Abbreviations: Government

AM		Assembly Member (Member of the National Assembly for Wales)
CAP		Common Agricultural Policy
CD		Corps Diplomatique (Diplomatic Corps)
COBR		Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (in the Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall)
DBEIS		Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
DEFRA		Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DPP		Director of Public Prosecutions
DSS		Department of Social Security
DVLA		Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
DWP		Department of Work and Pensions
GATT		General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GNVQ		General National Vocational Qualification
HOLMES		Home Office Large Major Enquiry System
JAM		Just About Managing
MEP		Member of the European Parliament
MR		Master of the Rolls
MSP		Member of the Scottish Parliament
NVQ		National Vocational Qualification
ONS		Office for National Statistics (formed in 1996)
PACE		Police And Criminal Evidence (Act)
POTUS		President of the United States
Qango		Quasi–Autonomous Non–Governmental Organisation
SAGE		Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
SALT		Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
TWOC(ing)		Taking Without Owner's Consent (i.e. stealing!) – especially cars