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			Abbreviation list AA Adoption Act Appropriate Adult ABC Acceptable Behaviour Contract ABH Actual Bodily Harm ABPO Association of Black Probation Officers ABSWAP Association of Black Social Workers and Allied Professions ACAS Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ACC Association of County Councils ACE Assessment, Case Recording and Evaluation ACJLC Area Criminal Justice Liaison Committee ACJSC Area Criminal Justice Strategy Committee ACL Approved Cost Limit ACO Assistant Chief Officer ACOP Association of Chief Officers of Probation ACPCs Area Child Protection Committees ACPO (archaic) Assistant Chief Probation Officer ACR Automatic Conditional Release AD Absolute Discharge ADP Anti-Discriminatory Practice ADSS Association of Directors of Social Services AEG Alcohol Education Group AGM Annual General Meeting ALLER All England Law Reports AMA Association of Metropolitan Authorities AMP Anger Management Programme AP Accredited Programme APHBR Approved Probation Hostel and Home and Bail Hostel Rules 1976 APO Action Plan Order APT&C Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical AR Adoption Rules AR+E Anti-Racism and Equality ARO Alcohol Related Offending ASBO Anti-Social Behaviour Order ASPBH Association of Staff of Probation and Bail Hostels ASRO Addressing Substance Related Offending Programme AUR Automatic Unconditional Release AW Assistant Warden BA Bail Act 1976 BACS Bank Automated Clearing System BASW British Association of Social Workers BIO Bail Information Officer BIS Bail Information Scheme BS British Standard BTEC Business and Technology Education Council BWF Black Workers' Forum CA Children Act 1989 CAA Criminal Appeal Act 1968 CACD Court of Appeal Criminal Division CAFCASS Children & Family Court Advisory and Support Service CARATS Counselling Assessment Referral Advice Throughcare Service CAT/Cat Category CC Citizen's Charter CCCJS Co-ordination of Computerisation in the Criminal Justice System CCETSW Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work CCP Change Control Panel CCT Compulsory Competitive Tendering CCU Citizens Charter Unit CDA Crime and Disorder Act CDP Crime and Disorder Partnership CDPA Copyright, Design and Patents Act CDT Community Drug Team CEP Conference Permanente Europeene de la Probation CESG Communications-Electronics Security Group CFP Council for Family Proceedings Ch Chapter CI Circular Instruction (Prison Department) CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy CJ Criminal Justice CJA Criminal Justice Act CJC Criminal Justice Community CJCC Criminal Justice Consultative Council CJIT Criminal Justice Information Technology (IT) CJO Criminal Justice Organisation CJPO Criminal Justice and Public Order Act CJS Criminal Justice System CJX Criminal Justice Extranet CLIO Client Information and Office System CLR Criminal Law Reports CM/Cm Command (HMSO reference) CMA Computer Misuse Act CMT Case Management Team CO Combination Order Clerical Officer Chief Officer COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health CP(I)A Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 CP(IUP)A Criminal Procedure (Insanity & Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 CPC Central Probation Council CPI Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act. CPO Chief Probation Officer Community Punishment Order CPRO Community Punishment & Rehabilitation Order CPS Crown Prosecution Service CRAMS Case Record Administration and Management System CRE Commission for Racial Equality CRN Client Reference Number Common Reference Number CRO Community Rehabilitation Order CSA Child Support Agency CSAP Correctional Services Accreditation Panel CSM Community Service Manager CSO Community Service Officer Community Service Order CSS Community Service Supervisor CYPA Children and Young Person Act D and D Drunk and Disorderly DAM District Administration Manager DAO District Administrative Officer DAT Drug Action Team DCO Deputy Chief Officer DCPO (archaic) Deputy Chief Probation officer DCR Discretionary Conditional Release DCWO Divorce Court Welfare Officer DIAL Drivers Impaired by Alcohol (project) DIDs Drink Impaired Drivers Programme DIP Director of Inmate Programmes DipSW Diploma in Social Work DM District Manager DOC Directorate of Custody DofE Department of Environment DofEE Department of Education and Employment DofH Department of Health DPA Data Protection Act DPAS Drug Prevention Advisory Service DPMCA Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978 DPP Director of Public Prosecutions DSE Display Screen Equipment DSS Department of Social Security DTO Detention and Training Order DTTO Drug Treatment and Testing Order DVMPA Domestic Violence and matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 DWD Driving Whilst Disqualified EASI Easily Accessible Service Information EAT Employment Appeals Tribunal EDR Earliest Date of Release EEM European Excellence Model e-GIF e-Government Interoperability Framework e-GMF e-Government Metadata Framework e-GMS e-Government Metadata Standard EHO Environmental Health Officer EIA Electronic Interchange Agreement EIIP Electronic Information Interchange Policy ERCG Early Release on Compassionate Grounds ETE Employment Training and Education FAO Family Assistance Order FCBC Family Court Business Committee FCSC Family Court Services Committee FCWO Family Court Welfare Officer FD Family Division (of High Court) FMIS Financial Management Information System FOIA Freedom of Information Act FPCR Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act) (1991) Rules FPR Family Proceedings Rules (1991) FTA Failed to Attend/Appear GAL Guardian ad Litem GALRO Guardian ad Litem and Reporting Officer GBH Grievous Bodily Harm GMLCA Greater Manchester and Lancashire Council on alcohol GMPA Greater Manchester Probation Area GSI Government Secure Intranet HALOW Help and Advice Line for Offenders' Wives HASWA Health and Safety at Work Act HDC Home Detention Curfew HMIP Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation or Prisons HMP Her Majesty's Prison HMSO Her Majesty's Stationery Office HO Home Office HOC Home Office Circular HOPB Home Office Probation Bulletin HOU Homeless Offenders Unit HR Human Resources HRA Human Rights Act HSE Health & Safety Executive IAGSF Information Age Government Security Framework IAPS Interim Accredited Programme Software ICCP Intensive Control & Change Programme IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IG Instruction to Governors IIP Investors in People IMI Internal Monitoring and Inspection IS Information Services IS/IT Information Systems / Information Technology ISO International Standards Organisation ISSB Information systems Strategy Board ISSP Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Order ISSU Information systems Strategy Unit IT Information Technology Intermediate Treatment Industrial Tribunal JNC Joint Negotiating Committee JP Justice of the Peace JSA Job Seekers Allowance KPI Key Performance Indicator LA Local Authority LAC Local Authority Circular (DofH) LAGIP Lesbians and Gay Men in Probation LARRPS Local Awards for Recruitment and Retention Purposes LCD Lord Chancellor's Department LCJB Local Criminal Justice Board LED Licence Expiry Date LGA Local Government Association Local Government Act 1985 LGMB Local Government Management Board LGR Local Government Review LRC Local Review Committee MAPPA Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements MAPPPS Multi Agency Public Protection Panels MCA Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 MHA Mental Health Act 1983 MMAGC Manchester Multi Agency Gang Strategy MoPS Manual of Protective Security MPSO Money Payment Supervision Order NAAPS National Association of Asian Probation Staff NACRO National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders NAPBH National Association of Probation & Bail Hostels NAPO National Association of Probation Officers NAVH National Association of Voluntary Hostels NAVSS National Association of Victim Support Schemes NCJB National Criminal Justice Board NCVO National Council for Voluntary Organisations NCVQ National Council for vocational Qualifications NEC National Executive Committee NEO No Evidence Offered NESTS National Estates Strategies NFA No Fixed Abode NISW National Institute for Social Work NJC National Joint Council NNC National Negotiating Council NOAF National Offender Accommodation Forum NOTA National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers NPD National Probation Directorate NPRIE National Probation Research and Information Exchange NPS National Probation Service NPSISS National Probation service Information Systems Strategy NSM National Standards Monitoring NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children NTA National Treatment Agency NTO National Training Organisation NVQ National Vocational Qualification OAF Offender Accommodation Forum OALG Offender Accommodation Liaison Group OASG Offender Accommodation Service Delivery Group OASys Offender Assessment System OBG Offending Behaviour Group OCP Organisation Consulting Partnership OGRS Offender Group Re-conviction Scale OM Office Manager OPCS Office of Population Census and Surveys OSMB Operational Services Management Board P Page P&ITB Performance and IT Board PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 PAGS Probation Accommodation Grants Scheme PAR Performance Appraisal Report Para Paragraph PC Probation Circular Probation Centre PCCA Powers of the Criminal Courts Act 1973 PCR Procedural Change Review PD Prison Department Practice Direction PDA Practice Development Assessor PDO Potentially Dangerous Offender PDU Practice Development Unit PED Parole Eligibility Date PES The Probation Education and Research Trust PFI Private Finance Initiative PI Prison Department Circular Instruction PICA Public Interest Case Assessment PLC Probation Liaison Committee PMA Probation Managers Association PMS Protective Marking Scheme PO Probation Officer (archaic) Probation Order Parenting Order PPT Public Protection Team Probation Programmes Team PQS Post Qualifying Studies PR Probation Rules PRES Pre-Release Employment Scheme PROBIS Prototype Management Information System PRP Performance Related Pay PSA Petty Sessional Area PSD Petty Sessional Division PSIS Policy Support and Information Services PSO Probation Service Officer PSR Pre-sentence Report PSS Probation Statistics System PSU Probation Studies Unit (Oxford) PTU Probation Training Unit PU Probation Unit (Home Office) Q & E Quality and Effectiveness QAG Quality Assurance Group r Rule RDS Research, Development Statistics Regs Regulations REM Race & Ethnic Monitoring RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act RMIS Resource Management Information System RO Reparation Orders Referral Order ROH Risk of Harm ROR Risk of Re-offending s Section SCA Supplementary Credit Approval Sch Schedule SCOOP Society of Chief Officers of Probation SDA Service Delivery Agreement SI Statutory Instrument SIR Social Inquiry Report SLA Service Level Agreement SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-limited SMIN Supporting Management Information Needs SNOP Statement of National Objectives and Priorities (1984) SO Supervision Order SOs Standing Orders SOVA Society of Voluntary Associates SPO Senior Probation Officer SSD Social Services Department SSP Statutory Sick Pay SSR Specific Sentence Report SSSO Suspended Sentence Supervision Order SWIP Shared Working in Prisons T(A)DA Take and Drive Away TEC Training and Enterprise Council TIC Taken Into Consideration TIG Trial Issues Group TM Treatment Manager TPO Trainee Probation Officer TUPE Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations TURER Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act TWOC Take Without Owner's Consent UCB Unconditional Bail USI Unlawful Sexual Intercourse VCT Voluntary Competitive Tendering VER Voluntary Early Retirement VSBRM Violence, Sexual, Burglary, Robbery, Motoring (serious) [offence categories] WAGGIT Women's Advisory Group on Gender Issues in Training YIP Youth Inclusion Programme YOI Young Offender Institution YOT Young Offender Team YTC Youth Treatment Centre		Our publications Freedom of Information Act Our publication scheme Abbreviation list Feedback form Request for information form
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