Glossary
| ACRE | Action with Communities in Rural England |
| CAB | Citizens Advice Bureau |
| CTB | Council Tax Benefit |
| DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| DH | Department of Health |
| ED | Enumeration District |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| HAZ | Health Action Zone |
| HB | Housing Benefit |
| LAs | Local Authorities |
| ILC | Index of Local Conditions |
| ILD | Index of Local Deprivation |
| IMD 2000 | Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 |
| IS | Income Support |
| MAFF | Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (now DEFRA, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| RDA | Rural Development Area |
| RDC | Rural Development Commission |
| SDRG | Social Disadvantage Research Group (University of Oxford) |
| SSA | Standard Spending Assessment |