| Co-terminous | When two or more activities have a shared limit, goal or boundary. |
| Council for Voluntary Service | Local umbrella body for voluntary organisations, including faith groups. |
| Council Plan | The Council Plan contains information on the Council’s future plans and key targets in a specified time period. |
| CPA (Comprehensive Performance Assessment) | In England, the Local Government White Paper, 'Strong Local Government - Quality Public Services', detailed the introduction of comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) for local authorities. CPA is a key element of the Government's performance framework for local government. It is intended to support improvement planning in local authorities, and lead to co-ordinated and proportionate audit and inspection, and increased freedoms and flexibilities for local government. |
| Cross Partnership Issues | These are issues that do not fall in to one particular theme or service area, and will be issues that are the responsibility of a range of different partnerships and/or agencies. |
| Cross-cutting interests | Same as Cross Partnership Issues |
| Crystal Mark standards | A standard introduced in 1990 to encourage organisations to communicate clearly with the public, using plain English. |
| DAAT (Drug Alcohol Action Team) | The strategic body through which the local drug strategy is decided and actioned. Also known as DATs – Drug Action Teams, when additional responsibilities are not taken for addressing alcohol problems. |
| DCA (Department for Constitutional Affairs) | The Government Department responsible for upholding justice, rights and democracy. |
| DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | Government Department that sponsors the Regional Cultural Consortium works with partners to improve productivity in the tourism, creative and leisure industries and enhances access to a fuller cultural and sporting life for young people. |
