Spending Review 2010: List of Abbreviations

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List of Abbreviations

AARG Average Annual Real Growth ACR Administrative Costs Regime ALB Arms Length Body AME Annually Managed Expenditure AV Alternative Vote

BBA British Bankers’ Association BIS Department for Business, Innovation and Skills BSF Building Schools for the Future

CDEL Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit CJS Criminal Justice System CLG Department for Communities and Local Government CPI Consumer Prices Index CPS Crown Prosecution Service CRB Criminal Records Bureau CRC Carbon Reduction Commitment CTC Child Tax Credit

DAs Devolved Administrations DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEL Departmental Expenditure Limit DFE Department for Education DFID Department for International Development DFT Department for Transport DH Department of Health DLA Disability Living Allowance DWP Department for Work and Pensions

ECGD Export Credits Guarantee Department EMA Educational Maintenance Allowance ERDF European Regional Development Fund ERG Efficiency and Reform Group ESA Employment and Support Allowance EYF End Year Flexibility

FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office FE Further Education

GAD Government Actuary’s Department GDP Gross Domestic Product GNI Gross National Income GP General Practitioner

Spending Review 2010 101 HA Highways Agency HE Higher Education HMRC Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

IMF International Monetary Fund IPSPC Independent Public Service Pension Commission

LDA London Development Agency LEPs Local Employment Partnerships LG Local Government LODs Law Officers’ Departments

MOD Ministry of Defence MOJ Ministry of Justice

NAO National Audit Office NCS National Citizen Service NEST National Employment Savings Trust NDA Nuclear Decommissioning Authority NDPB Non-Departmental Public Body NHS National Health Service NIO Northern Ireland Office NPV Net Present Value

OBR Office for Budget Responsibility ODA Overseas Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OFCOM Office of Communications OFGEM Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets OFQUAL Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation OGC Office of Government Commerce ONS Office for National Statistics ORR Office of Rail Regulation

PAYE Pay As You Earn PEX Public Expenditure Cabinet Committee PFI Private Finance Initiative PSCE Public Sector Current Expenditure PSCR Public Sector Current Receipts PSGI Public Sector Gross Investment PSNB Public Sector Net Borrowing PSND Public Sector Net Debt PSNI Public Sector Net Investment PWLB Public Works Loan Board

QIPP Quality, Innovation, Production and Prevention

R&D Research and Development RDA Regional Development Agency RDEL Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit RGF Regional Growth Fund RPI Retail Prices Index RSG Revenue Support Grant

102 Spending Review 2010 SDSR Strategic Defence and Security Review SFO Serious Fraud Office SHA Strategic Health Authority SIA Single Intelligence Account SME Small and Medium Enterprises

TDEL Total Departmental Expenditure Limits TFL Transport for London TME Total Managed Expenditure TSoL Treasury Solicitor’s Department

UKBA UK Border Agency UKTI UK Trade and Investment

WTC Working Tax Credit WPAs With Profit Annuities

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