owner	SIRO for all of government, based in the cabinet office.	MoJ
OGSN (departmental organisational unit)	Operations Group Support Network	The OGSN is a network of contacts across Operations Group that is used to join up commissions and communications. Year(s) active (where known): 2021-	DfE
OGST (departmental organisational unit)	Operations Group Support Team	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
OHID	Office for Health Improvement and Disparities	Successor organisation to Public Health England, responsible for health improvement and public health functions	DHSC	Health
OHMCI	Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OHS	Occupational Health Service
OI	Operational Information		DfE
OIA	Office of the Independent Adjudicator		DfE
OIAS	Operational Impact and Assurance Service
OIU	Operational Intelligence Unit
OJC	Office for Judicial Complaints	Soon to be JCIO	MoJ
OJEU	Official Journal of the European Union		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OJEU	Official Journal of the European Union	The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJ) is the official gazette of record for the European Union (EU). It is published every working day in all of the official languages of the member states.Most interestingly, it's used as a forum to publish procurement requests to all member states, and offers a (longer, slower) alternative to using GCloud.	MoJ
OL	Operational Lead
OLA	Operating (or Operational) Level Agreements		DfE
OLAP	Online Analytical Processing		MoJ
OLASS	Offender Learning and Skills Service	The Skills Funding Agency manages the Offenders Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) to integrate offender education with mainstream academic and vocational provision. OLASS allows offenders in custody, according to need, to receive education and training. This in turn enables them to gain the skills and qualifications they need to get sustainable employment and have a positive role in society. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/olass-funding-rules-and-guidance} accessed...	DfE
OLASS	Offenders' Learning and Skills Service	Integrated (prison based) offender education with mainstream academic and vocational provision. OLASS ceased delivery in 2018, and was replaced by something else (can't remember what though, but it essentially devolved a lot of it down to local purchases at governor level)	MoJ
OLC	Open Learning Centre	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OLCS			MoJ
OLD	Other Learning Difficulties	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
Oleeo	Website	Recruitment service used during recruitment of Civil Servants, especially where vetting is required.	MoJ
OLMU	Operational Line Managers Update
OLS	Overseas Labour Service	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
OLS	Office for Lifesciences		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OLSU	Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit	Provider Development Unit (PDU) was a support service for funding bodies and providers. Support for funding bodies aimed to build their capacity to improve the quality of training and education delivered by their providers. Direct support for individual providers was mainly focused on those that were due for reinspection. Support was available to providers that delivered programmes funded by Jobcentre Plus and to prisons, via the Offenders Learning and Skills Unit (OLSU). Extract from The Knowledge	DfE
OM	Offender Manager	Probation	MoJ
OMAT	Operational Management Assurance Team
OMCL	Official Medicines Control Laboratories		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OMiC	Offender Management in Custody		MoJ
OMiC Go	A digital solution providing basic prisoner information, auto allocation of prisoners to KW’s	This may be an old name for the service	MoJ
OMIS	Overseas Market Introduction Service		MoJ
OMNI	Offender Management National Infrastructure	A network used to access probation systems	MoJ
OMS	Other MOJ Suppliers		MoJ
OMU	Offender Management Unit		MoJ
ONC	Ordinary National Certificate	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OND	Ordinary National Diploma	The first Ordinary National Diplomas were announced in Board of Education Circular 1209 on 21 April 1921 in arrangement with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The first examinations were in 1922. OND examining bodies were gradually replaced by the Business and Technician Education Council. They were a full-time two-year course, mainly for 16-18 year olds; it is the equivalent of 3 A Levels. After the Haselgrave Report, the Business Education Council (BEC) and Technician Education Coun...	DfE
ONE	Opportunity North East	Opportunities and job prospects for young people in the North East of England are to be addressed by a multi-million pound government investment to boost social mobility and raise aspirations for children, announced today (Monday 8 October [2018]) by the Education Secretary Damian Hinds. Launching Opportunity North East, the Education Secretary has pledged 24 million to tackle issues holding young people from all communities back and that can risk areas feeling left behind.Source: {GOV.UK|htt...	DfE
ONS	Office for National Statistics		DfE
ONS	Office for National Statistics		Civil Service Wide	Statistics, Analysis
ONS	Office National Statistics		DLUHC
OOH	Out of hours		MoJ
OOO	Out of Office		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OOS	Out of Scope			Project Delivery
OOS	Out of Specification		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OOSS	Out-of-school settings		DfE
OOTB	Out of The Box		DfE
OP	Overpayment
OPA	Oracle Policy Automation	Rules as a Service - Business Rules engine for Data Collections and Funding System (DCFS) and Future Service Contracts (FSC) (ESFA)	DfE
OPA	CCMS's Oracle Policy Automation	Rulebase engine	MoJ
OPC	Office of the Parliamentary Counsel	Drafting acts of Parliament	DLUHC
OPD	Offender Personality Disorder		MoJ
OPDC (also OOC)	Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation	The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is developing a whole new centre and community for west London. We’re using the investment in rail infrastructure projects High Speed 2 (HS2) and the Elizabeth Line (formally known as Crossrail) to create new opportunities for people in the area. https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/organisations-we-work/old-oak-and-park-royal-development-corporation-opdc	DLUHC
OPE	One Public Estate	The One Public Estate programme is an established national programme delivered in partnership by the LGA and the Office of Government Property (OGP) within the Cabinet Office.	DLUHC
OPG	Office of the Public Guardian		MoJ
OPQ	Oral Parliamentary Question	A debate for each department held semi-regularly in which MP's can as pre-submitted questions to government Ministers.	DLUHC
OPQ	Oral parliamentary questions		DfE
OPSTRAT	Operational Strategy System
ORA	Offender Rehabilitation Act		MoJ
ORR	Operational Readiness Report		DfE
ORR	Operational Readiness Review
OS	Offender Supervisor		MoJ
OSAG	Operational and System Assurance Group		MoJ
OSCAR	Online System for Central Accounting Reporting		Civil Service Wide
OSCI	Out of School Childcare Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OSD	Over Station/Site Development		DLUHC
OSG	Operational Support Group/Grade	“Operational support grades (OSGs) work in prisons carrying out duties essential to the smooth running of the establishment. They may work in and around a prison establishment or on duties which take them outside - to courts or other prisons, for example.”	MoJ
OSN	One Service Network
OSP	Operational Selection Policies	Term specific to Records Management function.	DfE
OSPD (departmental organisational unit)	Organisation of School Places Division	Year(s) active (where known): 1998 Part of Schools DirectorateSource: Civil Service Yearbook 1998	DfE
OSPT	Official Solicitor and Public Trustee		MoJ
OSSS	Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland		Cabinet Office
OST	Office of Science and Technology	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
OST	Operational Security Team		MoJ
OSTS	Office for Science and Technology Strategy		Cabinet Office
OSU (departmental organisational unit)	Operation Support Unit		DfE
OTA	Online Tests and Assessments	The team in Cabinet Office responsible for online tests and assessments, for example the ones used in recruitment on CS Jobs (EG CS Judgement test, CS Numerical test, etc)	Cabinet Office	OTA Team
OTAP	Online Tests and Assessments Platform	Often used interchangeably with OTA, see definition above.	Cabinet Office	OTA Team
OTP	Online Training Platform		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
OTT	Overseas Trained Teacher	Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/qualified-teacher-status-qts#teachers-trained-or-recognised-in-scotland-or-northern-ireland} accessed 2016-02-11	DfE
OTTP	Overseas Trained Teacher Programme	2001-2012? This was an employment-based route for teachers who trained overseas.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/qualified-teacher-status-qts#eea-nationals} accessed 2015-05-28 People qualified as a teacher overseas and outside the European Economic Area (EEA), may be eligible to work in England as a temporary teacher without Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for up to four years. This programme is currently available in England only. Once they have found a teaching position in a school, the O...	DfE
OU	Open University	UK Open University	DfE
OU	Organisational Unit
OV	Official Vehicle
OWB	Oracle Warehouse Builder	An Oracle Extract Transform Load tool used for some LAA data warehouses	MoJ
OWF	Ordinary working families		DfE
P&S	Platforms & Services	A directorate within the Government Digital Service.	Cabinet Office
P2P	Purchase to Pay	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
P3T	Personnel Physical Procedural Technical	The areas of information assurance.	MoJ
P4P	Partnerships for Progression		DfE
P8	Progress 8	The Progress 8 measure is a new secondary school accountability system. It aims to encourage schools to teach a broad curriculum and reward schools that teach all pupils well. It will measure pupils progress across 8 subjects from age 11 to 16. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school-performance-measure} accessed 2016-02-03	DfE
PA	Personal Assistant		Not Limited to CS
PA	Personal assistant		DfE
PA	Put Away
PA	Planning Authority		DfE
PaaS	Platform as a Service	Cloud computing model where a third-party provider delivers hardware and software tools to users over the internet.	Civil Service Wide	DDaT
PaaS	Platform as a Service	Name of a now-defunct cloud hosting provider managed by the Government Digital Service.	Civil Service Wide	DDaT
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		DLUHC
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		DfE
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		Civil Service Wide
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		MoJ
PAC	Public Accounts Committee		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
PACE	Police and Criminal Evidence Act		Home Office
PACE	Police and Criminal Evidence Act		MoJ
PACEY	Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years	PACEY is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Formed in 1977, we are a charity dedicated to supporting everyone working in childcare and early years to provide high quality care and early learning for children and families. We provide training, practical help and expert advice to practitioners working throughout England and Wales. We also provide peer support and encouragement through our nationwide network of PACEY volunteers. Our mission is to support everyone working...	DfE
PACS	Programme Accounting Computer System
PACT	Placing Assessment and Counselling Team	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
PAD (departmental organisational unit)	Payments and Data Team		DfE
PADA	Prospective Added Days Awarded	Added days that are awarded whilst an offender is unsentenced, but must be added to the release dates when sentenced	MoJ
PAF	Postcode Address File	The source of data for postcode lookups. The DSD uses this for its own service which converts it to a latitude/longitude, like on Court Finder and CLA Provider Directory.	MoJ
PAG	Pedagogy Advisory Group	The Pedagogy Advisory Group is a national group that as part of the Government's e-strategy, advised on aligning the strategy for e-content with developments in teaching.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PAG	Partners Across Government		FCDO
PAG (Old Name - See PPAS)	Planning and Analysis Group	Now known as PPAS (Prison & Probation Analytical Services)	MoJ
PAL	Published Admissions Limit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PAM	Planning and Modelling System	Used in the Learning and Skills Council (LSC)	DfE
PAMS	Prisoner Activity Management System	Not much more info on this at the moment - I understand that it is how they manage prisoner activity, work schedules, learning and visit schedules.	MoJ
PAN	Published Admission Number		DfE
PANDA	Performance and assessment reports	OFSTED produced PANDA reports for all schools annually, and PICSI reports (which were broadly similar) prior to inspection. Replaced from 2006 by RAISEonline, a merger of PANDAs and PAT.	DfE
PAP	Positive Action Pathway		DfE
PAPB	Positive Approaches to Pupil Behaviour	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PAR	Project Assessment Review		NHSx	Org Wide
PAR (programme)	Programme Analysis and Review		DfE
PAR (pupil)	Pupil Attendance Record	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
Parom 1	Generic Parole Assessment Report		MoJ
PAS	Patient Administration System		NHSx	Org Wide
PASC	Public Administration Select Committee		Civil Service Wide
PASCI	Parental and School Choice Interaction	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PAT (pupils)	Pupil Achievement Tracker	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PAT (teachers)	Professional Association of Teachers		DfE
PAYE	Pay As You Earn	A system used by HMRC whereby you pay tax as you receive your earnings	HMRC
PAYP	Positive Activities Young People	This programme aimed to provide developmental and diversionary activities for 8-19 year olds from 2003 to 2006. PAYP built upon Connexions Summer Plus, Splash, Splash Extra and Community Cohesion.	DfE
PB	Programme Board		DfE
PBC	Programme Business Case		NHSx	Org Wide
PBL	Parliamentary Business and Legislation	If a government department has a proposal for a bill that it wants to be included in the legislative programme for a session, it must submit a bid for the bill to the Parliamentary Business and Legislation (PBL) Committee of the Cabinet. PBL Committee will consider all of the bids for that session and make a recommendation to Cabinet about the provisional content of the programme.	DLUHC
PBR	Payment By Results	A methodology whereby payments to suppliers are contingent on the independent verification of work they have performed (results)	MoJ
PC	Pension Credit		DWP
PC	Personal Computers		DfE
PCA	PostCode Anywhere	Address lookup service	DfE
PCA	Personal Capability Assessment
PCC	Police and Crime Commissioner	PCCs are elected to make sure that local police meet the needs of the community	MoJ
PCDL	Professional and Career Development Loans	Formerly Career Development Loans. A Professional and Career Development Loan can help to fund a wide range of courses lasting up to two years (or three years, if the course includes a year of work experience).Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/career-development-loans} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
PCE	Professional Certificate in Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PCF	Public Chairs' Forum		DfE
PCFC	Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council	The council was responsible for allocating funding to polytechnic universities. It was replaced in 1992 by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/polytechnics-and-colleges-funding-council} accessed 2019-06-14	DfE
PCFSW	Principal Child and Family Social Workers		DfE
PCI	Payment Card Industry	An industry standards body responsible for regulation of handling debit/credit cards.	MoJ
PCM	Performance and Culture Manager
PCN	Primary Care Network		NHSx	Org Wide
PCN	Project Critical Networks		DfE
PCN	Project Critical Network
PCOL	Possession Claim Online		MoJ
PCP	Primary Capital Programme	From 2008-2009 additional funding was available to authorities for the Primary Capital programme, which aimed to renew at least 50 per cent of primary schools over 14 years, subject to future spending plans.Source: {Research Machines plc|http://www.rm.com/_RMVirtual/Media/Downloads/RM_PCP_White_Paper.pdf} accessed 2015-05-28 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15 The Primary Capital Programme (PCP) is investing at least 7billion to rebuild or refurbish half of all pr...	DfE
PCP	Pensions Contact Point
PCSO	Police Community Support Officer		MoJ
PCT (departmental organisational unit)	Public Correspondence Team		DfE
PDB	Probation Delivery Board		MoJ
PDCS	Pensions, Disability and Carers Service		DWP
PDCS	Personal Details Computer System
PDL	Previously Developed Land	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
PDMR	PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT REPORT		DIT
PDP	Personal Development Plan		Civil Service Wide
PDQ	Pre Defined Query
pdr		Matthew Coates mentioned this in Digital Services All-hands meeting.	MoJ
PDR (performance)	Performance and Development Report		DfE
PDR (professional)	Professional Development Report		DfE
PDR (pupil)	Pupil Data Repository		DfE
PDS	Public Defence Service		MoJ
PDSR	Protocol on Data Sharing and Rationalisation	Protocol on Data Sharing and Rationalisation in the Schools Sector (PDSR) is a document that commits the Department and 16 other key national education partners to a collective responsibility to minimise the burdens of data collection on schools and local authorities, to share data with each other, and to ensure that the data collected is used effectively to support teaching and learning.	DfE
PDU	Provider Development Unit	Provider Development Unit (PDU) was a support service for funding bodies and providers. Support for funding bodies aimed to build their capacity to improve the quality of training and education delivered by their providers. Direct support for individual providers was mainly focused on those that were due for reinspection. Support was available to providers that delivered programmes funded by Jobcentre Plus and to prisons, via the Offenders Learning and Skills Unit (OLSU). Extract from The Knowledge	DfE
PDU	Probation Delivery Unit - previously known as LDU (Local Delivery Unit).		MoJ
PE	Physical education		DfE
PEA	Prisoner Earnings Act		MoJ
PEACH	Procedure for Electronic Application of Certificates system		Defra
Peakon	People Analytics & Employee Engagement Software	Similar to the People Survey, but we're polled fortnightly instead of yearly	MoJ
PECS	Prison Escort Custody Service		MoJ
PEEP (early education partnership)	Peers Early Education Partnership	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PEEP (early education project)	Peers in Early Education Project	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PEEP (evacuation)	Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan	A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) is issued to anyone who would have difficulty hearing an alarm or evacuating the building by themselves. This could be people with temporary or permanent mobility issues, or visual or auditory impairments or pregnant women.	Civil Service Wide
PEEPs	Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans	To help people evacuate the building in the event of a fire alarm or other emergency, especially if they may have difficulty due to a disability, injury, pregnancy, etc.	MoJ
PEI	Physical Education Instructor	A role typically within a prison gym	MoJ
PEIP	Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinders	The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) funded 10m over two years (2006-08) for the delivery and evaluation of Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinders (PEIPs) in 18 Local Authorities. The funding was to increase support for the parents of children and young people at risk of negative outcomes (particularly anti-social behaviour) and ensure that they received an earlier, more effective, coordinated package of relevant support.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PELL	Post-16 Education and Lifelong Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PEO	Principal Education Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PEP	Personal education plans	A document describing a course of action to help a child or young person reach his/her full academic and life potential. The PEP should be put together and be completed at a meeting in which the designated teacher, social worker and carers for the young person in public care are present. The child or young person should also be part of their education planning.Source: Kent CC website as at 2012-05-18 Information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15 [source referenced is Kent County Co...	DfE
PEP	Pre-election Period	Refers to the pre-election period where civil service work is affected before an election. Sometimes known as purdah.	Civil Service Wide
PEP	Pre-Election Period	Refers to the pre-election period where civil service work is affected before an election. Sometimes known as purdah.	Civil Service Wide
PER	Person Escort Record		MoJ
Perm Sec	Permanent Secretary	The civil service head of the department	Civil Service Wide
PERN	Parents in Education Research Network	Parents in Education Research Network (PERN) is a network of individuals and organisations concerned with the promotion, dissemination and application of research and its applications about the roles, functions, participation and effects of parents, families and carers in the education of children - in the home, in the school, in the community and more widely. Links/Further Information Source: {University Website|http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/Research/Centres/CFC/PERN/Home.aspx} accessed 2021-...	DfE
PES	Public Expenditure Survey		DfE
PES	Prison Education Service	Now refered to as DEP (Digital Education Platform)	MoJ	PES
PESA	Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis		Civil Service Wide
PESC	Public Expenditure Survey Committee		DfE
PET	Propriety and Ethics Team		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PETP	Prison Estates Transformation Programme		MoJ
PEX	Permanent Exclusion	Also commonly known as expulsion	DfE
PEX(ER)	Public Expenditure (Efficiency and Reform) Cabinet Sub-committee		MoJ
PF	Procurator Fiscal
PF	Petty France	Short name for MOJ main building at 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ London	MoJ
PFA	Provider Financial Assurance		DfE
PFAG	Private Fostering Advisory Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PFD	President of the Families Division		MoJ
PfG	PLACES FOR GROWTH	Civil Service transformation programme aiming to relocate 22 000 roles from London by 2027 and to locate 50% of UK-based SCS outside London by 2030	Cabinet Office	Office of Government Property
PFI	Private Finance Initiative	PFI was introduced in order to engage the private sector in the design, build, finance and operation of public infrastructure, with the aim of delivering good quality and well maintained assets that provided value for money for the taxpayer. It has been used across a broad range of sectors. Over 700 projects have reached financial close, securing private sector investment of around 55 billion. PFI has been reformed and Private Finance 2 (PF2) introduced following consultation in 2013.	DfE
PFO	Principal Finance Officer	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
PFPE	Private Finance Panel Executive	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
PFR	Provider Funding Report		DfE
PFS	Prisoner Facing Service	A service that is provided to a Prisoner	MoJ
PfS (partnerships)	Partnerships for Schools	2004-2012 Partnerships for Schools was the government's delivery agent for capital investment programmes into schools. PfS closed in 2012 and its responsibilities transferred to the Education Funding Agency from 1 April 2012.Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120202141958/http://www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk/index.html} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
PFS (playing)	Playing for Success	Established in 1998 Playing for Success provides out of school hours study support centres within sports clubs' grounds. Sports include: football, Rugby League and Union, cricket, basketball, hockey, ice hockey, gymnastics and tennis. The centres cater for mainly 9-14 year olds and focus on improving literacy, numeracy and ICT skills using the environment of the sports club to help motivate pupils.Source: {National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER)|http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/...	DfE
PFSS	Partners for Study Support	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PFU	Programmes for the Unemployed		DfE
PGA	Prison Governors Association		MoJ
PGCE	Postgraduate Certificate in Education	A PGCE course mainly focuses on developing teaching skills, and not on the subject to be taught. For this reason, it is expected that a good understanding of the chosen subject(s) usually to degree level is obtained before training.Source: {DfE|https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/secondary/training-options} accessed 2015-06-05 Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16 A Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a course providing graduat...	DfE
PGD	Prison Group Director		MoJ
PGL2	Postgraduate Learning Offer		DfE
PGLO	Postgraduate Learning Offer		DfE
PGP	Pretty Good Privacy	A way of encrypting emails in such as way that only the intended recipient can read.	MoJ
PGR	Parent Governor Representative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PGTA	Postgraduate teaching apprenticeships		DfE
PHE	Public Health England		NHSx	Org Wide
PHE	Public Health England		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
Phoenix		Phoenix is the central Oracle system used for procurement, finance, and HR… stuff.	MoJ
PHR	Public Health Records		NHSx	Org Wide
PI	Probation Instruction		MoJ
PIA	Private Impact Assessments		DfE
PIA	Privacy Impact Assessment		MoJ
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies		DfE
PIC	Projects and Investment Committee (BEIS)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PICKUP	Professional Industrial and Commercial Updating Programme	c1984-?	DfE
PICSI	Pre-Inspection Context and School Indicators	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PID	Personal Identification Device (smartcard)		DWP
PID	Project Initiation Document	The purpose of the PID is to provide the information required by senior management and stakeholders to enable them to commit to the resources and timelines proposed. It is a sort of ‘contract’ between the Project Manager and SRO/Project Board that defines how the project will be run. The PID provides a detailed proposition against which success can be measured. To do this the PID builds on the approved Project Brief by defining in detail how the project will be developed and when it will be d...	Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
PILO	Placement Information and Liaison Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PILS	Patient Information Leaflet		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PIM	Personal Identity Management		DfE
PIMS	Provider and Organisation Information and Management System		DfE
PIMS	Provider Interaction Management System		MoJ
PIN (information)	Prior Information Notice		DfE
PIN (parents)	Parents Information Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PINS	Planning Inspectorate		DLUHC
PinS	Professionalism in Security
PIP	Personal Independence Payment		DWP
PIP	Personal Improvement Plans		Civil Service Wide
PiP	Person in Prison	Target Operating Model (TOM) and other Transition documents make reference to this	MoJ
PIP	Personal Independence Payment		MoJ
PiP (partners)	Partners in Practice	More information from GOV.UKSource: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/speechesicky-morgan-delivering-a-revolution-in-childrens-social-care} accessed 2016-05-03	DfE
PIP (plans)	Post Implementation Plans		DfE
PIPCS	Personal Information Payment Computer System		DWP
PIPES	Psychologically Informed Physical Environment Services		MoJ
PIPIS	Personal Information Payment Information System		DWP
PIPS	Performance Indicators for Primary Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PIR	Post Implementation Review		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
PIRAS (departmental organisational unit)	Privacy and Information Rights Advisory Service	Year(s) active (where known): 2013-	DfE
PIRLS	Progress in International Reading Literacy Study	PIRLS measures trends in children's reading literacy achievement at age 10 and collects information about reading and literacy policies and teaching practices every five years.Source: {National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)|http://www.nfer.ac.uk/research/projects/progress-in-reading-literacy-study-pirls/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
PIS	Post Implementation Support		DfE
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment	PISA is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating economies and administered to 15-year-olds in schools. Five assessments have so far been carried out (in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012).Source: {OECD|http://www.pisa.oecd.org} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
PIT	Pool of Inactive Teachers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PITCOM	Parliamentary Information Technology Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PKHIF	Parent Know How Innovation Fund	The Parent Know How Innovation Fund was designed to explore and expand the routes available to parents to access information, support and advice from parenting experts or from other parents. The Fund is part of the Parent Know How programme which was launched in May 2008. The Parent Know How Innovation Fund has created the three pilot projects. These latest additions to these services will launch in January 2010 and will join a range of other telephone helpline and innovative services availab...	DfE
PLASC	Pupil Level Annual Schools Census	From 2006 replaced by the School Census.	DfE
PLIC	Prison leavers Innovation Challenge	It aims to develop innovative new solutions to break the cycle of reoffending	MoJ
PLR	Personal Learning Records	A personal learning record offers access to the verified participation and achievement records of individual learners aged 14+. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learning-records-service-personal-learning-record} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
PLSU	Primary Learning Support Unit	A Primary Learning Support Unit (PLSU) is a resource centre providing positive learning experiences for Year 6 children who are underachieving. Children attend every morning for two and half terms, returning to their home school for afternoon sessions. It aims to provide intensive learning support, raise self-esteem and develop positive learning behaviour. Each unit is for a maximum of 10 children. The PLSUs are for: -Children who are not working to their full potential, yet have the cognitiv...	DfE
PM	Prime Minister		No 10
PM	Performance Manager
PMDU	Prime Minister's Delivery Unit		Cabinet Office
PMG	People Matters Group		DWP
PMLD	Profound and multiple learning difficulties		DfE
PMO	Project/Programme/Portfollio Management Office/Organiser/Organisation
PMO	Project Management Office		Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
PMO	Programme Management Office		Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
PMO	Portfolio Management Office		Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
PMO	Project Management Office	Bit of organisation that sets standards for project management.	MoJ
PMO	Project Management Office		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
PMP	Privately Managed Prisons		MoJ
PMQ	Prime Minister's Questions		UK Parliament
PMR		Civil Servant performance reviews	MoJ
PMR (performance)	Performance management report		DfE
PMR (pupil)	Pupil Matching Reference		DfE
PMU	Population Management Unit		MoJ
PMU	Prison Management Unit		MoJ
PNC	Police National Computer		MoJ
PNQ	Private notice questions	Urgent questions were known as PNQs until 2002 in the House of Commons. Urgent questions are still known as Private Notice Questions (PNQs) in the House of Lords.Source: {UK Parliament|http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/questions-urgent-questions/} accessed 2015-06-05	DfE
PNS	Primary National Strategy	2003-2006 The Primary National Strategy was a set of tools for primary schools, aimed at helping them to raise standards and to deliver the National Curriculum more effectively. Source: Directgov website as at 2012-05-18	DfE
PO	Purchase Order		Civil Service Wide
PO	Private Office	The team that work in a Minister or member of the Executive Teams office.	Civil Service Wide
PO	Prison Officer		MoJ
PO	Probation Officer	Not to be confused with Prison Officer in much OM literature	MoJ
POA	Prison Officer Association		MoJ
POA	Payment on account	LAA term for when a provider requests to be paid for part of the work they already carried out, before they submit their final claim/bill	MoJ
POAP	Plan On A Page		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
POC	Proof of Concept		Not Limited to CS
POCA	Post Office Card Account		DWP
PoCA	Protection of Children Act list	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PoCA	Proceeds of Crime Act
POCMT (departmental organisational unit)	Private Office Correspondence Management Team		DfE
POELT	Prison Officer Entry Level Training		MoJ
POLAR	Payment of Legal Aid Remuneration	Legacy system for recording and tracking all claims received by the National Taxing Team (NTT) as part of assessing Legal Aid claims	MoJ
POM	Prison Offender Manager	The new Case Manager/Band 4 Prison Officer	MoJ
POM	Probation Offender Manager	Probation Service Role in Prison	MoJ
PoP	Person on Probation	Community / Suspended Sentence Order - Target Operating Model (TOM) and other Transition documents make reference to this	MoJ
POPCo	People and Operations Committee		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
POPs	Privately Operated Prisons		MoJ
PoSA	Provision of Services Agreement		NHSx	Org Wide
POST	Embassy or High Commission		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PP	Pupil Premium	The pupil premium is additional funding given to publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. Funding is available to both mainstream and non-mainstream schools, such as special schools and pupil referral units. Announced 2010.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings} accessed 2015-05-28 Preferred term was initially Fairness Premium, changed ...	DfE
PPA	Pre-School Playgroups Association	in August 1962, 150 members attended the first AGM of the Pre-school Playgroups Association which was to become a major educational charity. The aims of the organisation at first were two-fold: mutual support for those running groups and also the lobbying of government to emphasise the importance of pre-school provision and to seek the withdrawal of Circular 8/60 which prevented state nursery expansion. As a result of the need to demonstrate the educational value that playgroups offer to youn...	DfE
PPA time	Planning preparation and assessment time		DfE
PPAS	Prison & Probation Analytical Services	Previously known as PAG (Performance & Analysis Group)	MoJ
PPC	Pupils and Parents/Carers		DfE
PPCS	Public Protection Casework Section		MoJ
PPD	Project & Program Delivery		MoJ
PPH	Public and Privilege Holidays	Used in CPS	CPS
PPI	Payment Protection Insurance	Protects you on loan or debt repayments in event of not being able to pay them due to illness, unemployment.	HMCTS
PPIAS	Parent to Parent Information on Adoption Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PPM	Programme and Project Management Assurance	‘doing things right’ is the process of delivering programmes and projects and providing assurance to the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) leading the delivery of the scheme. Best practice PPM Assurance tools include: Managing Successful Programmes (MSP); PRINCE2 for project delivery; and Gateway Reviews and health checks for programme and project assurance. http://www.qafileshare.com/mcw/PCR/PPM/BBCF/DG_01_PPMBBCF-PCR_FiveCaseModelOverview.pdf	DLUHC
PPM	Project & Program Management		MoJ
PPMD	Pupil Parent Matched Data	A cross government data matching project linking pupil records to their parent / guardians household earnings using information from child benefit and household benefits such as tax credits and universal credit.	DfE
PPO	Prisons and Probation Ombudsman		MoJ
PPP	Public Private Partnership		DLUHC
PPP	Public private partnerships	The introduction of private sector funding and expertise into the provision of public services in order to achieve best value for money for taxpayers.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
PPP	Pandemic preparedness partnership	A n advisory group to the UK's presidency ahead of the G7 chaired by Patrick Vallance	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PPQ	Programme Protection Query
PPS	PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY		Civil Service Wide
PPS (parent)	Parent Partnership Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PPS (Parliamentary)	Parliamentary Private Secretary	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PPT	Priority Projects Team		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
PPU	Public Protection Unit		MoJ
PPUD	Public Protection Unit Database	Licensing of Prisoners: Manages Recalls and Parole. Prison and Probation can access this system, that is primarily used by a large team (Circa 150 people) in Petty France. This is being replaced but unclear with what and when	MoJ
PQ	Parliamentary Question	A question submitted by an MP (or Lord if it is a Lords PQ), for answer by a Minister from a government department. These often require a quick response.	DLUHC
PQCM	Parliamentary Question and Correspondence Manager		DfE
PQiP	Professional Qualification in Probation		MoJ
PQQ			MoJ
Pre Con	Previous Conviction		MoJ
Precons	Pre-convictions	These are found on the PNC. A PDF ‘Printout’ of precons for a particular offender is used by court probation officers	MoJ
PRF	Performance-Related Funding	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
PRG	Pupil Retention Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PRINCE	Projects in Controlled Environment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PRISM	Post Release Implementation Support and Maintenance
PRLS	Professional Recognition Learning and Skills scheme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PRN	Pupil Reference Numbers		DfE
PRO (civil service grade)	Principal Research Officers		DfE
PRO (records)	Public Records Office		DfE
PRP	Private Registered Providers	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
PRP	Performance related pay		DfE
PRP	Probation Reform Programme	A Draft Target Operating Model for the Future of Probation Services in England and Wales	MoJ
PRRD	Post Recall Release Date		MoJ
PRS	Private Rented Sector	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
PRSGS	Private Rented Sector Guarantee Scheme		DLUHC
PRTC	Princess Royal Trust for Carers	The Princess Royal Trust for Carers was created on the initiative of HRH The Princess Royal in 1991. At that time people caring at home for family members or friends with disabilities and chronic illnesses were scarcely recognised as requiring support. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is the largest provider of comprehensive carers support services in the UK. Through its network of 141 independently managed Carers' Centres, 83 young carers services and interactive websites, The Trust curre...	DfE
PRU	Pupil referral units	An establishment maintained by a local authority which is specifically organised to provide education for children who are excluded, sick, or otherwise unable to attend a mainstream or special maintained school. There were 393 PRUs in operation on 15 February 2013.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-education-for-pupils-outside-mainstream-school/supporting-pages/alternative-provision} accessed 2015-06-05 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-0...	DfE
PS	Private Secretary	A role in a Private Office.	DLUHC
PS	Permanent Secretary	The civil service head of the department	Civil Service Wide
PS	PRIVATE SECRETARY		Civil Service Wide	Private Office
PS	Police Sergeant		MoJ
PS	Probation Service	New name (June 2021) for what was the National Probation Service.	MoJ
PSA	Public service agreements	PSAs set out what government departments aim to deliver in return for the investment being made. Abolished by the Coalition Government 2010.	DfE
PSA	Public Service Agreement		Civil Service Wide
PSB	Potential Schools Budget	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PSC	Premium Service Centre	Priority visa renewal service for foreign nationals in the UK. Appointments have to be booked in advance and an additional fee paid	Home Office	UK Visas and Immigration
PSCP	Private Secretary for Chris Pincher MP	Commonly used as a way to refer to the whole Private Office team for a specific Minister. The contact emails for PO follow a similar convention i.e. psrobertjenrick@communities.gov.uk	DLUHC
PSCS	Pensions Service Computer System		DWP
PSD	Personal and Social Development	Refers to courses such as art courses, which seek to foster PSD	MoJ
PSE	Personal and Social Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PSE	Police Sergeant Employee		MoJ
PSED	Public Sector Equality Duty	The public sector Equality Duty (PSED) requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/review-of-public-sector-equality-duty-steering-group} accessed 2015-08-18	DfE
PSEH	Private Secretary for Eddie Hughes MP	Commonly used as a way to refer to the whole Private Office team for a specific Minister. The contact emails for PO follow a similar convention i.e. psrobertjenrick@communities.gov.uk	DLUHC
PSG	Professional Skills for Government	The Professional Skills for Government (PSG) competency framework is a structured way of thinking about jobs and careers for Civil Service staff at all grades. It is about ensuring that civil servants across government have the right mix of skills and expertise so that their department or agency can deliver effective services. The framework is an important part of the Skills Strategy for Government, designed to meet the current and future skills challenges of central government. It is a key ...	DfE
PSHE	Personal social health and economic education		DfE
PSI	Policy Studies Institute		DfE
PSI	Prison Service Instructions	Rules, regulations and guidelines by which prisons are run. See also PSO	MoJ
PSI	Public Sector Information	Any information (content) whatever its medium (form) – including print, digital or electronic, and sound recordings – produced, held or disseminated by a public sector body is considered public sector information. This includes an enormous range: corporate information such as reports and financial data, codes of practice, public records, statistics, still and moving images, press releases, artefacts, publication schemes, and so on.	MoJ
PSITA	Police Station Immigration Telephone Advice	There are 3 different firms. A part of the solicitor role.	MoJ
PSL	Public Sector Land		DLUHC
PSLA	Pre-School Learning Alliance	The Pre-school Learning Alliance (PSLA), established in 1961, is a leading educational charity specialising in the early years. It provides practical support to over 15,000 early years settings and makes a positive contribution to the care and education of over 800,000 young children and their families each year. It supports and actively promotes parental involvement in all aspects of their work. PSLA's products and services include specialist publications, directly-managed childcare provisi...	DfE
PSLH	Private Secretary for Luke Hall MP	Commonly used as a way to refer to the whole Private Office team for a specific Minister. The contact emails for PO follow a similar convention i.e. psrobertjenrick@communities.gov.uk	DLUHC
PSLSU	Primary School Learning Support Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PSN	Public Services Network	The PSN is the governments high-performance network, which helps public sector organisations work together, reduce duplication and share resources. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/public-services-network} accessed 2015-08-07	Civil Service Wide
PSNP	PSN for Police	PSN + encryption, used by police forces	MoJ
PSO	Prison Service Orders	Rules, regulations and guidelines by which prisons are run. These are outlined in Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) and Prison Service Orders (PSOs).	MoJ
PSO	Probation Service Officer		MoJ
PSO (officer)	Project Support Officer		DfE
PSO (offices)	Project Support Offices		DfE
PSP	Pastoral Support Programme	The Pastoral Support Programme (PSP) is a school based and co-ordinated intervention to help individual pupils to improve their social, emotional and behavioural skills. As a result of a PSP pupils should be able to better manage their behaviour and /or improve their attendance. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16 Pastoral Support Programmes (PSP) were introduced by the Department for Education and Skills in Circular 10/99 to Local Authorities to provide additi...	DfE
PSP	Public Sector Prisons		MoJ
PSP	Public Social Partnership		MoJ
PSR	Public Sector Resourcing		DfE
PSRE	Public Sector Research Establishment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	Civil Service Wide
PSREF	Public Sector Research Exploitation Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-15	DfE
PSRJ	Private Secretary for Robert Jenrick MP	Commonly used as a way to refer to the whole Private Office team for a specific Minister. The contact emails for PO follow a similar convention i.e. psrobertjenrick@communities.gov.uk	DLUHC
PSS	Post Sentence Supervision		MoJ
PSSG	Private Secretary for Lord Stephen Greenhalgh	Commonly used as a way to refer to the whole Private Office team for a specific Minister. The contact emails for PO follow a similar convention i.e. psrobertjenrick@communities.gov.uk	DLUHC
PST	Provider Support Team		DfE
PSTT	Primary Science Teaching Trust		DfE
PSU	Personal Support Unit		MoJ
PT	Performance tables		DfE
PTA	Parent teacher associations		DfE
PTDU (departmental organisational unit)	Performance Tables Development Unit	Year(s) active (where known): ? Team in Education Data Division	DfE
PTE (departmental organisational unit)	Professional and Technical Education	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-	DfE
PTP	Pensions Transformation Program		DWP
PTP	Property Transformation Programme
PTR	Pupil teacher ratio		DfE
PTS	Payments Transfer Service		DfE
PTTP	Prison Technology Transformation Programme	Laptops, mobile devices, applications, etc. for the whole of HMPPS. Replacement for Quantum. Programme commenced 2020.	MoJ
PTX			MoJ
PUI	CCMS's Provider User Interface	Provider facing part of CCMS. It's used by providers to submit, amend and follow up on legal aid applications for civil cases.	MoJ
PUM	Portal User Management	Use by LAA Online support team to reset users passwords, unlock their accounts and assign CCLF roles to users.	MoJ
PUS	Private User Scheme	Through eligible employers, the Microsoft Home Use Programme provides the opportunity to score great prices on Microsoft 365.	Civil Service Wide	Digital
PUS	Permanent Under Secretary		Civil Service Wide
PUSS	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State		Civil Service Wide
PV	Potentially Violent		DWP	Searchlight
PVB	Prison Visits Bookings		MoJ
PVI	Private, Voluntary or Independent		DfE
PVO	Privileged Visiting Order	Extra visiting credit for enhanced prisoners. One or two extra visits per month.	MoJ
PVR	Project Validation Review		NHSx	Org Wide
PYBT	Princes Youth Business Trust	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education: Departmental Report The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910 Stationery Office 1998 ISBN 0101391021	DfE
Q (Q1 etc.)	Quarter		Civil Service Wide
QA	Quality assurance	All planned activities necessary to provide a high degree of confidence in the quality of a product or service. It provides quality assessment of quality control activities and determines the validity of procedures for determining quality.	DfE
QA	Quality Assurance		Civil Service Wide
QAA	Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education		DfE
QAD (departmental organisational unit)	Quality Assurance Division		DfE
QAF	Quality Assurance Framework		Civil Service Wide
QAR	Quality Achievement Rates		DfE
QAT	Quality Assurance Testing		MoJ
QBR	Quarterly Business Review		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
QCA	Qualifications and Curriculum Authority	1997-2009. Replaced by the QCDA and Ofqual in 2009. Additional information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04 The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority was formed in 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications and the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority. It was an NDPB, originally sponsored by the Department for Education and Employment. It was later split into two organisations: Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency...	DfE
QCDA	Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency	2009-2012. On 31 March 2012 the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency closed as part of the Governments wider education reforms. The exams administration function is now performed by the Teaching Agency. The National Curriculum assessments function is now performed by the Standards and Testing Agency. Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/armslengthbodies/a00200461/qcda} accessed 2015-06-08 Addit...	DfE
QCF	Qualifications and Credit Framework	Ofqual regulate qualifications that use the rules of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). Qualifications that use the QCF rules are made up of units that are worth credits. The credits can be built up to full qualifications of different sizes over time. Units and qualifications also range in difficulty, from entry level to level 8.Source: {Ofqual|https://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean/compare-different-qualification-levels} accessed 2015-06-08	DfE
QDC	Qualifications Data Collection Steering Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
QDS	Quarterly Data Summary		Civil Service Wide
QDS			MoJ
QEH	Queen Elizabeth House	Government office in Edinburgh housing several departments, including the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.	Civil Service Wide
QIA	Quality Improvement Agency	An NDPB sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the successor to the Learning and Skills Development Agency. Established April 2006, it joined up with the Centre for Excellence in Leadership in October 2008 and became the Learning and Skills Improvement Service. 06/12/2011 The Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) was a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and the successor to the Learning and Skills Develo...	DfE
QMS	Quality Management System		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
QNCA	Qualifications and National Curriculum Authority	QNCA was formed as a result of the merger of the SCVQ and SCAA. The name was changed to QCA.	DfE
qq	Quick Question		Not Limited to CS
QR	Quality Review
QRD	Qualifications Reference Database		DfE
QSR	Qualification Success Rates	The Learner Achievement Tracker (LAT) was a piece of software for tracking learner progress that the LSC made available to all its providers. Part of the measures of success initiative, the LAT was intended to help providers measure qualification success rate (QSR), recognising and recording progress and achievement (RARPA) and value-added/distance travelled (VA/DT).Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
QTLS	Qualified teacher learning and skills status	If you have QTLS status and membership with the Society for Education and Training, you will be eligible to work as a qualified teacher in schools in England. It will be up to schools and local authorities to decide whether you are suitable for a post and to teach a particular subject. You will be exempt from serving a statutory induction period in schools. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/qualified-teacher-status-qts#qualified-teacher-learning-and-skills-qtls} accessed 2016-02-11	DfE
QTS	Qualified teacher status		DfE
QuAD (departmental organisational unit)	Qualifications and Attainment Data team	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
QUANTUM	Prison Service IT System		MoJ
QUIET	Quality in Education and Training Associates	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-05	DfE
QUILT	Quality in Information and Learning Technology	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-05	DfE
R&D	Research and Development		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
R&E	Research and Engagement		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
R&R	Reward and Recognition		Not Limited to CS
R2R	Response to Redundancy		DfE
RA	Reasonable Adjustment		Not Limited to CS
RA	Risk Assessment		Not Limited to CS
RAA	Regional adoption agencies		DfE
RAB	Resource Accounting and Budgeting	Introduces generally accepted accounting practice into government accounting. The main changes being the adoption of accruals accounting for all departmental expenditure and the inclusion of deprecation and cost-of-capital changes in departmental budgets.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
RABL	Raising the Achievement of Bilingual Learners	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RACI	Reasonable Accountable Consulted Informed	Term no longer in use. Replaced by the term Responsible Accountable Consultated Informed
RAD	Risk Assurance Division
RAD	Rapid Application Development		MoJ
RADA	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art		DfE
RAE2008	Research Assessment Exercise	The Research Excellence Framework is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. It replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), last conducted in 2008. The Research Assessment Exercise was conducted jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DEL). The primary pur...	DfE
RAG	Red-Amber-Green	Rating scheme for delivery confidence in projects	Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
RAID	Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies		Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
RAISE	Records of Achievement in Secondary Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RAME	Resource Annually Managed Expenditure	Resource Annually Managed Expenditure (Resource AME or RAME) – this budget covers current expenditure that is inherently volatile or demand-led meaning that Departments do not always have the ability to manage spending, for example, impairments, provisions and pension scheme movements.	DLUHC
RANSC	Records of Achievement National Steering Committee	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RAP (attainment)	Raising Attainment Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RAP (respect)	Respect Action Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RaPAL	Research and Practice in Adult Literacy	Research and Practice in Adult Literacy (RaPAL) focuses on the role of literacy in adult life. RaPAL is an independent network of learners, teachers, managers and researchers in adult basic education.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RAR	Rehabilitation Activity Requirement		MoJ
RARA	REACH Alternative Registration Approach		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
RARPA	Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement	The Learner Achievement Tracker (LAT) was a piece of software for tracking learner progress that the LSC made available to all its providers. Part of the measures of success initiative, the LAT was intended to help providers measure qualification success rate (QSR), recognising and recording progress and achievement (RARPA) and value-added/distance travelled (VA/DT).Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
RBA	Reception baseline assessment	The purpose of the reception baseline is to provide a score for each pupil at the start of reception. When pupils reach the end of key stage 2, we will use the reception baseline score to calculate how much progress they have made compared to others with the same starting point. A schools measure of progress will be the average progress made by its pupils.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-school-and-college-funding-and-accountability/201...	DfE
RBAC	Role Based Access Control		MoJ
RBCP	Regional Business Change Partner		MoJ
RBD	Reduced Benefit Direction
RBU	Research Buying Unit		DfE
RC	Regional Change	Incorrectly entered. Please see RCBP.	MoJ
RCA	Root Cause Analysis		DfE
RCAT	Research Collaboration Advice Team	Team providing advice to the research sector on their research risks and mitigations	BEIS	Global Research and Innovation
RCCO	Residential Child Care Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RCJ	Royal Courts of Justice	Contains both the High Court and Courts of Appeal, based on the Stand in London.Definitely not like a large County Court!	MoJ
RCT	Randomised Controlled Trial		DfE
RCUK	Research Councils UK	Research Councils UK (RCUK), the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils. Each year the Research Councils invest around 3 billion in research covering the full spectrum of academic disciplines from the medical and biological sciences to astronomy, physics, chemistry and engineering, social sciences, economics, environmental sciences and the arts and humanities.Source: {Research Councils UK|http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
RD (LSC)	Regional Directors	Regional Directors for one of nine Learning and Skills Council regions	DfE
RDA (regional)	Regional Development Agency	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RDA (rural)	Rural Development Area	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RDEL	Resource Department Expenditure Limits	Resource spending is money that is spent on day-to-day resources (i.e. spent on goods or services used within one financial year). https://intranet.mhclg.gov.uk/task/get-approval-for-your-policy/key-documents-and-glossary/	DLUHC
RDEL	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits
RDR	Resettlement Day Release	Relates to RoTL (Release on Temporary Licence) documentation	MoJ
RDS	Returns Data Store		DfE
RE	Religious Education		DfE
RE	Renewable Electricity	UK Government Renewable Electricity scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
REACH	Records of achievement	Summary documents issued when students leave school or college recording their achievements, experiences, and, in some cases, assessment of their personal qualities.	DfE
RED	Research Evidence Directory		DfE
Redimo2	Redimo2	Departmental contract and grant management system. Replaced by Jaggaer from October 2019.	DfE
REE	Register of Educational Establishments	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
REEF	Race Employment and Education Forum	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
REF2014	Research Excellence Framework	The REF is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. It replaced the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), last conducted in 2008. The 2014 REF was conducted jointly by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland (DEL). The REF was managed by the REF team, based at HEFCE, on behal...	DfE
REG1	Registration/De-Registration Request (REG1) Form	REG1 is a document that must be submitted to the state authorities in order to establish a new corporation.	Defra
RER	Referral Enhancement Routing (Case Prreparation since 2017)
Resettlement	Also known as ‘Throughcare’	Preparing prisoners for release, including issues such as accommodation, benefits, etc	MoJ
RESS	Regional Employer Skills Service	Re-named Regional Skills Services.	DfE
REUL	Retained European Union Law		Civil Service Wide
RFC	Request for Change		DfE
RFI	Request For Information
RFS	Request for Service	A procurement term used in NOMS (elsewhere?), specifically with HP to define new change requests and projects	MoJ
RGF	Regional Growth Fund		DfE
RgI	Registered inspectors		DfE
RHI	Renewable Heating Incentive		BEIS
RHSE	Relationships, Sex and Health Education;RSE	This document contains information on what schools should do and sets out the legal duties with which schools must comply when teaching Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education.Source: {GOV.UK|https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805781/Relationships_Education__Relationships_and_Sex_Education__RSE__and_Health_Education.pdf} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
RIA	Regulatory Impact Assessments		DfE
RIC	Remand in custody		MoJ
RING	Research and Insight Network Group		Defra
RIPA	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
RISAT	Registered Inspectors of Schools Appeals Tribunal		DfE
RISE	Research and Information State Education Trust	RISE - Research and Information State Education Trust - is a research charity. It aims to commission research and provide information on state education. RISE reports have covered many issues of particular interest to parents e.g. class size, school reports, home-school agreements, parental involvement in Ofsted inspections, school complaints procedures and school admissions. Research has been funded by various trusts, including the Nuffield Foundation and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. The ...	DfE
RISS	Register of Independent Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RITS	Regulatory IT Systems (Ofqual)		DfE
RLE1	Rural land and entitlements RLE1 form and guidance	RLE1 form is used to make changes to land or transfer BPS entitlements.	Defra
RM	Resource Management		DWP
RM	Risk Management
RM2000	Risk Matrix 2000	A static risk assessment for sex offenders over the age of 18	MoJ
RMAD	Risk Management Accreditation Document	See RMADS	MoJ
RMADS	Risk Management and Accreditation Document Set		MoJ
RME	Realistic Mathematics Education	Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) is an approach to teaching utilised in the Netherlands and developed over a period of thirty years. The approach is significantly different to the approaches used in England in a number of regards: Use of realistic situations as a means of developing pupils mathematics as opposed to using contexts as an introduction to mathematics or as an application of mathematics. Less emphasis on algorithms and more on sense making and gradual refinement of informal p...	DfE
RMS	Referral Management System
RNA or mRNA (vaccine)	Messenger Ribonucleic acid	An RNA vaccine is a novel type of vaccine for providing acquired immunity through an RNA-containing vector. RNA is a type of nucleic acid like DNA. mRNA is a molecule and is one of three types of RNA involved in gene expression (the process by which specific genes are activated to produce a required protein/antigen).	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
RO	Renewable Obligation	Renewable Obligation scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
RO (civil service grade)	Research Officers		DfE
ROA	Records of achievement	Summary documents issued when students leave school or college recording their achievements, experiences, and, in some cases, assessment of their personal qualities.	DfE
ROATP	Register of apprenticeship training providers		DfE
ROC	Rules of Combination		DfE
ROC	Remuneration of Central Fund Costs	It is used by a team of LAA caseworkers called 'Criminal cases unit'. They are the ones who assess claim for payments for any type of crime work that sits outside the graduated fee scheme. It's like processing payments for exceptional cases but it doesn't come from the Exception Case Funding scheme (which is only applicable for Civil). Providers claim those payments by emailing an Excel form to the Criminal case unit (there are 8 different forms depending on what's being claimed) who then log...	MoJ
ROF	Resourcing of function		DfE
ROM	Rough Order of Magnitude	A crude estimate of the cost of a project. See also SWAG and PIDOOMA.Could also stand for 'read-only memory'.	MoJ
ROQ	Rules of Qualification		DfE
ROR	Resettlement Overnight Release	Relates to RoTL (Release on Temporary Licence) documentation	MoJ
ROSH	Risk of Serious Harm		MoJ
ROSLA	Raising of the School Leaving Age	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
ROTL	Release on Temporary Licence		MoJ
ROTO	Register of training organisations		DfE
RP	Retirement Pension
RP	Responsible Person		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
RPA	Risk Potential Assessment		NHSx	Org Wide
RPA	Robotic Process Automation		NHSx	Org Wide
RPA	Rural Payments Agency	RPA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	Defra
RPA	Robotic Process Automation		Civil Service Wide
RPA (academies)	Risk protection arrangements	Public sector schools can join the risk protection arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercial insurance, which may save time and money. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-risk-protection-arrangement-rpa-for-schools} accessed 2020-05-28	DfE
RPA (participation)	Raising the participation age	Young people are required to remain in some form of education or training for longer. Those pupils who left year 11 in summer 2014 are the first cohort required to continue until their 18th birthdaySource: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-young-people/2010-to-2015-government-policy-young-people} accessed 2015-06-08	DfE
RPA (risk)	Risk Potential Assessment		DfE
RPD	Regional Probation Director		MoJ
RPO	Recovery Point Objectives		DfE
RPT (departmental organisational unit)	Research Programmes Team		DfE
RPT (transactions)	Related Party Transactions		DfE
RPTS	Residential Property Tribunal Service		MoJ
RQF
RR	Readiness Review		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
RRDS	Records Retention and Disposition Schedule		MoJ
RREAS	Race Relations Employment Advisory Service	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
RRF	Reading Reform Foundation	Reading Reform Foundation is a non-profit making organisation that aims to "help end today's needless illiteracy through the dissemination of the latest information about research-verified teaching of reading." Intensive, systematic synthetic phonics teaching is promoted through newsletters and occasional conferences. New information, articles and queries are always welcome. Links/Further InformationSource: {Website|http://www.rrf.org.uk} accessed 2021-03-01Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RRNR	Review of Relative Needs and Resources		DfE
RSA	Royal Society of Arts	The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used by others for brevity, but the Society itself uses either its full name or the initials RSA. It was founded in 1754 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1847. Notable members have included Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, William Hogarth, Charles Dickens, Guglielmo Marconi and John Diefenbaker. Notwithst...	DfE
RSAEB	RSA Examination Board	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RSC (commissioners)	Regional Schools Commissioners	From September 2014, 8 RSCs will be responsible for taking important decisions about the academies in their area. The RSCs will make decisions on applications from schools wanting to become academies and organisations wanting to sponsor an academy. They will also be responsible for taking action when an academy is underperforming.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/regional-schools-commissioners-to-oversee-academies} accessed 2015-06-08	DfE
RSC (support)	Regional Support Centres	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RSG	Revenue Support Grants		DfE
RSL	Registered Social Landlords		DfE
RSP	Regional Skills Partnerships	There were 9 Regional Skills Partnerships (RSPs) operational in England, established following the 2003 Skills Strategy White paper. Regional skills partnerships brought together key stakeholders in a particular region, and were charged with establishing regional skills priorities in policy areas such as 14-19 reform and the National Employer Training Programme.	DfE
RSR	Risk of Serious Recidivism	Algorithmic predictor	MoJ
RSS	Regional Skills Services	Formerly the Regional Employer Skills Service.	DfE
RSSS	Review of School Staffing Structure	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RSTW	Raising Standards and Tackling Workload	The National Agreement on Raising Standards and Tackling Workload is designed to enhance the status of all staff who work in schools and to enable teachers to focus more on teaching and learning, by freeing them from routinely completing administrative tasks. It was signed by the Department for Education and Skills, employers and school workforce unions on 15 January 2003.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-12	DfE
RtA	Routes to Achievement		DfE
RTE	Real Time Earnings		DWP / HMRC	Universal Credit
RTI	Real Time Information	RTI (Real Time Information) was a key government programme which aims to improve the way in which employers submit Pay As You Earn (PAYE) information about their employees to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The RTI system is designed to deliver benefits to HMRC, employers and employees. These benefits include greater stability and reduced risk of over or underpayment of tax for employees, simplification for employers at the end of year (no more need for an End of Year return) and for dealin...	HMRC
RTM	Requirements Traceability Matrix		MoJ
RTO	Recovery Time Objectives		DfE
RTP	Registered Teacher Programme	Provided a blend of work-based teacher training and academic study, allowing non-graduates with some experience of higher education to complete their degree and qualify as a teacher at the same time. The programme closed in academic year 2012/13.Source: {DfE website|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/get-into-teaching/teacher-training-options/registered-teacher-programme.aspx} accessed 2015-05-28	DfE
RTPi	Request To Pay Integration
RTR	Right to rent	Evidence that someone is eligible to rent a property in England	Home Office
RTT	READY TO TRADE		DIT
RTW	Right To Work	Evidence that someone is eligible to work lawfully in the UK.	Home Office
RUP	Rational Unified Process		DfE
S2S	School to School	Application to allow the sharing and movement of pupil information.	DfE
S3	Simple Storage Service	Amazon's data storage service	MoJ
S6F	School Sixth Forms		DfE
SA	Secure Access	Method of access and password administration giving a single, secure point of entry to DfE systems. SA (Secure Access) was replaced in Dec 2018/Jan 2019 by DfE Sign-in which is abbreviated to DSI.Source: Data Directorate 2019-08-01	DfE
SAAS (schools)	School Achievement Awards Scheme	The scheme was originally developed to celebrate the achievements of schools that either made significant improvement or were high performing. It achieved this, and over the three years that the scheme was in operation, nearly 13,800 schools won awards. R	DfE
SAAS (software)	Software as a Service	Software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.	Civil Service Wide	DDaT
SABIP	Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SAC	Social Affairs Council	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
SACRE	Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education		DfE
SAD	Senior Account Directors		DfE
SAGE	The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies	Co-chaired by Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty. Provides a single source of co-ordinated scientific advice to COBR.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
SAI	School Access Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SAMP	Strategic Asset Management Plan		DfE
SAO	School Attendance Orders		DfE
SAP	Skills Advisory Panels		DfE
SAPAU (departmental organisational unit)	Special Educational Needs, Disability and Alternative Provision Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
SAQ	Self Assessment Questionnaire	A form done in a the first couple days of prison by new prisoner	MoJ
SAR	Subject Access Request	Similar to an FOI, but for yourself. At the MOJ this is typically used by prisoners or civil servants.	MoJ
SAR (access)	Subject Access Request		DfE
SAR (assessments)	Self-assessment reports		DfE
SARA	Sector annual report and accounts	DfE will prepare a new sector annual report and accounts (SARA) for the academic year from 1 September to 31 August each year. This aligns with the financial reporting period of individual academy trusts. This is different to the financial reporting period for government departments, which is from 1 April to 31 March each year.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/academies-sector-annual-report-and-accounts} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
SARA	Spousal Assault Risk Assessment		MoJ
SARD (departmental organisational unit)	Strategic Analysis and Research Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
SAS (ages)	Standard ages scores	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SAS (students)	Student Associates Scheme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SASE	Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England		DfE
SASI	Share and Support Interviews
SASM	Senior Area Service Managers		DfE
SAT	Single-academy trusts		DfE
SATRO	Science and Technology Regional Organisations	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SATS (assessment tasks)	Standard Assessment Tasks	The paper Testing the facts (DfE, 1993), gives a history of the introduction of the tests from July 1988 and April 1993. Teachers considered boycotts of Standard Assessment Tasks between 1991 and 1994. The main boycott was in the Summer of 1993.Source DfE Press Notices 77/93, 107/93, 124/93, 166/93 and 95/94 This page was produced by the Library.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SATS (attainment tests)	Standard Attainment Tests		DfE
SATS (curriculum testing)	Standard Assessment Tests	The test frameworks are written primarily for test developers; they will be used by item writing agencies and the Standards and Testing Agency throughout the test development process. Teachers should not use the frameworks to guide teaching and learning. They do not provide information on how the new national curriculum should be taught. Each test framework sets out: what will and wont be assessed by the test how each element of the subject will be assessed the proposed structure of the test ...	DfE
SAV	Security Architecture Review	A term used by IA (Information Assurance)	MoJ
SBC	School Building Capital	The School Building Capital programme has increased more than five times since 1996-97. In that financial year the capital budget was 683 million, and this has since increased to over 3.8 billion in 2003-04. There are further increases to 4.5 billion in 2004-05 and 5.1 billion in 2005-06, making a total of 13.4 billion over the three years covered by the most recent spending review. This means that capital investment will be running at a higher level, in real terms, than at any time in the pa...	DfE
SBC	Specification, Benchmarking and Costing		MoJ
SBDP	Supporting Better Delivery Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SBI	Single Business Identifier	A main Single Business Identifier (SBI) is a unique nine digit number given to a farmer or business that is involved in an agricultural activity. It is not the same as a trader SBI.	Defra	Rural Payments Agency
SBL	School business links		DfE
SBO	School Beat Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SBOC	Small Boats Opperational Command	The area of Border Force Responsible for Small boat arrivals	Home Office
SBSA	State Boarding School Association		DfE
SBU	Specialist Buying Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SC	Service Centre		DWP
SC	Security Check	Level of Security Clearance	Civil Service Wide
SC (census)	School Census	The School Census collects key data on around 8 million pupils and around 25,000 schools; and pupil level data have been collected since 2002.Source: {The National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/schoolandpupil/b00196911/the-school-census-england} accessed 2015-06-10	DfE
SC (colleges)	Sports Colleges	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SCA	School condition allocations		DfE
SCA	Start Custody Assessments		MoJ
SCAA	School Curriculum and Assessment Authority	The Education Act 1993 merged the National Curriculum Council and School Examinations and Assessment Council into the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA). This was recommended by the White Paper 'Choice and Diversity'. The Secretary of State appointed the members of the Council and it produced a corporate plan and accounts. SCAA produced detailed instructions on the national curriculum syllabus and SATs for teachers and reports on progress in all examination levels. In 1997 it m...	DfE
SCAH	Science Capability & Animal Health		Defra Group	APHA?
SCAH	Science, Capability and Animal Health		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
SCAP (departmental organisational unit)	School Capacity and Planning	Year(s) active (where known): c2019-	DfE
SCC	Schools causing concern		DfE
SCC	Specialist Computer Centres	Providers of web hosting	MoJ
SCCE	Schools Council for Curriculum and Examinations		DfE
SCCS	Secure Compliance and Checking System
SCD	Severe Communication Difficulties	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SCDC	School Curriculum Development Committee	In April 1982 the Department of Education and Science issued Press Notice 92/82 on the future of the Schools Council announcing the setting up of the Secondary Examinations Council and the School Curriculum Development Committee The Committee continued publication of curriculum research begun by the Schools Council. In 1988 the Education Reform Act replaced Secondary Examinations Council and SCDC with two statutory bodies the National Curriculum Council and the School Examinations and Assess...	DfE
SCE	Service childrens education		DfE
SCEA	Service Childrens Education Authority	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SCH	Secure Children's Home	A Secure Children's Home is a type of Youth Detention Accommodation and/or Secure Welfare Accommodation that accommodates children and young people between the ages of 10-17.	MoJ
SCIA	Society of Chief Inspectors and Advisers		DfE
SCIF	Strategic College Improvement Fund	The Strategic College Improvement Fund (SCIF) provides grants to colleges that need to improve the quality of their provision of education and training.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/guidance-for-applicants-to-the-strategic-college-improvement-fund} accessed 2018-10-18	DfE
SCITT	School-centred initial teacher training	SCITT programmes are designed and delivered by groups of neighbouring schools and colleges. Taught by experienced, practising teachers, and often tailored towards local teaching needs, all SCITT courses lead to qualified teacher status (QTS). Many, though not all, will also award a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) validated by a higher education institution.Source: {DfE website|https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/explore-my-options/training/scitt} accessed 2015-06-10	DfE
SCM	Skills and Capability Manager	Works in Fast Stream and Emerging Talent. Gives you developmental and career coaching. Provides support and guidance to Activity Manager on managing fast streamers.	Cabinet Office	Org wide
SCMD (departmental organisational unit)	Social Care, Mobility and Disadvantage [Directorate]	Year(s) active (where known): 2018-2021	DfE
SCME (departmental organisational unit)	Social Care, Mobility and Equalities [Directorate]	Year(s) active (where known): ?-2018	DfE
SCN	Strategic Clinical Network		NHSx	Org Wide
SCONTO	Scottish Council of National Training Organisations		DfE
Scot	Scotland Office
SCR	Serious case reviews	A SCR should always be undertaken when a child dies (including suicide), and abuse or neglect is known or suspected to be a factor. It should also be carried out when a child dies in custody (in police custody, on remand or following sentencing), in a Youth Offending Institution (YOI), or a Secure Training Centre (STC), or where the child was detained under the Mental Health Act 2005 (para 8.10). The purpose of an SCR is to establish whether there are lessons to be learnt from the case about ...	DfE
SCS	Senior Civil Servant	Someone with a senior post in the Civil Service, for example a Director.	Civil Service Wide
SCSBP	Senior Civil Service Business Partner	Organisation or individual who assists during recruitment of a Senior Civil Servant.	MoJ
SCT	Supply Chain Transformation		DfE
SCT	Small claims track	The route followed by a case for lower-value claims, with a value of less than £10,000.	HMCTS
SCU	Separation & Care Unit	Also / previously known as the Segregation Unit (Seg)	MoJ
SCU (departmental organisational unit)	School Complaints Unit		DfE
SCUTREA	Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SDA	Severe Disablement Allowance
SDA (act)	Sex Discrimination Act 1975		DfE
SDA (authority)	Service Design Authority		DfE
SDA (delivery)	Service Delivery Agreement	An agreement setting out the more detailed outputs that departments will need to focus on to achieve their objectives and the modernisation processes they will go through to improve the productivity of their operations.Source: Department for Education and Skills., (2003). Departmental Report 2003 Cm 5902. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101590229]	DfE
SDC	Service Delivery Co-ordinator
SDD	Service Definition Document		DfE
SDF	Skills Development Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SDG (departmental organisational unit)	Supporting Delivery Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
SDG (sustainable)	Sustainable Development Goals	The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.Source: {UN website|https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
SDIP	Summer Diversity Internship Programme	Source: {Fast stream GOV.UK|https://www.faststream.gov.uk/summer-diversity-internship-programme/} accessed 2019-01-30	DfE
SDLC	Systems Development Life Cycle		DfE
SDLT	Stamp Duty Land Tax		DLUHC
SDM	Service Design and Management
SDO	Standard Directions Order		HMCTS
SDOL	Smart Data Online		DfE
SDP	Severe Disability Premium
SDP	Single Departmental Plan		Civil Service Wide
SDP (department)	Single Departmental Plan	Single Departmental Plans are revised annually, in line with departments own internal planning, to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities. They are linked to the Spending Review and the Budget processes, as part of the planning and performance framework, so that a department can show how it will use its resources (the funding set in its departmental settlement and any adjustments to spending plans made at fiscal events, such as the Budget) to the achieve the outputs and outcome...	DfE
SDP (schools)	School Development Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SDS	School Direct (salaried)	A scheme that replaces the Graduate Teaching Programme. The aim is to attract up to 4900 high-quality career-changers into the profession. On this programme, schools will receive direct funding to help pay the trainees wage while they are completing their training.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentewsew-school-direct-programme-opens-28-september-2012} accessed 2015-06-10 School Direct (salaried) places These places are aimed mainly at graduates with 3 or more years work experience....	DfE
SDS	Safe, Decent & Secure		MoJ
SDS	Standard Determinate Sentence		MoJ
SDT	Secure Data Transfer	An access protocol that allows the bulk submission of Civil Money Claims by commercial entities	MoJ	Civil
SDU	Spatial Data Unit	Spatial Data Unit (part of DLUHC) created in 2021 to support the levelling up agenda and to improve HMG data capability	DLUHC	Levelling Up
SEAC	Schools Examination and Assessment Council	The National Curriculum Council (NCC) was one of three bodies created under the Education Reform Act 1988 to help in implementing the national curriculum and its assessment arrangements. The others were the Curriculum Council for Wales (CCW) and the Schools Examination and Assessment Council (SEAC) for England and Wales. The National Curriculum Council, together with SEAC and CCW, were wound up by the Education Act 1993.Source: {TNA|https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C136} ac...	DfE
SEAL	Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning	SEAL is a comprehensive, whole-school approach to promoting the social and emotional skills that underpin effective learning, positive behaviour, regular attendance, staff effectiveness and the emotional health and well-being of all who learn and work in schools.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-and-emotional-aspects-of-learning-seal-programme-in-secondary-schools-national-evaluation} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
SEC	Special Education Consortium		DfE
SED	Sentence Expiry Date		MoJ
SED (departmental organisational unit)	School Effectiveness Division		DfE
SED (Scottish)	Scottish Education Department		DfE
SEED	Study of Early Education and Development		DfE
SEET	Sustained Education, Employment or Training		DfE
SEFS	Science and Engineering Fast Stream		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
SEG	Southern Examining Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SEG	Smart Export Guarantee	Small energy grant	BEIS	Energy Policy
Segregation Unit	Also known as Seg, Solitary Confinement, SCU & CSC		MoJ
SEISS	Self-Employment Income Support Scheme		Civil Service Wide
SEN	Special educational needs		DfE
SENaPS	Special Educational Needs and Psychology Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SENCO	SEN coordinators	The member of staff of a school who has responsibility for coordinating Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision within that school. In a small school the headteacher or deputy may take on this role. In larger schools there may be an SEN coordinating team.	DfE
SEND (database)	Special Educational Needs Database		DfE
SEND (disability)	Special Educational Needs and Disability		DfE
SENDA	Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001		DfE
SENDisT	Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal		DfE
Senet	Skills and Education Network		DfE
SENIMS	Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SenLib (civil service grade)	Senior Librarians		DfE
SENSS	Special Educational Needs Support Service	Special Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS) are a range of specialist support services provided by Local Authorities which are available to schools to provide advice and expertise and, in some cases, to work with individual pupils where a specific need has been shown to exist. All of these services are directly available to schools and some, particularly the Educational Welfare Service, Portage and the Educational Psychology Service also work directly with parents.	DfE
SENT	Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal		DfE
SENTC	Special Educational Needs Tribunal Consortium		DfE
SEO	Senior Executive Officer	Grade within the Civil Service	Civil Service Wide
SEO	Search engine optimisation	Improving search rankings for your site - for instance by using popular search terms in titles or web copy.	MoJ
SEO (civil service grade)	Senior Executive Officers		DfE
SEO (education)	Society of Education Officers		DfE
SEO/HEO	Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Office (civil service grade)		Civil Service Wide
SEPACS	Supported Employment Procurement and Consultancy Service	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
SEU (effectiveness) (departmental organisational unit)	Standards and Effectiveness Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 1997-1999? The Standards and Effectiveness Unit was established to '... take the lead in ensuring that all the partners in the education service contribute fully to the raising of standards. The Unit, assisted by the Standards Task Force, will challenge the assumptions of the education establishment and spread examples of best practice. It will also take the lead on the Government's national programmes for school improvement, such as the literacy and numeracy str...	DfE
SEU (evidence) (departmental organisational unit)	Standards Evidence Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
SEU (exclusion)	Social Exclusion Unit	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SF	Social Fund		DWP
SF (security)	Security Forum		DfE
SF (standards)	Standards Fund		DfE
SF (students)	Student Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SFA	Skills Funding Agency	An agency of the Department for Education, formerly an agency of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whose job is to fund and regulate adult further education and skills training in England.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/skills-funding-agency/about} accessed 2015-06-11 EFA merged with SFA to create the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on 01 April 2017.	DfE
SFC	Sixth form colleges		DfE
SFCA	Sixth Form Colleges Association	The Sixth Form Colleges' Association (SFCA) has been representing the interests of the sector since Sixth Form Colleges became independent corporations in 1993.Source: {Sixth Form Colleges' Association|http://www.sixthformcolleges.org/} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
SFCC	Schools Facing Challenging Circumstances	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SFCF	Sixth Form Colleges Forum		DfE
SFCS	Social Fund Computer System		DWP
SFE	Student Finance England	Contact details for Student Finance England including complaints, appeals, Student Finance Services and the Advanced Learner Loan.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
SFG	Strengthening Families Grant	Created by combining the Family Support Grant and the Marriage and Relationship Support Grant. 2004. From April 2006 subsumed into the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31 The Strengthening Families Grant (SFG) programme (2005- 2008) was designed to help Government drive forward its vision to deliver the Every Child Matters Green Paper outcomes and encourage an environment for mainstreaming Family Support Service...	DfE
SFGP	Strengthening Families Grant	Created by combining the Family Support Grant and the Marriage and Relationship Support Grant. 2004. From April 2006 subsumed into the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme. Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31 The Strengthening Families Grant (SFG) programme (2005- 2008) was designed to help Government drive forward its vision to deliver the Every Child Matters Green Paper outcomes and encourage an environment for mainstreaming Family Support Service...	DfE
SFI	Sustainable Farming Incentive	The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is the first of 3 new environmental schemes being introduced under the Agricultural Transition Plan. The other 2 schemes are Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery. SFI aims to help farmers manage land in a way that improves food production and is more environmentally sustainable.	Defra	Future Farming and Countryside Programme
SFI	Sustainable Farming Incentive		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
SFIS	Single Fraud Investigation Service
SfL	Skills for Life	The national strategy in England for improving adult literacy, language (ESOL) and numeracy skills. 2001/unknown	DfE
SfLSU	Skills for Life Strategy Unit		DfE
SFPC	Strengthening families protecting children programme	Information about the SFPC programme to help safely reduce the number of children entering care.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strengthening-families-protecting-children-sfpc-programme} accessed 2020-08-19	DfE
SFR	Statistical First Release	First release of data.Source: Data Directorate 2019-08-01	DfE
SFRS	Strategic Financial Reporting System	Used to record and report position on all budgets in the Department.Source: Data Directorate 2019-08-01	DfE
SFSB	Skills for Small Businesses	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1998). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans for 1998-99 Cm 3910. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN 0101391021]	DfE
SFSO	School Finance Support & Oversight
SFT	School Food Trust	Set up as Non-Departmental Public Body in 2005 with 15 million of funding from the then Department for Education and Skills (2001-2007) to promote the education and health of children and young people by improving the quality of food supplied and consumed in schools. In April 2007 the Trust became registered as a Charity. Re-named Children's Food Trust.Source: {Children's Food Trust|http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/about} accessed 2014-08-06	DfE
SFTL	Small Firms Training Loans	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SFVS	Schools Financial Value Standard	SFVS is a requirement for all local authority maintained schools. It has been designed by the DfE to help schools gauge how well they are managing their finances and ensures that secure financial management is in place.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-financial-value-standard-and-assurance} accessed 2015-06-10	DfE
SG	Support Group	(A grouping for ESA claimants based on their condition) [Higher Group]
SG	Scottish Government
SG (departmental organisational unit)	Safeguarding Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
SGIN	Steering Group on Information Needs		DfE
SGOSS	School Governors One Stop Shop	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SGR	School Government Regulations	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SGS	Self Governing State	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SGS	Strategic Grants Services		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
SHA (secondary)	Secondary Heads Association	An association for head teachers of both maintained and independent schools, formed in 1976 from an amalgamation of the Headmasters' Association and the Association of Headmistresses.Source: {Oxford Index|https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100451195?rskey=fcPouA&result=0&q=Secondary%20Heads%20Association} accessed 2019-05-31 The Secondary Heads Association (SHA) was formed in 1977 by the amalgamation of the AHM and the HMA. In 1983, SHA took a step forward when memb...	DfE
SHA (strategic)	Strategic Health Authority		DfE
shall	denotes a requirement: a mandatory element	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
SHIF	Single Housing Infrastructure Fund		DLUHC
SHLAA	Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment	A Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a technical exercise to determine the quantity and suitability of land potentially available for housing development. It is a required part of the evidence base needed for the preparation of a Local Plan (as specified in the National Planning Policy Framework, para. 159). The Mayor carries out a London-wide SHLAA to inform the London Plan as it determines the borough housing targets that form a key part of the Plan.	DLUHC
SHMIS	Society of Heads of Independent Schools	The Society of Heads of Independent Schools (SHMIS) is an Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses of just over 100 well-established Independent schools. It is one of the constituent organisations of the Independent Schools Council. It was previously called the Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools hence the 'M' in its abbreviated form which is still retained. SHMIS was formed in 1961 when a group of Heads decided they needed a forum in which to share ideas and...	DfE
should	denotes a recommendation: an advisory element	Formal term from UK Government Orange Book: Management of Risk - Principles and Concepts.	MoJ
ShSVCS	Shared Services
SI	Statutory Instruments	The most common form of secondary legislation. SIs usually follow affirmative or negative procedure, or have no procedure at all, this and their scope, is fixed by the Act of Parliament under which they are made.	Civil Service Wide	Legislation
SI (statutory)	Statutory instruments		DfE
SI (strategic)	Strategic Improvement		DfE
SIAD (departmental organisational unit)	School Infrastructure and Access Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2017-2019	DfE
SIB	Social Impact Bonds	Social impact bonds (SIBs) are designed to help reform public service delivery. SIBs improve the social outcomes of publicly funded services by making funding conditional on achieving results. Investors pay for the project at the start, and then receive payments based on the results achieved by the project.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/social-impact-bonds} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
SIBS	Short Intensive Basic Skills	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SIC	Standard Industry Classification		BEIS
SID	Self Inflicted Death		MoJ
SIFARD (departmental organisational unit)	School Intervention Faith Schools and Academy Regulation Division	Year(s) active (where known): ?-2019	DfE
SIG	Service Integration Group		MoJ
SII	Serum Institute India		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
SIL	Service Innovation Lead	(A person you can approach for advice on the service)
SIL	Senior Investigations Leader (Criminal and Financial)
SIL	Senior Intelligence Leader
SILO	Schools Industry Liaison Officer	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SILR	Single Individual Learner Records		DfE
SIM	Service Incident and Management		MoJ
SIM (service)	Service Integration Manager		DfE
SIMS	Schools Information Management Systems		DfE
SIN	Science and Innovation Network		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
SIO (civil service grade)	Senior Information Officers		DfE
SIP (partners)	School Improvement Partners		DfE
SIP (plan)	School Improvement Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SIP (programme)	School Immersion Programme	Programme for DfE staff, it involves a three day visit and gives participants the unique opportunity to gain experience of life in a school.	DfE
SIPS	Social Inclusion Pupil Support	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SIR (Now superseded by IR)	Security Information Report	Prison. A previous method of reporting intelligence information to the Security department via paper. Now superseded by IR (Intelligence Report) generally submitted electronically via the Mercury system	MoJ
SIRB	Security Information Risk Board		MoJ
SIRO	Senior Information Risk Officer		Civil Service Wide	Digital, Infomation Management
SIS	Skills Investment Strategy		DfE
SIT	Systems Integration Testing		DfE
SIVS	Strategically important and vulnerable subjects	The SIVS advisory group was set up in January 2005 to identify strategically important and vulnerable subjects and the principles on which to base intervention. The group reconvened in 2012 to review the data and information relating to the sustainability of subjects, and to provide advice and recommendations to the HEFCE Board regarding the identification, monitoring and support for SIVS.Source: {HEFCE|http://www.hefce.ac.uk/kess/subjects/ag/} accessed 2016-07-22	DfE
SKE	Subject Knowledge Enhancement	Schools and Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers who are allocated training places in mathematics, physics, computing, chemistry, languages or design and technology can request subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) funding to support their recruitment. SKE courses are designed to help applicants increase their subject knowledge so they can train to teach their chosen subject.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-knowledge-enhancement-course-directory} accessed 2...	DfE
SL	Senior Leaders		DfE
SLA	Service Level Agreement		Civil Service Wide	Commercial
SLA (school)	School Library Association		DfE
SLA (service)	Service Level Agreements		DfE
SLAQ	Series Level Appraisal Questionnaire		DfE
SLASC	School Level Annual Schools Census		DfE
SLC	Student Loans Company	The Student Loans Company (SLC) is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation set up in 1989 to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. The company plays a central role in supporting the Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) sectors by: making timely and accurate payments of maintenance grants and loans to learners; and ensuring timely and accurate payments of tuition fee loans to HE and FE providers. We do this by working with the Depart...	DfE
SLCN	Speech language and communication needs		DfE
SLD	Station Led Development		DLUHC
SLD	Severe learning difficulties		DfE
SLDD	Special learning difficulties and disabilities	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SLE	Specialist Leaders of Education		DfE
SLED	Sentence and Licence Expiry Date		MoJ
SLG	School Lunch Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SLICT	Strategic Leadership of ICT	SLICT (Strategic Leadership of ICT) is a unique programme designed by head teachers for head teachers; it focuses on the strategic role of heads in leading and developing Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Developed in partnership by NCSL and BECTA, the programme engages school leaders in developing and implementing their vision for learning in their school.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SLN	Standard Learner Numbers		DfE
SLOC	Site Location Code
SLP	Single Land Programme		DLUHC
SLP	Science Learning Partnerships	Our Science Learning Partnerships (SLPs) combine local expertise in teaching and learning in science, facilitating CPD, and providing school-to-school support. They are led by local teaching school alliances, schools and colleges with excellence in science, higher education institutions, and other local partners with cutting-edge expertise in science.Source: {STEM Learning|https://www.stem.org.uk/science-learning-partnerships} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
SLS (leaders)	Senior Leaders Scheme		DfE
SLS (libraries)	School Library Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SLSD (departmental organisational unit)	System Leadership and Strategy Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
SLSPOC	Service Line Single Point Of Contact
SLT	Senior Leadership Team		Civil Service Wide
SLT	Senior Leadership Team		DLUHC
SLT (senior)	Senior Leadership Team		DfE
SLT (service)	Service Leadership Team		DfE
SMART	Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed		DfE
SMC	Social Mobility Commission	On 01 April 2021 the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) moved to the Cabinet Office's Equalities Hub. It had been an Arm's Length Body of the DfE since 2012. The department will continue to have a close relationship with the SMC, given the important role education plays in improving social mobility and securing good opportunities for all.Source: Intranet news 2021-03-30	DfE
SME	SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE		Civil Service Wide
SME	Subject Matter Expert		Civil Service Wide
SME	Small/Medium Enterprise		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
SME	Small and Medium Enterprise		DLUHC
SME (enterprises)	Small and medium sized enterprises		DfE
SME (experts)	Subject Matter Experts		DfE
SMGB	Service Management Governance Board		DfE
SMP	Statutory Maternity Pay
SMPC	Summary of Product Charatcerisation		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
SMS	Small Message Service
SMS (in the Hub)	Supplier Management System	CWA (Contracted Work and Administration)'s Supplier (Legal Provider) data	MoJ
SMSC	Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development	All schools have a duty to actively promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. This strengthened guidance is designed to tighten up the standards on pupil welfare to improve safeguarding, and the standards on spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils to strengthen the barriers to extremism. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/guidance-on-pr...	DfE
SMT	Senior Management Team		Not Limited to CS
SN	Special needs		DfE
SNA	Special Needs Assistant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SNCC	Skills Funding Agency and National Apprenticeship Service Consultative Committee		DfE
SNCF	School nurseries capital fund	The fund of nearly 24 million for 69 successful projects will help to create new high-quality school-based nursery places for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds. The fund will help to deliver the governments commitment to build more school-based nurseries, and to boost social mobility.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-nurseries-capital-fund-list-of-application-outcomes} accessed 2020-04-07	DfE
SNOW	Service Now	Contraction used by Prison staff	MoJ
SNPQ	Specialist National Professional Qualifications	Minister for School Standards Nick Gibb said (Tuesday 16 July [2019]): These new qualifications, backed by education experts, will provide recognition for those teachers who want to develop their skills and progress their careers. Our ambition is for teachers to be able to do so without having to pursue traditional leadership routes, instead expanding their expertise in vital areas such as curriculum or behaviour management. The expert panel draws on a range of experience from across the scho...	DfE
SNSS	Special Needs Support Service	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SO	Supervising Officer		MoJ
SO (civil service grade)	Scientific Officers		DfE
SOA	Service-Oriented Architecture	Both a term and a product suite from Oracle, responsible for providing a point of interface for external integrations for CCMS for case creation	MoJ
SOA (architecture)	Service Oriented Architecture		DfE
SOA (attainment)	Statement of Attainment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SOA (output)	Super Output Areas	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SOBC	Strategic Outline Business Case		DLUHC
SOBC	STRATEGIC OUTLINE BUSINESS CASE		Civil Service Wide
SOC	Strategic Outline Case	In reference to the The Five Case Model: the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) – which makes the case for change and refines the long list of options into a shortlist. http://www.qafileshare.com/mcw/PCR/PPM/BBCF/DG_01_PPMBBCF-PCR_FiveCaseModelOverview.pdf	Civil Service Wide
SOC (schools)	School organisation committees	Established by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and abolished by the Education and Inspections Act 2006.	DfE
Soc Invesigator Assistant	Criminal Serious Organised Crime Investigator Assistant
SOC Investigator	Serious and Organised Crime Investigator
SOCA	Serious Organised Crime Agency
SOCC	Strategic Operational and Campaign Centre
SOCEYS	Statement of Comparability for the Early Years Sector	The UK NARIC Statement of Comparability for the Early Years Sector (SOCEYS) has been developed in collaboration with NCTL. From 1st September 2014 onwards, in line with a change in the NCTLs requirements, UK NARIC will be offering two different SOCEYS services, which are determined by the comparable academic level of the overseas qualification.Source: {UK NARIC|http://ecctis.co.ukaric/individuals/Compare%20Qualifications/Comparability%20for%20Early%20Years%20Sector.aspx} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
SoCG	Statement of Common Ground		DLUHC
Society of Information Technology Management	Socitm		DfE
SofS	Secretary of State		NHSx	Org Wide
SOLE	Self-Organised Learning Environments		DfE
SOM	Standard Operating Model
SOP	Single Operating Platform		MoJ
SOP	Standard Operating Proceedure		DfE	IfATE
SOP (platform)	Single Operating Platform	System used for HR and Finance information such as pay and recording sick leave, budget and expenditure monitoring.	DfE
SOP (school)	School Organisation Plan	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SoPS	Statement of Parliamentary Supply	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SoS	Secretary of State		Civil Service Wide	Private Office
SP	State Pension		DWP
SpAd	Special Advisor		Civil Service Wide	Private Office
SPDU (departmental organisational unit)	School Performance Data Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2019	DfE
SPER	System for Policy Evaluation and Review		DfE
SPG	Special Purpose Grants	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
SPG	Strategic Partner Gateway		MoJ
SPIP	Separated Parents Information Program	Organises parent meetings with moderator.	MoJ
SPJ	Senior Presiding Judge	The Senior Presiding Judge is responsible for deployment and personnel issues for all circuits and acts as a "general point of liaison" for the courts, judiciary and Government	MoJ
SPO	Senior Probation Officer		MoJ
SPOC	Single Point Of Contact		Civil Service Wide
SPOF	Single Point of Failure	Often refers to a single system, machine or person without which/whom a process/system/company will grind to a halt.e.g. a sysadmin who is the only one who knows the password to the mail server, who then gets hit by a bus.	Not Limited to CS
SPP	Strategic Place Partnership	Strategic Place Partnerships (SPPs) are a place-based approach to drive ambition and develop a credible pipeline in places focussed on delivering the 300k target. They will support accelerated delivery of homes through a range of delivery models, such as development corporations, new towns and urban regeneration, funded predominately through NHBF Land & Infrastructure. https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2017_london_strategic_housing_land_availability_assessment_0.pdf	DLUHC
SPPOG (departmental organisational unit)	Strategy, Performance and Private Office Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
SPR	Sentence Planning & Review		MoJ
SPRM	Sentence Plan Review Meeting		MoJ
SPS	Sanitary and Phytosanitary		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
SPV
SPVA	Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
SR	Spending Review	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
SR	Spending Review/Spending Round	A spending review or occasionally comprehensive spending review is a governmental process in the United Kingdom carried out by HM Treasury to set firm expenditure limits and, through public service agreements, define the key improvements that the public can expect from these resources.	Civil Service Wide	HMT / Finance
SR	Service Release	Used by nDelius application team to reference releases	MoJ
SR (service)	Service Requests		DfE
SRB	Single Regeneration Budget	Combined twenty previously separate programmes designed to bring about economic, physical and social regeneration in local areas. 1994/unknown	DfE
SRCF	Schools Renewal Challenge Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SRG (departmental organisational unit)	System Reform Group	Year(s) active (where known): 2018?	DfE
SRHE	Society for Research into Higher Education	The Society for Research into Higher Education is a UK-based international learned society concerned to advance understanding of higher education, especially through the insights, perspectives and knowledge offered by systematic research and scholarship. The Society aims to be the leading international society in the field, as to both the support and the dissemination of research. Source: {SRHE|https://www.srhe.ac.uk/about_us/} accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SRIF	Science Research Investment Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
SRIG	Self-Regulation Implementation Group		DfE
SRM	STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT	Someone who leads a relationship with a large business (ie. Airbus) that is of importance to the UK - usually a Grade 7 civil servant in the most relevant department	DIT
SRM	Senior Responsible Manager		Civil Service Wide
SRMA	School resource management advisors		DfE
SRO	Senior Responsible Owner	The senior responsible owner (SRO) is accountable for ensuring a programme or project meets its objectives, delivers the projected outcomes and realises the required benefits. SROs of GMPP projects are directly accountable to parliament	Civil Service Wide	Project Delivery
SRO	Senior Research Officer		Civil Service Wide	Government Social Research
SRO (civil service grade)	Senior Research Officers		DfE
SRO (responsible)	Senior responsible owner		Civil Service Wide
SRP	School rebuilding programme		DfE
SRP	Structural Reform Plan		Civil Service Wide
SRP (2020-21)	School rebuilding programme (2020-21)	Schools across England are set for a transformative ten-year rebuilding programme under radical plans to be set out by the Prime Minister today [Monday 29 June 2020]. Representing the first major rebuilding programme to be launched since 2014, schools will benefit from substantial additional investment. Schools and colleges will also receive funding this year to refurbish buildings in order to continue raising standards across the country. The rebuilding programme will start in 2020-21 with t...	DfE
SRS	Social Rented Sector	https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576427/161129_Appraisal_Guidance.pdf	DLUHC
SRS (schools)	Schools Recruitment Service	The Schools Recruitment Service (SRS) has been established to provide a faster, more efficient and standardised application system to recruit all permanent teaching and support staff in England. It was launched on 20 October 2009, although candidates were able to register from the summer. The contract for delivering SRS has been awarded to Tribal. It aims to save up to 30 million annually if all schools in England sign up with huge savings in time; administration; and the cost of re-advertisi...	DfE
SRS (secure)	Secure Research Service	The Secure Research Service (SRS) is a facility in ONS enabling access to restricted microdata from ONS surveys and other confidential datasets. Accessed 2021-03-30	DfE
SSA (sector skills)	Sector Skills Agreements		DfE
SSA (skills)	Single Skills Accounts		DfE
SSA (spending)	Standard Spending Assessments	The amount of money that the government calculates a local council needs to spend on providing a particular service, and which they give to the council for this purpose.Source: {FT|http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=standard-spending-assessment} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
SSA (subjects)	Sector Subject Area	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SSAA	Social Security Administration Act		DWP
SSAFA	Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act		DWP
SSAP	Staying Safe Action Plan	The Staying Safe Action Plan was published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in February 2008 in response to the Staying Safe consultation on the first ever cross-Government strategy for improving children and young people's safety. Staying Safe was launched for consultation in July 2007, and during the consultation period, the Department spoke to parents, children and young people, members of the general public and practitioners about their concerns in relation to childre...	DfE
SSAT	Specialist Schools and Academies Trust	An independent, not-for-profit membership organisation dedicated to raising levels of achievement in secondary education.Source: {SSATrust|http://www.ssatuk.co.uk/about/what-we-do/} accessed 2015-06-11 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30 New role in developing special schools as leaders Ed Balls announced on 28 September 2009 that the SSAT would be taking forward a 550,000 project to develop special schools as leaders in teaching and learning practice for children...	DfE
SSC	Sector skills councils		DfE
SSCL	Shared Services Connected Limited	Central government HR/finance management team, based in Newport, Wales. Responsible for management of Phoenix (HR system in a big Oracle DB).	Civil Service Wide
SSCS	Social security and child support	As in 'Social Security and Child Support Tribunal', which deals with appeals about benefits decisions.	MoJ
SSDA	Sector Skills Development Agency	Set up in 2002. Replaced by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in 2008.	DfE
SSDC	SmartSource Data Collection		DfE
SSEC	Secondary Schools Examinations Council	The Secondary Schools Examinations Council (SSEC) was set up by the Board of Education on 12 September 1917 (Circular 1010) to assist in the introduction of a new scheme for the better organisation of examinations in secondary schools. These were School Certificate and Higher School Certificate. It was chaired by Rev William Temple with representatives of the examining bodies, the Teachers Registration Council, and local authority organisations. The Council produced a number of small reports ...	DfE
SSEF	Selective schools expansion fund	The Selective Schools Expansion Fund (SSEF) is available to selective schools that demonstrate how theyll attract more disadvantaged pupils. We prefer they work with other schools in their area to raise standards more widely.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/selective-schools-expansion-fund} accessed 2019-02-18	DfE
SSEF2	Selective schools expansion fund 2019		DfE
SSF	Small Sites Fund	For public land owners or local authorities that are struggling to get building on land in their area, the £630 million Small Sites Fund will provide grant funding to speed up getting the right infrastructure in place to support home building on stalled small sites to provide the homes their communities need.	DLUHC
SSFA	School Standards and Framework Act 1998	The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 was introduced by the Department for Education and Employment and received royal assent on 20 July 1998. It introduced measures to raise standards of school education; created a new framework of Maintained schools (publicly-funded schools); strengthened and clarified the role of Local Authorities (LAs); made provision for increased parental involvement in education; and clarified legislation on school admissions and complaints.Source: The Knowledge ...	DfE
SSG	Schools Standards Grant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SSG	Small Systems Group	App making people at ICT	MoJ
SSI	Specialist Schools Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
SSID (departmental organisational unit)	School System and Infrastructure Directorate	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
SSIF	Strategic School Improvement Fund	Funding for eligible schools for a range of school improvement activities. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-school-improvement-fund} accessed 2017-09-13	DfE
SSL	Subscription Services Limited	Appointed to run the information line in the Nursery Voucher Centre (NVC).Source: Records reviewer	DfE
SSMART	Stretching Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time Bound		Not Limited to CS
SSO (civil service grade)	Senior Scientific Officers		DfE
SSO (sign on)	Single-Sign On		DfE
SSoA	Summary Statement of Activity		DfE
SSOT	Single Source Of Truth		MoJ
SSP	School Sport Partnership Programme		DfE
SSP	Statutory Sick Pay		Not Limited to CS
SSP	Shared Services Programme		MoJ
SSPB	Shared Services Programme Board
SSSG	Settlements Systems Sponsors Group		DfE
SSSNB	School Support Staff Negotiating Body	The School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) was first formally announced in September 2007 and began operating from October 2008. An independent chair, Philip Ashmore, was appointed to head up the Body. SSSNB was an Advisory NDPB sponsored by the Department for Education. It was created to give a bigger voice to the more than 300,000 school support staff and to establish a separate negotiating forum for support staff pay and conditions, where the specific role they play is recognised an...	DfE
SStO (civil service grade)	Senior Statistical Officers		DfE
STA (teacher)	Specialist Teacher Assistant	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-31	DfE
STA (testing)	Standards and Testing Agency		DfE
STAG	School Travel Advisory Group	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-08	DfE
STAN	Strategic Analysis Unit		DfE
STAR	Specialist Teacher Assistants Record	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
STAR	Situation, Task, Action, Result		Civil Service Wide
STaR	Special Thanks and Recognition		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
STAT	Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce	Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce to boost apprenticeships and ensure investment in transport delivers for young people.Source: {Strategic Transport Apprenticeship Taskforce|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/strategic-transport-apprenticeship-taskforce-to-boost-apprenticeships} accessed 2016-07-21	DfE
STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics		DfE
STEMNET	Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics Network	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
STF	Skills Task Force	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
STFC	Science and Technology Facilities Council	We are a world-leading multi-disciplinary science organisation, and our goal is to deliver economic, societal, scientific and international benefits to the UK and its people and more broadly to the world.Source: {STFC|http://www.stfc.ac.uk/about-us/what-we-do/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
STM	Service Transition Managers		DfE
StO (civil service grade)	Statistical Officers		DfE
STPCD	School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
STPs	Sustainability and Transformation Plans		NHSx	Org Wide
STRB	School Teachers Review Body	The STRB was established under the terms of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991 to report to the Prime Minister and to the Secretary of State for Education on the statutory pay and conditions of school teachers in England and Wales. Its legal status was subsequently continued by the Education Act 2002. Its recommendations cover the duties and working time of school teachers, as well as their remuneration. The Government has undertaken to implement the recommendations of all pay r...	DfE
STSS directory	School-to-school support directory		DfE
STSS fund	School-to-school support fund	The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) school-to-school support fund provides grants for teaching schools and national leaders of education (NLEs) to support school improvement by working with underperforming schools and academies.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/school-to-school-support-fund} accessed 2015-06-10	DfE
STW	Single Trade Window		Cabinet Office/HMRC
SU	Single -Use (technologies)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
SU	Service User	An offender in probation parlance	MoJ
SUO	System Update Officer
SUPS	the programming framework used to create a variety of HMCTS systems	SUPS comes in different flavours. MCOL is written against SUPS 15, which is implemented in J2EE and the Java Spring framework. PCOL chose to use an older version, SUPS9, which has significant performance issues.SUPS is also sometimes used as shorthand for a contract which has Juror, Familyman and Caseman inside it.	MoJ
SUS	System Usability Scale	The System Usability Scale (SUS) provides a “quick and dirty”, reliable tool for measuring the usability. It consists of a 10 item questionnaire with five response options for respondents.	MoJ
SVQ	Scottish Vocational Qualifications		DfE
SVTP	Spains Visiting Teachers Programme		DfE
SWAG	Scientific, Wild-Ass Guess	Rough guess of how much a project will cost. See also ROM and PIDOOMA.	MoJ
SWAQ	Secure Web Application Questionnaire		DfE
SWC	School Workforce Census		DfE
SWFG	Single Work-Focused Gateway	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
SWG	Specialist Working Group		DfE
SWGE	Service Working Group on Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
SWP	Social Work Practices	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-05-30	DfE
Syscon	Software company who provide Prison-NOMIS	"Syscon Justice Systems is the world's leading provider of offender management solutions, used by more jails and prisons to manage offenders than any other"	MoJ
SystmOne	Name for the digital Healthcare System used by prison NHS staff	Often referred to as System One, but whilst it’s pronounced the same, the e isn’t actually in the name.	MoJ
TA	Theft Act
TA	Technical Architecture		MoJ	Digital
TA (advisor)	Transfer Advisors	Term specific to Records Management function.	DfE
TA (agency)	Teaching Agency	From 1 April 2012, the Teaching Agency became a new executive agency of the Department for Education. With responsibility for ensuring the supply of high-quality teachers and training and for teacher regulation. In April 2013 it was merged with the National College for School Leadership to form the National College for Teaching and Leadership.	DfE
TA (assistants)	Teaching assistants		DfE
TACT	Terrorism ACT	‘TACT Prisoner’	MoJ
TAD	Technical Architecture Document		MoJ	Digital
TAD	Tender Assessment Database	Used by LAA to record assessment of contract tender responses.	MoJ
TAFKADSD	The Artists Formerly Known as the Digital Services Division	Subsequently known as MOJ Digital Services.Currently known as MOJ Digital.	MoJ
TAG	TRADE ADVISORY GROUP		DIT
TALENT	Training Adult Literacy, ESOL and Numeracy Teachers	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TALIS	Teaching and Learning International Study		DfE
TAM	Treat as Made
TAP	Treasury Approval Process		DLUHC
TAP	Treasury Approval Point	Treasury level equivalent of the PIC	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
TAP (technology)	Technology Adoption Programme		DfE
TAP (training)	Training Access Points	1986/unknown	DfE
TAS	Treat as straightforward
TASC	Teaching as a Second Career	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TASSA	Technical and Site Support Assurance
TAU (departmental organisational unit)	Teachers Analysis Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
TB (bursaries)	Training Bursaries		DfE
TB (illness)	Tuberculosis		DfE
TBC	To Be Confirmed		Not Limited to CS
TBD	To Be Decided or Defined		MoJ
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade		BEIS
TC	Tax Credit
TC	Therapeutic Community		MoJ
TC (colleges)	Technology Colleges		DfE
TC (Commission)	Training Commission		DfE
TCA	Tax Credit Act
TCaF	Trust Capacity Fund	The Trust Capacity Fund 2020 to 2021 will award up to 17 million to support trust growth and development across England.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-the-trust-capacity-fund} accessed 2020-08-13	DfE
TCEP	Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Project/Programme		MoJ
TCF (Targeted Capital Fund)	Targeted Capital Fund	TCF was intended to support projects which provided good evidence of educational improvement as a result of the investment, and which might not otherwise be supported through formulaic allocations to LEAs and schools. 2005/unknownSource: DfE website as at 2011-10-28	DfE
TCFC	Took Call From Customer
TCO	Total Cost of Ownership		DfE
TCoE	Tax Centre of Excellence	TCoE is a cross-governmental body under the Government Finance Function, responsible for the governance and delivery of end-to-end tax solutions within government.	Civil Service Wide	Finance
TCoP	Technology Code of Practice	The Technology Code of Practice is a cross-government agreed standard used for the Cabinet Office spend control process and the Local Digital Declaration.	MoJ
TCR	Teacher Contact Ratio	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TCTC	Telephone Call to Claimant/Customer
TCU
TCV	Total Corrective Value
TDA	Temporary Duties Allowance	An allowance given to employee who is temporarly working a Grade above there substative grade.	DWP
TDA	Technical Design Authoritities
TDA (temporary)	Temporary Duty Allowance		DfE
TDA (training)	Training and Development Agency for Schools	2005-2012. From April 1st 2012 replaced by the Teaching Agency.	DfE
TDF	TEC Discretionary Fund	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TDIB	Technology and Data Investment Board (superseded by TFPB)		NHSx	Org Wide
TDLB	Training and Development Lead Body Standards	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TDLG	Test Development Liaison Group		DfE
TDM	Talent Development Manager		Cabinet Office	Fast Stream
TDU (departmental organisational unit)	Technical Development Unit	Year(s) active (where known): 2019	DfE
TEC (technician education)	Technician Education Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TEC (training and enterprise)	Training and Enterprise Councils		DfE
TechBacc	Technical Baccalaureate	A performance measure, marking achievement by young people aged 16 to 19 in three areas. It will be introduced for courses beginning in September 2014, for reporting in the 16-19 performance tables from 2016.Source: {National Archives|http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130123124929/http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/qualifications/examsadminews/a00224333/techbacc} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
TED	Tenders Electronic Daily	TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is the online version of the 'Supplement to the Official Journal of the EU', dedicated to European public procurement.TED provides free access to business opportunities. It is updated 5 times a week with some 1,500 public procurement notices from the European Union, the European Economic Area and beyond.	MoJ
TEED (departmental organisational unit)	Training Enterprise and Education Directorate		DfE
TEF	Teaching Excellence Framework	Were planning to introduce a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) to identify, reward and encourage high quality teaching within higher education institutions (HEIs). This review, by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), examines the proposed data sources for the metrics to be used to assess teaching quality and student outcomes.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teaching-excellence-framework-interim-review-of-data-sources} accessed 2016-08-01	DfE
TEFL	Teaching English as a Foreign Language		DfE
TEQRD (departmental organisational unit)	Technical Education and Qualification Reform Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2019-	DfE
TERS	Tariff Early Removal Scheme		MoJ
TERSED	Tariff Early Removal Scheme Eligibility Date		MoJ
TES (Times)	Times Educational Supplement		DfE
TES (traveller)	Traveller Education Service	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
TESOL	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TFC	Tax-free Childcare		DfE
TFG	Task and Finish Group		DfE
TfL	Transport for London		DLUHC
TFM	Teaching for Mastery	2018-2023 Teaching for Mastery aims to empower and equip teachers to improve pupils' understanding and attainment in maths. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/join-the-maths-teaching-for-mastery-programme} accessed 2019-12-24	DfE
TFPB	Technology, Finance and Performance Board		NHSx	Org Wide
TfW	Training for Work	1993-1999. Previously 'Employment Training (ET)'. Replaced by 'Work Based Training for Adults' in 1998-99.	DfE
THES	Times Higher Education Supplement		DfE
Throughcare	Also known as 'Resettlement'	Preparing prisoners for release, including issues such as accommodation, benefits, etc	MoJ
TI	Training Inspectorate		DfE
TIC	Taken Into Consideration
TIDE
TIDV	Telephony Identity Verification
TIL	Today I Learned		MoJ
TIMSS	Trends in Mathematics and Science Study	The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a collaborative project between the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), national governments and the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Centre at Boston College. TIMMS collects data at international grades four and eight (Years 5 and 9 respectively in England). Within each country: 170 schools (including independent) from each grade(year) are randomly selected to participate Within e...	DfE
TIPD	Teachers' International Professional Development	The Teachers' International Professional Development (TIPD) programme was introduced in May 2000. The programme provides opportunities for teachers in England to develop their teaching skills, by experiencing alternative practice in a number of key themes through short-term international study visits. Such visits also aim to create valuable international links between schools, facilitating international school partnerships and information sharing on a global level. The Programme provides 2580...	DfE
TIS	Travel to Interview Scheme		DfE
TKAP	Tackling Knives Action Programme	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TL	Team Leader		Civil Service Wide
tl;dr	too long; didn't read	Make it snappy!	MoJ
TLA	Treasury Legal Advisors
TLA	Three Letter Acronym		MoJ
TLF	Teaching and Learning in the Foundation Subjects	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TLIF	Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund	The Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund is a 3-year investment worth 75 million, which will support high-quality professional development for teachers and school leaders in the areas and schools in England that need it most. The aims of the fund are to: improve the provision of teachers continuing professional development (CPD) and leadership development in areas and schools that are facing challenges stimulate the demand for provision of teachers CPD and leadership development in areas a...	DfE
TLPD	T Level Professional Development		DfE
TLRN	Transport for London Road Network		DLUHC
TME	Total Managed Expenditure	A department’s overall budget is referred to as its Total Managed Expenditure (TME)	Civil Service Wide
TMS	Teacher Misconduct System		DfE
TNA	Training Needs Analysis
TNA	The National Archives	"We are a non-ministerial department, and the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. We are the guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents. We are expert advisers in information and records management and are a cultural, academic and heritage institution. We fulfil a leadership role for the archive sector and work to secure the future of physical and digital records."	MoJ
TNA (archives)	The National Archives		DfE
TNA (training)	Training needs analysis		DfE
TNC	TEC National Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TNC	TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION
TNE	Transnational education	Transnational education (TNE) is education delivered in a country other than the country in which the awarding institution is based, e.g. students based in country Y studying for a degree from a university in country Z.Source: {Universities UK|https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/International/heglobal/Pages/what-is-transnational-education.aspx} accessed 2019-12-24	DfE
TO	Treat Official	A form of correspondence which does not require a Ministerial response, often from members of the public.	Civil Service Wide
TOCMT (departmental organisational unit)	Treat Official Correspondence Management Team		DfE
TOIL	Time Off in Lieu		Civil Service Wide
TOM	Target Operating Model		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
TOPS	Training Opportunities Scheme	1972-1985.	DfE
TOR	Terms Of Reference		Not Limited to CS
ToVI	Teaching of the Visually Impaired	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TP	Temporary Promotion		Civil Service Wide
TP	Training Providers
TPA	Teachers Pensions Agency	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1997). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1997-98 to 1999-2000 Cm 3610. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101361025]	DfE
TPDP	Teacher Professional Development Placement	A scheme for teachers to undertake a short placement in business or other organisations. Replaced Department of Trade and Industry (1970-2007) Teacher Placements Scheme (1998). 2000/unknown Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16 The Teacher Professional Development Placement is a scheme which allows teachers to undertake a short placement in business or other organisations. It started in 2000 and was originally run by the Department for Trade and Industry; it replace...	DfE
TPG	TRADE POLICY GROUP		DIT
TPI	Teachers Pay Initiative		DfE
TPIAG	Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group	The Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) was set up in 2000 to advise the Government on the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy and to monitor its implementation. The Government announced on October 14th, 2010 that it would be closed down. The strategy aims to Halve the rate of conceptions to under-18s by 2010. Increase the participation of teenage parents in education, training and employment. TPIAG currently has 12 members, each with specific expertise in key areas. Members are appoi...	DfE
TPM			MoJ
TPMD	Transformation Products Management Directorate
TPS	Teachers Pension Scheme		DfE
TQA	Teaching Quality Assessment	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TQD	Teacher Quality and Development		DfE
TQS	Training Quality Standard	Also known as 'the Standard'	DfE
TR	Transforming Rehabilitation		MoJ
TRA	Teaching Regulation Agency	01 April 2018 - The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE). The purpose of the agency is to take action on receipt of allegations of serious teacher misconduct and to support employers, schools and headteachers with safeguarding responsibilities. It provides employers with access to the database of qualified teachers (DQT) in order for them to complete pre-recruitment checks to ensure that they are employing teachers who are not prohibite...	DfE
TRAC(T)	Transparent Approach to Costing for Teaching	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
Traka	Traka key systems only allow authorised users to access prison keys, ensuring they remain accounted for at all times.		MoJ
TRB	Teacher Recruitment Bulletin	News and information for schools and initial teacher training (ITT) providers running teacher training programmes.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-bulletin} accessed 2020-05-26	DfE
TrEACL	Technology to Enhance Adult and Community Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16	DfE
TRIPS (research website)	The Research Informed Practice Site	The Research Informed Practice Site (TRIPS) is a part of the DfE website that offers easy access to essential research findings for teachers, governors, parents and all those who support them in the education of school age students. Grouped under themes such as Assessment and Gender, the TRIPS site provides accessible digests of research which: use plain language and clear illustrations; allow readers to move simply between different ideas and digests according to their interests; and look at...	DfE
TRN	Teacher Reference Numbers		DfE
TS	Tribunal Service		MoJ
TSB	Technology Strategy Board		NHSx	Org Wide
TSB	Technology Strategy Board	Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board). Its role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity. Promotes, supports and invests in technology research, development and commercialisation. Spreads knowledge, bringing people together to solve problems or make new advances.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk/about} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
TSC (schools)	Teaching Schools Council		DfE
TSC (technical)	Technical Standards Catalogue		DfE
TSC (training)	Training Standards Council	The Training Standards Council (TSC) was the regulator for employment training standards and practice. It was a private limited company, based in Oxford, incorporated on 29 August 1997 and dissolved on 5 April 2004. The government's plans to reform post-16 education and training outside universities in England, outlined in the White Paper Learning to Succeed, demonstrated its commitment to work-based training and led to the provision of post-16 learning being merged under a new national body,...	DfE
TSH	Teaching school hubs	Over one thousand schools are set to receive expert support from some of the countrys highest performing schools as the Department for Education announces six new Teaching School Hubs today (7 January [2020]). Schools will benefit from a three-year programme of support, with each of the six successful schools acting as a regional hub and will receive funding to support between 200 to 300 other schools in the local area. This will give struggling schools direct access to the expertise from sch...	DfE
TSI	Technology Schools Initiative	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TSIA	Transatlantic School Innovation Alliance	Transatlantic School Innovation Alliance (TSIA) is a partnership designed to improve teaching and learning, and urban leadership through the creation of a network of schools in the UK and US. The goal is to blend the ideas and strategies from educators in the two countries with relevant research, and to design study and disseminate better ways of working. TSIA was piloted in 2006-07 and started fully in 2007-08 in and involves eight (rising to 12) schools from London. The partnership extended...	DfE
TSO (publishers)	The Stationery Office		DfE
TSO (third sector)	Third Sector Organisation	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TSoL	Treasury Solicitors	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
TSP	Thinking Skills Programme	An intervention that deals with domestic violence issues	MoJ
TSS	Total Standard Spending		DfE
TSST	Teacher subject specialism training	Non-specialist teachers of mathematics and physics, and former teachers who are returning to the teaching profession can complete subject specialism training in secondary mathematics and physics.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teacher-subject-specialism-training-secondary-maths-and-physics} accessed 2016-02-09	DfE
TST	Technical Support Team		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
TTA	Teacher Training Agency	Became the Training and Development Agency for Schools on 1 Sept 2005.	DfE
TTF	Taking Teaching Further	The Taking Teaching Further programme will pay for up to 150 professionals from sectors such as engineering and computing to retrain as further education teachers. The programme was launched in June 2018.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/5million-to-attract-over-100-industry-experts-into-teaching} accessed 2018-08-07	DfE
TTG	Train to Gain	Launched in 2006 the service helped businesses get the training they needed for their staff, matched training needs with training providers and ensured training was delivered to meet employers' needs. Closure announced November 2010.	DfE
TTG	Through The Gate		MoJ
TTLP	TTL Properties Limited		DLUHC
TTP	Technology Transformation Portfolio		NHSx	Org Wide
TTP	Transferring Telephony Project
TTP	Technology Transition Programme	Replacement for DOM1 and DISC IT programme.Move to MS Asure cloud based service, Office 365.	MoJ
TU	Trade unions	Civil Service unions PCS (Public and Commercial Services) Union - the union for staff in the administrative, support, executive, senior and some specialist grades. Prospect - the union for specialists FDA (formerly First Division Association) - the union and professional body for Britain's senior public servants	Civil Service Wide	Trade Union Side
TUC	Trades Union Congress		DfE
TUPE	Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)	A TUPE transfer happens when: an organisation, or part of it, is transferred from one employer to another or a service is transferred to a new provider, for example when another company takes over the contract for office cleaning	Not Limited to CS
TUS	Trade Union Side		Civil Service Wide
TUSED	Top Up Supervision Expiry Date		MoJ
TV	Tender Verification		MoJ
TVEI	Technical and Vocational Education Initiative	An initiative set up in 1983 aimed at supporting school and college provision of technical and pre-vocational courses for 14-18 year olds. Funded by the Department of Employment. Funding withdrawn from 1991 onwards leading to the end of the scheme.Source: Oxford Dictionary of Education 2008 Further information below from The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-16 The Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) which began as a national programme in 1987 and continued until 1997-98 helped equi...	DfE
TVET	Technical and Vocational Education and Training		DfE
TVM	Transaction Volume Model		MoJ
TW3	The Way We Work		MoJ
TWES	Training and Work Experience Scheme		DfE
TWIST (departmental organisational unit)	Teacher Workload and Impact on Schools Team	Year(s) active (where known): 2019	DfE
TYWDF	Transforming Youth Work Development Fund	Transforming Youth Work Development Fund (TYWDF) was launched in 2002 with the intention of providing Local Authority youth services with additional funding to enhance the quality and capacity of youth work. This Fund has since become the Transforming Youth Work Performance Improvement Fund (TYWPIF). Aims of the fund 10 million was pledged by Ministers for each of 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 for the youth work programme. The key aims of the TYWDF were to: Support the implementation of Youth ...	DfE
TYWPIF	Transforming Youth Work Performance Improvement Fund	The Transforming Youth Work Performance Improvement Fund (TYWPIF) is the successor to the Transforming Youth Work Development Fund (TYWDF). It was managed by Government Offices on behalf of the Department. The TYWPIF carries forward the TYWDF agenda but also asks for youth services to focus resources on work around achieving performance measures. Priorities for the fund are: To support youth services in the planning and managing of performance indicators Help in the implementation of the Yout...	DfE
u-project	Activities for Young People Programme	The Activities for Young People Programme for 16-year-olds, also known as the u-project, was aimed at young people in England who were coming to the end of compulsory education (at the end of school year 11), with no real idea of what they wanted to do next. Those young people were more likely than others of drifting out of learning and into long-term disaffection. The aim of the u-project was to aid the transition from secondary school to adult life, by providing a structured programme of ch...	DfE
U3A	University of the Third Age		DfE
UAB	Unitary Awarding Body	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
UADD	Use of analysis and data in decision making	Defra related initiative for data science	Defra	Data Science
UAL	Unlawfully At Large		MoJ
UASC	Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children		DfE
UAT	User Acceptance Testing		Not Limited to CS	Digital
UC	Universal Credit		DWP
UCAS	Universities and Colleges Admissions Service		DfE
UCB	Unacceptable Customer Behaviour	A marker assigned to customers record's that have been abusive/violent to staff	DWP
UCEA	Universities and Colleges Employers Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
UCET	Universities Council for the Education of Teachers	The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers acts as a national forum for the discussion of matters relating to the education of teachers and professional educators, and to the study of education in the university sector and contributes to the formulation of policy in these fields. Its members are UK universities involved in teacher education, and a number of colleges of higher education in the university sector.Source: {UCET|http://www.ucet.ac.uk/} accessed 2016-07-20	DfE
UCFS	Universal Credit Full Service		DWP
UCISA	Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association	UCISA is the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association, established 1 April 1993. It promotes excellence in the application of information systems and services in support of teaching, learning, research and administration in higher and further education.Source: {UCISA website|http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/about.aspx} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UCLES	University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate	Cambridge Assessment was established as the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) by the University of Cambridge in 1858. We were set up to administer local examinations for students who were not members of the University of Cambridge, with the aim of raising standards in education. We also inspected schools. Today, we develop and deliver examinations and tests in 170 countries.Source: {Cambridge Assessment|http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-h...	DfE
UCLS	Universal Credit Live Service		DWP
UCPD	User Centred Policy Design		MoJ
UCU	University and College Union	The AUT joined with NATFHE to form the University and College Union (UCU) on 1 June 2006.	DfE
UFC	Universities Funding Council	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
UfI	University for Industry	Ufi was created in 1998 as the University for Industry and is a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills-supported organisation, although it is not an NDPB. Ufi is the organisation responsible for the operation of Learndirect across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and UK online centres in England. Remit Ufis remit is: to be a technologically innovative and entrepreneurial force in the improvement of skills for work to focus on the lower skilled and smaller businesses in a way whi...	DfE
UGC	University Grants Committee	The University Grants Committee was an advisory committee of the British government, which advised on the distribution of grant funding amongst the British universities. It was in existence from 1919 until 1989. Its functions have now largely been taken over by the higher education funding councils.Source: {Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Grants_Committee_(United_Kingdom)} accessed 2019-06-17	DfE
UHC	Unlocked Housing Capacity		DLUHC
UI	User Interface		Not Limited to CS	Digital
UIFSM	Universal Infant Free School Meals	The Children and Families Act 2014 places a legal duty on all state-funded schools in England, including academies and free schools to offer a free school lunch to all pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 from September 2014.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/universal-infant-free-school-meals-guide-for-schools-and-local-authorities} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UK	United Kingdom		DfE
UK NARIC	National Academic Recognition Centre	UK NARIC was the UK's National Agency responsible for providing information and opinion on academic, vocational and professional qualifications from across the world. As the National Agency, managed on behalf of the UK Government, UK NARIC provide the only official source of information on international education and training systems and qualifications and skills attained outside the UK. UK ENIC is the UK National Information Centre for the recognition and evaluation of international qualific...	DfE
UKAIS	UK Academy for Information Systems	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
UKCCIS	UK Council for Child Internet Safety	The UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS) is the successor to the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), with an expanded scope to improve online safety for everyone in the UK. The Executive Board brings together expertise from a range of organisations in the tech industry, civil society and public sector.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/board-announced-for-new-uk-council-for-internet-safety} accessed 2019-02-18 The proposal to expand the remit of the UK Council for C...	DfE
UKCEH	UK Centre For Ecology and Hydrology
UKCES	UK Commission for Employment and Skills	UKCES are a publicly funded, industry-led organisation that offers guidance on skills and employment issues in the UK. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-commission-for-employment-and-skills/about} accessed 2015-05-28 UKCES came into operation on 1 April 2008. It replaced the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) and National Employment Panel, although with a different remit and responsibilities. UKCES also took over the running of the Skills for Business Network...	DfE
UKCGE	UK Council for Graduate Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-18	DfE
UKCIS	UK Council for Internet Safety	The UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS) is the successor to the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), with an expanded scope to improve online safety for everyone in the UK. The Executive Board brings together expertise from a range of organisations in the tech industry, civil society and public sector.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/governmentews/board-announced-for-new-uk-council-for-internet-safety} accessed 2019-02-18 The proposal to expand the remit of the UK Council for C...	DfE
UKCISA	UK Council for International Student Affairs	The UK Council for International Student Affairs is the UK's national advisory body serving the interests of international students and those who work with them. Formerly called UKCOSA.Source: {UKCISA website|http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/International-Students/About-UKCISA/#} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UKCOSA	UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs	The UK Council for International Education, provided guidance and support to students, especially international students. It was an independent, not-for-profit organisation and received funding from the DfES (2001-2007). Renamed UKCISA in 2007. UK Council for Overseas Student AffairsSource: The Knowledge 2019-03-18	DfE
UKEA	UK EXPORT ACADEMY		DIT
UKEF	UK EXPORT FINANCE	UK Export Finance is the UK's credit agency that works to offer financial support to UK of goods and services, by way of offering guarantees, insurance and re-insurance. Its aim is to ensure that no viable UK export fails due to lack of finances or insurance, this is done sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer. It works to complement the private sector rather than compete with it, offering support where private sector financial institutions are unable to.	DIT
UKEF	UK Education Forum	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
UKERNA	United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
UKGI	United Kingdom Government Investments	The government’s centre of expertise in corporate finance and investment, working with HMT.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
UKHSA	UK Health Security Agency	Responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability, replacing Public Health England	DHSC	Health
UKIERI	UK-India Education Research Initiative	The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) started in April 2006 with the aim of enhancing educational links between India and the UK.Source: {UKIERI website|http://www.ukieri.org/} accessed 2019-12-23	DfE
UKIG	UK INVESTMENT GROUP		DIT
UKNSC	United Kingdom National Screening Committee		DHSC
UKPASS	UK Postgraduate Applications and Statistical Service		DfE
UKPRN	UK Provider Reference Number		DfE
UKRI	UK Research and Innovation	A quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation that directs research and innovation funding from BEIS' science budget.	Civil Service Wide	UK Vaccines Taskforce
UKRLP	UK Register of Learning Providers	A 'one-stop' portal to be used by government departments, agencies, learners, and employers to share key information about learning providers. Source: {UKRLP website|http://www.ukrlp.co.uk/} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UKSEDS	UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
UKSPF	UK Shared Prosperty Fund		DWP / DLUHC
UKTI	UK Trade & Investment		MoJ
UKVI	UK Visas and Immigration	UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people who come here legally. UKVI is part of the Home Office.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration} accessed 2020-06-29	DfE
ULF	Union Learning Fund	Funding to trade unions and the TUC for innovative projects to promote lifelong learning. Launched 1998.Source: {ULF website|https://www.unionlearningfund.org.uk/index.cfm} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
ULIE	University of London Institute of Education		DfE
ULN	Unique Learner Numbers	A ULN is a 10-digit reference number which is used alongside and to access the Personal Learning Record of anyone over the age of 14 involved in UK education or training. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lrs-unique-learner-numbers} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
ULR	Union learning representatives	Union representatives trained in advising members on learning needs and opportunities. They are recruited from within the workforce.	DfE
UNCRC	United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child		DfE
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization		DfE
UNIYY	United Nations International Year of Youth	On 18 December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/64/134 proclaiming the year commencing on 12 August 2010 as the International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. The Year will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first International Youth Year in 1985 on the theme Participation, Development and Peace. The resolution A/RES/64/134: https://undocs.org/A/RES/64/134Source: {UN|https://social.un.org/youthyear/} accessed 2019-06-14	DfE
UPE	Universal Primary Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-26	DfE
UPIN	Unique Provider Identification Number		DfE
UPN	Unique pupil numbers	First introduced during the 1999/2000 academic year. The unique pupil number (UPN) is a 13-character code that identifies each pupil in the maintained school system. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/unique-pupil-numbers} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UPW	UnPaid Work		MoJ
UQ	Urgent question	An urgent question, tabled in Parliament with the Speaker's consent, requiring an urgent answer from the Minister	UK Parliament
UR	User research	Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-centred-design/user-research} accessed 2015-06-22	DfE
URN	Unique Reference Number		DfE
USA	United States of America		DfE
USG	US Government		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
USO	Unit Security Officer		Not Limited to CS
USR	Universities' Statistical Record	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2000). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02 Cm 4602. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101460228]	DfE
USS	Universities Superannuation Scheme		DfE
UTC	University technical colleges	University technical colleges (UTCs) are all-ability and mixed gender state funded schools, independent of local authorities. They are not extensions of or conversions from existing provision, but new 14 to 19 academies, typically with 500-800 pupils. UTCs specialise in subjects that need modern, technical, industry-standard equipment, such as engineering and construction, and teach these disciplines alongside business skills and a broad, general education.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/g...	DfE
UTT	UCAS Teacher Training	UTT is a single admissions system for postgraduate teacher training, covering Higher Education, SCITT, School Direct and School Direct (salaried) programmes.Source: {UCAS|https://www.ucas.com/corporateews-and-key-documentsews/ucas-teacher-training-first-monthly-statistics-published} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
UUK	Universities UK	Universities UK is the voice of universities, helping to maintain the world-leading strength of the UK university sector and supporting our members to achieve their aims and objectives.Source: {UUK website|https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/about-us.aspx} accessed 2019-12-24	DfE
UUKi	Universities UK International	UUKi is the international arm of Universities UK, representing UK universities and acting in their collective interests globally. [They] actively promote universities abroad, provide trusted information for and about them, and create new opportunities for the sector.Source: {UUKi website|https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/International} accessed 2019-12-24	DfE
UVPS	Unified Vocational Preparation Scheme		DfE
UX	User Experience		Not Limited to CS	Digital
VA	Voluntary Aided	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VA/DT	Value-Added/Distance Travelled	The Learner Achievement Tracker (LAT) was a piece of software for tracking learner progress that the LSC made available to all its providers. Part of the measures of success initiative, the LAT was intended to help providers measure qualification success rate (QSR), recognising and recording progress and achievement (RARPA) and value-added/distance travelled (VA/DT).Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-04-17	DfE
VAS	Voluntary aided schools	Voluntary-aided (VA) schools are maintained schools and often, but not always, have a religious character. These schools are eligible for capital funding by grant from the department.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/voluntary-aided-schools-capital-funding} accessed 2015-06-11	DfE
VASIS	Voluntary-aided schools information system	The voluntary-aided schools information system (VASIS) is a password-controlled site for VA schools, LAs and dioceses to access information about projects, claims and allocations.Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/guidance/voluntary-aided-schools-capital-funding} accessed 2018-06-13	DfE
VAT	Value Added Tax		Civil Service Wide	Tax / Finance
VAWG	Violence Against Woman and Girls	The range of different ways violence is targetted at Woman and Girls and the strategies to tackle.	Civil Service Wide	Policy
VBS	Vetting and Barring Scheme	The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) went live on 12 October 2009. The scheme is delivered by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. VBS covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland; a separate but aligned scheme was implemented in Scotland in 2010.	DfE
VC	Voluntary Controlled	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VC	Video Conference		Not Limited to CS
VC	The Virtual Campus		MoJ
VCD	View Court Data	LAA web app for viewing data from HMCTS's "Common Platform"	MoJ
VCE	Vocational Certificate of Education	The Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE) was introduced in September 2000 to replace the advanced General National Vocational Qualification. Following a review, VCEs were renamed GCEs (General Certificates of Education) in applied subjects or A Levels in applied subjects. The revised qualifications, which were introduced in September 2005, provide a broad introduction to vocational areas and encourage teaching and assessment approaches in work-related contexts.Source: The Knowledge acces...	DfE
VCS	Voluntary and Community Sector	The Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) is an umbrella term that covers a very diverse range of providers who are working with a specific voluntary or community aim. The sector is large and varied. It is made up of charities and voluntary groups as well as informal community-based organisations. Members of the sector can vary from international, well-known companies with thousands of paid staff, to small community groups with no paid staff.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VCT	Voluntary Competitive Tendering	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VDU	Display screen equipment		DfE
VEAZ	Virtual Education Action Zones	Virtual Education Action Zones (VEAZ) were introduced by the Department for Education and Employment in 1999. They were an innovative build-on to Education Action Zones and were designed to explore the improvements that could be achieved using information technology - with the schools set to be connected by video-conferencing and e-mail. Each of the participating schools had video-conferencing equipment installed, with access to e-mail improved for pupils and the 1,000 teachers and support st...	DfE
VET	Vocational Education and Training		DfE
VETQAS	Vetinary Quality Assurance (VET QA, the S is part of assurance)	A commercial service that APHA (part of Defra) offer to labs worldwide that test the quality of labs that test animal samples. It's a test of a test in plain English. We call these tests Proficiency Tests and VETQAS are an ISO accredited leader in this field.	APHA, Defra	APHA Scientific
VFM	Value For Money	Good value for money is the optimal use of resources to achieve the intended outcomes. ‘Optimal’ means ‘the most desirable possible given expressed or implied restrictions or constraints’. Value for money is not about achieving the lowest initial price.	Civil Service Wide
VI	Visually Impaired	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VIC	Virtual Information Centre
VIS	Victims Information Service		MoJ
ViSOR	Violent and Sex Offender Register	ViSOR is a secure national database that can be accessed by the Police, Probation, and Prison services, allowing the three services to work on the same system to help reduce reoffending. This is being replaced by MAPPS (see above)	MoJ
VLE	Virtual Learning Environment	A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is an ICT-based environment that supports the delivery of online learning. VLEs allow controlled access to pieces of information, which can be individually assessed and recorded. VLEs also allow the tracking of student activity and progress, support of online learning, and electronic communication between the learner, tutor and others. The teacher and student have two different access levels: the teacher can see what the student sees, but has additional us...	Not Limited to CS
VMD	Veterinary Medicines Directorate	Arms Length Body of Defra	Defra
VMIC	Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre	Centre providing national strategic vaccine development and manufacturing capability. The Centre was announced in 2018 and its completion is being accelerated.	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
VMT			MoJ
VO	Visiting Order	Visiting credit for prisoners in the form of a reference number. Usually 2 a month.	MoJ
VOA	Valuation Office Agency		DLUHC
VOTE	Virtual Operation Test Environment		DfE
VP	Vulnerable Prisoner		MoJ
VPS	Virtual Private Server		MoJ
VPU	Vulnerable Prisoner Unit		MoJ
VS	Voluntary Sector	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
VSO	Voluntary Service Overseas		DfE
VSR	Victim Summary Reports		MoJ
VT	Virtual Team
VTD	Vaccines, Therapeutics, Diagnostics	Cabinet Office grouping of Covid-19 workstreams	BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
VTF	Vaccine Taskforce		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
WAB	Wales Advisory Board	The Wales Advisory Board is made up of senior leaders from our member companies. It advises on the Wales strategic plan, supports BITC* Cymrus engagement with government and corporate stakeholders and helps to grow the responsible business movement and our network in Wales. Their priorities are: Advising on BITC's strategy for Wales Supporting engagement with government and corporate stakeholders Growing the responsible business network in Wales * Business in the Community which is the oldest...	DfE
WAB 2019-20	European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-20		DfE
WAH	Working At Home		DfE
WAIS	Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale	Test used for diagnosing learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD)	MoJ
Wal	Wales Office
WAMG	Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group	The Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group (WAMG) was a social partnership of 11 organisations representing employers, the government and school workforce unions. It was formed in 2003 to monitor implementation of the national agreement. It ended in 2010. The group worked collaboratively on the wider workforce reform agenda with a common purpose of supporting schools in raising standards and tackling workload issues for staff.Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
WAN	Wide Area Network		MoJ
WAR	Work Available Report		DWP
WASI	Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence	Shorter version of WAIS assessment tool	MoJ
WB	Widows Benefit		DWP
WBC	Womens Business Council	Source: {Women's Business Council|http://womensbusinesscouncil.dcms.gov.uk/} accessed 2016-09-26	DfE
WBL	Work-Based Learning	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (1999). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 1999-00 to 2001-02 Cm 4202. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101421923]	DfE
WBLA	Work-Based Learning for Adults	Source: Department for Education and Employment and Office for Standards in Education., (2000). Departmental Report: The Government's Expenditure Plans 2000-01 to 2001-02 Cm 4602. London: The Stationery Office [ISBN: 0101460228]	DfE
WCA	Work Capability Assessment	(An assessment which is taken for sick people claiming benefits to	DWP
WCB	White Chapel Building	10 Whitechapel High St, London. Where Government Digital Service and Central Data & Digital Office is based.	Cabinet Office	Cabinet Office
WCET	Whole Class Ensemble Teaching		DfE
WD1	Working Day 1		DLUHC
WDA (H)	Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (for medicines for human use)		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
WEA	Workers Educational Association	Founded in 1903, the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is a charity dedicated to bringing high-quality, professional education into the heart of communities. With the support of nearly 3,000 volunteers, 2,000 tutors and over 10,000 members, we deliver friendly, accessible and enjoyable courses for adults from all walks of life.Source: {WEA website|https://www.wea.org.uk/about-us} accessed 2019-02-05	DfE
WECA	West of England Combined Authority		DLUHC
WEP	Work Experience Programme	1976-1978.	DfE
WES	Women's Engineering Society	The Women's Engineering Society is a charity and a professional network of women engineers, scientists and technologists offering inspiration, support and professional development. Working in partnership, we support and inspire women to achieve as engineers, scientists and as leaders; we encourage the education of engineering; and we support companies with gender diversity and inclusion. WES - inspiring and supporting diversity and engineering since 1919. Sources: The Knowledge accessed 2019-...	DfE
WFD	Workforce Development		Civil Service Wide
WFH	Working From Home		Not Limited to CS
WFHRA	Work Focused Health Related Assessment		DWP
WFI	Work Focused Interview		DWP
WFP	Work Force Planning		Civil Service Wide
WG	Welsh Government		Welsh Government
WGA	Whole of Government Accounts		Civil Service Wide
WGSS	Working Groups on School Security	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
WH	White House		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
WHD	Warm Home Discount	Warm Home Discount Scheme	BEIS	Energy Policy
WHO	World Health Organisation		Not Limited to CS
WIP	Work in progress		DLUHC
WIS	Witness Intermediary Scheme		MoJ
WJEC	Welsh Joint Education Committee	WJEC is an examination board, providing qualifications and exam assessment to schools and colleges in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and independent regions. With over 65 years experience in delivering qualifications, WJEC is the largest provider in Wales and a leading provider in England and Northern Ireland. The organisation employs over 360 people and continues to grow. WJEC was established in 1948 as a consortium of local education authorities in Wales. Now a registered independent char...	DfE
WLB	Work Life Balance		MoJ
WLC	Working Level Contact		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
WLMT	WorkLoad Measurement Tool		MoJ
WLTM	Wealthy Developer for Remediation and More		DLUHC
WLU	Welsh Language Unit		DWP
WMBC	Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance	A directorate within HMRC which manages tax disputes with wealthy individuals and mid-sized businesses as well as public bodies, trusts and charities.	HMRC	WMBC
WMCs	Wednesday Morning Colleagues		Defra	Major Projects & Digital Delivery
WMI	Workforce Management Information		Civil Service Wide
WMRAP	Williams Maths Review Advisory Panel	Independent Review of Mathematics Teaching in Early Years Settings and Primary Schools 01/06/2008Source: {IOE|https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/8365/7/Williams%20Mathematics_Redacted.pdf} accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
WMS	Written Ministerial Statement	Statement which ministers do when they have to make a statement to Parliament	DLUHC
WNC	Womens National Commission		DfE
WOED	Welsh Office Education Department		Welsh Government
WoW	Ways of Working		DfE
WP360G	Citrix Windows 7 environment used by NOMS staff	WP360G is the Citrix environment used by NOMS staff to connect to a Windows 7 session from Quantum systems (which run Windows XP).	MoJ
WPQ	Written Parliamentary Questions		Civil Service Wide
WR	Write Round	A 'write round' is where one department writes a letter to other departments (and No10) via a cabinet committee to get collective agreement on a new policy proposal. The central process is coordinated by the Cabinet Office and it's done via private offices.	Civil Service Wide
WRA	Welfare Reform Act		DWP
WRAG	Work Releated Activity Group	(A grouping for ESA claimants based on their condition) [Lower Group]	DWP
WRAG	Workforce Race Advisory Group	The Workforce Race Advisory Group (WRAG) grew out of the Commission for Black Staff in Further Education as an advisory body for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES); it is now part of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. It was set up to ensure the leaders of national partner organisations and learning providers had a mechanism to advise the DfES on the issues of race equality as they impact on the sector's workforce. WRAG collectively ensures that the Commission for Bla...	DfE
WRFE	Work Related Further Education	Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-03-04	DfE
WSD	Work Services Directorate		DWP
WSE	Wider South East		DLUHC
WSoA	Written Statement of Action		Civil Service Wide
WSP	Work Service Provision		DWP
WTE	Whole Time Equivalent		DWP
WTG	Web Technology Group	Sub-contractor to Logica, they have access to the majority of our DNS zone files (incl. justice.gov.uk) and charge HYUGE amounts for small changes.	MoJ
WTIP
WTO	World Trade Organisation		Not Limited to CS
WTP	Workplace Technology Programme	WTP provides a generation of end-user-devices, in use c.2018-2020, by HMPPS office staff. Laptops and O365 & GSuite. They were previously using Quantum devices. WTP will be replaced by PTTP.	MoJ
WWC Network	What works centre for childrens social care		DfE
WWG	Welfare and Wellbeing Group		DWP
WYCA	West yorkshire Combined Authority		DLUHC
XFP			MoJ
XG / XGOV / XHMG	Across (HM) Government		BEIS	UK Vaccines Taskforce
XGSG	Cross-Government Solutions Group		DIT
XHIBIT	Exchanging Hearing Information by Internet Technology	Case management system used by Crown Courts only to record case details, hearing dates, applicant details etc. Note that this system is not used by Magistrates Courts.	MoJ
XOD	Shift swap, shorthand used in some prisons	May have also rendered this as EXOD or X-OD	MoJ
XWH	Cross Whitehall		Civil Service Wide
XXCCMS		Name of an LAA database schema. According to old rules, XX is the standard prefix for customization in EBS (E-Business Suite).	MoJ
YAAN	Young Apprentice Ambassador Network	The Young Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (YAAN) is a group of past and current apprentices that are members of a local YAAN in their region. The core purpose of the YAAN is to grow and expand the apprenticeship programme by engaging with and providing information on apprenticeships to young people through a number of different activities and events, including schools/6th forms and young people in school academic years 11-13. The role of the ambassador is to promote apprenticeships and insp...	DfE
YCS	Youth Cohort Study	A series of longitudinal surveys that contacts a sample of an academic year-group or "cohort" of young people in the spring following completion of education and usually annually until they are aged 19 or 20. The survey looks at young people's education and labour market experience, their training and qualifications and a wide range of other issues, including socio-demographic variables.Source: DfE RS Gateway as at 2011-01-17	DfE
YCS	Youth Custody Service		MoJ
YCT	Youth Culture Trust		DfE
YEC	Youth Exchange Centre	? departmental initiative Added because it is included in The Knowledge abbreviations wiki 2018-11-13	DfE
YFI	Young Fathers Initiative	The Young Fathers Initiative is a registered charity supported by the Department for Education that aims to: -remove barriers that currently stop young father's involvement in family life; -ensure that young fathers are informed and have the skills required to father their children well; -support children's development, by supporting the active involvement of young fathers; -provide professionals with information, advice and support to develop their work with young fathers. The Institute pla...	DfE
YJAF	Youth Justice Application Framework		MoJ
YJB	Youth Justice Board	The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB) is an executive NDPB. Board members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Justice. The YJB oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales. Source: {Ministry of Justice website|http://www.justice.gov.uk/about/yjb/} accessed 2015-06-11	MoJ
YMF	Youth Media Fund	Launched in 2006 Mediabox enabled young people to create media projects and get their voices heard. Source: Mediabox website as at 2012-05-14	DfE
YOF	Youth Opportunity Fund	2005/unknown	DfE
YOI	Young Offender Institution		MoJ
YOP	Youth Opportunities Programme	1978-1983.	DfE
YOS	Youth Offending Service		MoJ
YOT	Youth offending teams	There is a YOT in every local authority in England and Wales. They are made up of representatives from the police, Probation Service, social services, health, education, drugs and alcohol misuse and housing officers. Source: {GOV.UK|https://www.gov.uk/youth-offending-team} accessed 2015-06-11	MoJ
YPD (departmental organisational unit)	Young Peoples Division	Year(s) active (where known): 2013	DfE
YPG	Young Persons Guarantee		DfE
YPLA	Young Peoples Learning Agency	Launched April 2010. Sponsored by the Department for Education to support the delivery of training and education to all 16-19 year olds in England. From April 1st 2012 the responsibilities of the YPLA have transferred to the Education Funding Agency.	DfE
YPMAD	Young Persons Matched Admin Data	YPMAD covers the attainment of 16-19 year olds (including some information on older ages) in England and also captures information on pupil characteristics. It is a longitudinal dataset which allows students' progress to be tracked. YPMAD is generated by matching several data sources (school census, awarding organisation and individualised learner record data). YPMAD is used to underpin the National Statistics output Level 2 and 3 attainment by young people aged 19, which is used to estimate ...	DfE
YRE	Year round education		DfE
YRO	Youth Rehabilitation Order	The Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO) came into effect on 30 November 2009 and will provide judges and magistrates with a choice of 18 rigorous options from which they will be able to create a sentence specifically designed to deal with the individual circumstances of the young offender before them and so help them turn their backs on crime. The YRO will consolidate and enhance existing community sentences to enable courts to sentence in a flexible and tailored way. The YRO provides a range of...	DfE
YSDA	Youth Sector Development Fund	The Youth Sector Development Fund (YSDF) has been set up to provide a direct response to the commitments in Aiming High for Young People/Aiming High for young people: a ten year strategy for positive activities to build the capacity of third sector organisations. The YSDF will support third sector organisations (TSOs) that can demonstrate effective approaches to engaging and empowering young people, particularly the most disadvantaged. From April 2008, up to 100 million will be available to p...	DfE
YSS	Youth Support Service		DfE
YST	Youth Sport Trust		DfE
YT	Youth Training	1990/1995.	DfE
YTC	Youth Treatment Centre		DfE
YTS	Youth Training Scheme	1983/1986. One year scheme. It was introduced in September 1983, and the training period was extended to 2 years in April 1986. The scheme was replaced by Youth Training (YT) in April 1990. Source: The Knowledge accessed 2019-02-05	DfE
YVC	Young Volunteer Challenge	Pilot scheme ran 2003-05. Through the Young Volunteer Challenge pilot (YVC) a young person will have the opportunity to do some volunteering work after they leave school. The pilot is being run in 9 areas within England until September 2005, and offers opportunities for 820 young people for whom finance is the main barrier to participate in volunteering. This full-time initiative (full-time is defined as more than 30 hours per week) will target 18 and 19 year olds who have completed their pro...	DfE
ZCH	Zero Carbon Housing		DLUHC
ZCTF	Zero Carbon Task Force		DfE

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