diff --git a/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb b/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
index 56a1f741..d5df3556 100644
--- a/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
+++ b/app/clients/discovery_engine/control_client.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class ControlClient
     def create(control)
       discovery_engine_client.create_control(
         control: control.to_discovery_engine_control,
-        control_id: control.discovery_engine_id,
+        control_id: control.remote_resource_id,
         parent: control.parent.name,
       )
     rescue Google::Cloud::Error => e
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/discovery_engine_nameable.rb b/app/models/concerns/discovery_engine_nameable.rb
index f583e174..dcd9c3b6 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/discovery_engine_nameable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/discovery_engine_nameable.rb
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 #   projects/{project}/locations/{location}/collections/{collection_id}/engines/
 #   {engine_id}/controls/{control_id}
 #
-# Requires the including class to implement `#discovery_engine_id`, and optionally `#parent` if the
+# Requires the including class to implement `#remote_resource_id`, and optionally `#parent` if the
 # parent resource is not the default collection.
 module DiscoveryEngineNameable
   # The name (fully qualified path) of this Discovery Engine resource on GCP
   def name
-    [parent_name, resource_path_fragment, discovery_engine_id].join("/")
+    [parent_name, resource_path_fragment, remote_resource_id].join("/")
   end
 
 private
diff --git a/app/models/control.rb b/app/models/control.rb
index bbaed379..a443ed0b 100644
--- a/app/models/control.rb
+++ b/app/models/control.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def parent
   end
 
   # The ID of the resource on Discovery Engine
-  def discovery_engine_id
+  def remote_resource_id
     "search-admin-#{id}"
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/data_store.rb b/app/models/data_store.rb
index 8094abaf..45146058 100644
--- a/app/models/data_store.rb
+++ b/app/models/data_store.rb
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ class DataStore
   # The ID of the default datastore created through Terraform in `govuk_infrastructure`
   DEFAULT_DATA_STORE_ID = "govuk_content".freeze
 
-  attr_reader :discovery_engine_id
+  attr_reader :remote_resource_id
 
   def self.default
     new(DEFAULT_DATA_STORE_ID)
   end
 
-  def initialize(discovery_engine_id)
-    @discovery_engine_id = discovery_engine_id
+  def initialize(remote_resource_id)
+    @remote_resource_id = remote_resource_id
   end
 
   def ==(other)
-    discovery_engine_id == other.discovery_engine_id
+    remote_resource_id == other.remote_resource_id
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/engine.rb b/app/models/engine.rb
index a44d19ee..0cec4cc5 100644
--- a/app/models/engine.rb
+++ b/app/models/engine.rb
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ class Engine
   # The ID of the default engine created through Terraform in `govuk-infrastructure`
   DEFAULT_ENGINE_ID = "govuk".freeze
 
-  attr_reader :discovery_engine_id
+  attr_reader :remote_resource_id
 
   def self.default
     new(DEFAULT_ENGINE_ID)
   end
 
-  def initialize(discovery_engine_id)
-    @discovery_engine_id = discovery_engine_id
+  def initialize(remote_resource_id)
+    @remote_resource_id = remote_resource_id
   end
 
   def ==(other)
-    discovery_engine_id == other.discovery_engine_id
+    remote_resource_id == other.remote_resource_id
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/control_spec.rb b/spec/models/control_spec.rb
index 68a5c0ca..b870c764 100644
--- a/spec/models/control_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/control_spec.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
 
     let(:action) { build(:control_boost_action) }
 
-    describe "#discovery_engine_id" do
+    describe "#remote_resource_id" do
       it "builds an ID from the control's database ID" do
-        expect(control.discovery_engine_id).to eq("search-admin-42")
+        expect(control.remote_resource_id).to eq("search-admin-42")
       end
     end