| AME - | Annually Managed Expenditure |
| BBCWS - | British Broadcasting Corporation World Service |
| BRU - | Better Regulation Unit |
| BSE - | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| CAFCASS- | Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
| CAP - | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CAPPA - | Common Agricultural Policy Payments Agency |
| CDC - | Commonwealth Development Corporation |
| CDS - | Criminal Defence Service |
| CEFAS - | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| CJS - | Criminal Justice System |
| CPS - | Crown Prosecution Service |
| CSR - | Comprehensive Spending Review |
| DCMS - | Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| DEL - | Departmental Expenditure Limit |
| DERA - | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
| DETR - | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| DfEE - | Department for Education and Employment |
| DFID - | Department for International Development |
| DH - | Department of Health |
| DIS - | Departmental Investment Strategy |
| DLO - | Defence Logistic Organisation |
| DMO - | Debt Management Office |
| DNA - | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPAS - | Drugs Prevention Advisory Service |
| DSS - | Department of Social Security |
| DTI - | Department of Trade and Industry |
| EC - | European Communities |
| ECGD - | Export Credits Guarantee Department |
| EFSR - | Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report |
| EMA - | Education Maintenance Allowance |
| ERDP - | England Rural Development Plan |
| FCO - | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FSBR - | Financial Statement and Budget Report |
| FSU - | Former Soviet Union |
| G7 - | Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA) |
| G8 - | Group of Eight (the above countries plus Russia) |
| GCSE - | General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GDP - | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIDA - | Government Intervention in Deprived Areas |
| GNVQ - | General National Vocational Qualification |
| GP - | General Practitioner |
| HEFCE - | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| HIPC - | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HRAS - | Housing Revenue Account Subsidy |
| ICT - | Information and Communication Technology |
| IT - | Information Technology |
| JIF - | Joint Infrastructure Fund |
| JSA - | Jobseeker's Allowance |
| KFOR - | Kosovo Force |
| LA - | Local Authority |
| LEA - | Local Education Authority |
| LSC - | Learning Skills Council |
| LSP - | Local Strategic Partnership |
| MAFF - | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| MOD - | Ministry of Defence |
| NAO - | National Audit Office |
| NATO - | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NATS - | National Air Traffic Services |
| NDC - | New Deal for Communities |
| NDPBs - | Non-Departmental Public Bodies |
| NGOs - | Non-governmental organisations |
| NHS - | National Health Service |
| NICS - | Northern Ireland Court Service |
| NIESR - | National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
| NIO - | Northern Ireland Office |
| NRF - | Neighbourhood Renewal Fund |
| NVQ - | National Vocational Qualification |
| OECD - | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OFGEM - | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
| OFSTED - | Office for Standards in Education |
| OFTEL - | Office of Telecommunications |
| ONE - | The Government's integrated work-focused service providing benefit and employment advice for people of working age |
| PAYE - | Pay as You Earn |
| PFI - | Private Finance Initiative |
| PhD - | Philosophiae Doctor (Doctor of Philosophy) |
| PIU - | Performance and Innovation Unit |
| PPP - | Public - Private Partnership |
| PSA - | Public Service Agreement |
| PSS - | Personal Social Services |
| PSX - | A Ministerial Committee on Public Expenditure |
| RAB - | Resource accounting and budgeting |
| R&D - | Research and Development |
| RDA - | Regional Development Agency |
| RDR - | Rural Development Regulation |
| SBS - | Small Business Service |
| SDA - | Service Delivery Agreement |
| SDF - | Service Development Fund |
| SDR - | Strategic Defence Review |
| SERPS - | State Earnings Related Pension Scheme |
| SFO - | Serious Fraud Office |
| SFOR - | Stabilisation Force |
| SIP - | Shipbuilding Investment Programme |
| SMEs - | Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
| SRB - | Single Regeneration Budget |
| SSA - | Standard Spending Assessment |
| TME - | Total Managed Expenditure |
| TSE - | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
| TV - | Television |
| UK - | United Kingdom |
| UN - | United Nations |
| US(A) - | United States (of America) |
| VLA - | Veterinary Laboratories Agency |
| WEU - | Western Economic Union |
| WFTC - | Working Families Tax Credit |
