Presentation Guidance for Administrative Geographies

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1 Presentation Guidance for Administrative Geographies December 2012 Edition No.: 1 ONS Geography Office for National Statistics 1

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3 Presentation Guidance for Administrative Geographies This guidance note sets out the recommended standard presentation of statistics for administrative areas at regional and sub-regional levels in the UK. Contents Presentation Guidance for Administrative Geographies... 3 Introduction... 4 Annexes... 4 Order of presentation of statistics - general principles... 5 Order of presentation for countries and regions... 6 Order of presentation below country/regional level... 6 Table Headings, footnotes and sub-totals for tables of regional statistics... 7 Nomenclature and definitions... 7 Non-standard geographies... 8 Former/abolished areas... 8 Practical presentation... 9 Area codes Contact ONS Geography Annex A: Example of the presentation of statistics by region without reference to former/abolished counties and districts Annex A: Footnotes Annex B: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former local authority districts (abolished in 2009) Annex B: Footnotes Annex C: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former counties and districts (abolished and 2009) for use in historical or time-series purposes Annex C: Footnotes Annex D: Presentation order for London region if sub-divisions of Inner and Outer London are required Annex E: Presentation order for London region if no sub-division is required Annex F: Lookup for current codes to former codes - UK administrative geographies; including the former local authority districts in England (abolished in 2009) Annex F: Footnotes Office for National Statistics 3

4 Introduction This guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the local authority districts of St Albans and Welwyn Hatfield operative from 1 April As the boundaries have changed new codes have been allocated, although the names remain the same. As a result of the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review the Government Offices for the Regions (GORs) closed at the end of March However, there is still a requirement to maintain a regional level geography for statistical purposes. The GSS Regional and Geography Committee have agreed that the former GORs should be simply referred to as Regions. These areas will retain the names, codes and boundaries of the former GORs. The presentation order includes the nine character codes only, in line with the GSS Coding and Naming Policy implemented on 1 January To assist users a lookup for current, nine character codes to former codes is provided in Annex F. For more information please see the Coding and Naming for Statistical Geographies web page. This guidance reflects the local government reorganisation that created nine unitary authorities in England operative from 1 April The recommended presentation is for use in statistical publications disseminated electronically on the web, and on paper. It should be adopted unless there are valid reasons for not doing so, such as ranking areas according to a significant data item. Dissemination, display and layout of statistics In preparing statistical tables, it is recommended that the guidance for display and layout in Plain Figures (Second Edition) (HMSO: ISBN ) is followed for both electronic and paper dissemination. This publication includes useful advice on what information to include, structure and style of tables, accuracy, definitions, and footnotes to tables. Annexes There are six annexes attached to this guidance note: Annex A shows the presentation order of all UK administrative areas where there is no requirement to include former/abolished counties and districts in England Annex B shows the presentation order of all UK administrative areas where there is a requirement to include the former local authority districts in England that were abolished in 2009 Annex C shows the presentation order of all UK administrative areas where there is a requirement to include both the former counties and local authority districts in England, abolished from and also in 2009, for historical or time-series purposes Annex D shows an optional lower level presentation for the London region Annex E shows an optional higher level presentation for the London region Annex F provides a lookup for current, nine character codes to former codes Office for National Statistics 4

5 The flow chart indicates which annex to use. Requirement to include former areas No Refer to Annex A Yes Include ONLY the former districts abolished in April 2009 Refer to Annex B Include former counties and districts abolished between 1996 and 2009 Refer to Annex C Order of presentation of statistics - general principles The general principle is that whenever entities are presented in groupings (for example, districts within county, wards within district) the order of presentation at each level of the grouping hierarchy is alphabetic. This principle applies to all levels, and all geographical breakdown of areas, whether using standard (for example, administrative areas) or other geographies. Exceptions to this are the order of countries, English regions and unitary authorities in Wales where a standard, geographically-based order is well established. Grouping of entities in hierarchical fashion should be adopted as appropriate for the target readership. In many cases for the presentation of statistics based on administrative areas, the local government structure together with regions will provide a suitable standard hierarchy. In cases where this does not provide suitable groupings the NUTS/LAU area classification should be used. NUTS (Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics) are a hierarchical classification of spatial units that provides a breakdown of the European Union s territory for producing regional statistics which are comparable across the Union. In the UK, the NUTS structure was reviewed in 2010 which resulted in seven changes to the NUTS 3 areas in England, one of which had an impact at the NUTS 2 level. These changes became operative on 1st January It was agreed by Regulation that NUTS levels 1-3 will be frozen for a minimum of 3 years. The former NUTS levels 4 and 5 now form Local Administrative Units (LAUs) (levels 1 and 2). The NUTS/LAU area classification comprises current national administrative and electoral areas, except in Scotland where some NUTS areas comprise whole and/or local enterprise company areas and which has caused some LAU2 areas to be split. Non-standard geographical groupings should be developed only after such standard groupings have been considered, and these should be clearly defined and fully described. Maps are recommended (particularly with non-standard geography) to show the allocation of areas within higher level groupings. ONS Geography is able to provide support and guidance on the preparation of maps. Office for National Statistics 5

6 Order of presentation for countries and regions The standard regional sub-division of England for the presentation of statistics is the regions; these equate to the former government office regions. The standard order of presentation for the countries of the UK, and the regions within England, is below. This is one of the two exceptions to the principle of alphabetical ordering. The retention of this order of English regional divisions is recommended as it is in current general usage. It broadly follows a north/south basis. United Kingdom Great Britain (optional sub-total) England and Wales (optional sub-total) England North East North West Yorkshire and The Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Note the recommended use of East in statistical tables, even though the official name is the East of England. Order of presentation below country/regional level England As noted earlier, the general principle for presentation is that whenever entities are presented in higher level groupings (for example, districts within county, counties within region) the order of presentation of each level of the grouping hierarchy is alphabetic. The recommended presentation is for unitary authorities to be listed first, in alphabetical order, followed by districts (with counties, if appropriate), also in alphabetical order. Alphabetical ordering applies whether using the standard administrative (local authority district/county) geography, or other standard or non-standard geographies. London Region The City of London and the London boroughs should be listed alphabetically and grouped into Inner and Outer London categories, as defined for NUTS 2 level and shown in Annexes A, B and C. If further sub-division is required, NUTS 3 level is recommended (see Annex D). If required, it is also acceptable for the administrative areas in London as a single list (see Annex E). Office for National Statistics 6

7 Wales Unitary authorities in Wales should be ordered geographically on a north-south basis for both bilingual and single language publications. This represents a change from earlier guidance that stated that alphabetical ordering should be used in single language publications and geographical ordering in bi-lingual publications. This approach is favoured by the Welsh Government. Scotland In Scotland the recommended order for the unitary authorities (council areas) is alphabetic, following both the general principle and usual practice by the Scottish Government. The recommended listing is shown in Annexes A, B and C but see the Nomenclature and definitions regarding naming standards. Northern Ireland Again, the order should be alphabetic, see Annexes A, B and C. Note that there are no counties listed for Northern Ireland as they have no official status and should therefore not be included as a hierarchy. Table Headings, footnotes and sub-totals for tables of regional statistics Heading: UK by countries and, within England, regions UK by countries and, within England, regions, counties, London boroughs, metropolitan districts, unitary authorities and non-metropolitan districts; unitary authorities within Wales; council areas within Scotland; and district council areas within Northern Ireland UK by countries and, within England, regions, counties, London boroughs, metropolitan districts and unitary authorities; unitary authorities within Wales; council areas within Scotland; and district council areas within Northern Ireland Criterion Notes: This is the recommended heading for tables. Sub-totals for Great Britain/England and Wales are optional, as noted on the list in the Order of presentation for countries and regions. Information on name changes and reorganisation of administrative areas, which can occur over time, can be included in footnotes but these should be kept to a minimum. If presenting data for those areas included in Annexes A, B and C this extended heading can be used. It provides useful information about the area levels for which data are being provided. This heading should be used if the data being presented are limited to those areas where only a single tier of local government exists or only the higher tier of local government where a two-tier structure exists. Nomenclature and definitions The lists of areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in all annexes show the correct statutory names currently in force for administrative areas down to local authority district and equivalent levels. The use of statutory names leads to inconsistencies in the use of ampersands versus and (e.g. Crewe and Nantwich ; Ellesmere Port & Neston ); also in the abbreviation of Saint (for example, St. Helens; St Albans ) in some names. Minor changes have been made to four council area names in Scotland. The Scottish Government have advised that names should appear as in legislation although the use of & rather than and was formerly preferred by GROS/NRS. Office for National Statistics 7

8 It should be noted that in Northern Ireland the term Derry should be used in preference to Derry City. This has been confirmed by the Northern Ireland Statistical Research Agency (NISRA). Name changes and geographical changes affecting the presentation order will be notified through the GSS Regional & Geography Committee (RGC) network. Non-standard geographies The principle described earlier, and illustrated in Annexes A, B and C with counties and local authority districts, is for alphabetical ordering at each level of the hierarchy. This principle should be applied to the presentation of statistics for other entities or groups (for example, planning authorities such as national parks, where these differ from the local authority districts). Any statistical publication using non-standard geographical areas should define those areas clearly, referencing where possible to standard geography, and using maps to enable users to establish location and boundaries. Former/abolished areas Availability of sub-totals for former/abolished counties and districts Annex A shows the presentation where sub-totals for former/abolished counties are not required. Annex B shows the presentation order to use when including sub-totals for the former local authority districts that were abolished on 1 April The RGC recommends that these sub-totals are included until the 2011 Census results are released in Annex C shows the former local authority districts, as in Annex B, but also includes former counties abolished in 2009 and former counties abolished from that have not been affected by subsequent changes. In exceptional cases, where there is a known requirement for historical or time-series purposes, sub-totals for the former counties, abolished between 1996 and 1998, should be included at the base of each relevant region with an accompanying footnote. These sub-totals should not be included as a matter of course but only when there is a known requirement; the information could be made available on request rather than including them in published tables. In most cases users can calculate totals for former/abolished counties when information is presented at local authority district level. Abolished counties and districts from 1 April 2009 Former counties and districts should not normally appear in tables presenting statistics for dates subsequent to their abolition. However, there may be exceptional requirements to present data for recently abolished areas for a short period of time. The following paragraphs detail the changes after the local government reorganisation operative from 1 April The former county of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly and the six former districts within Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, were abolished and replaced by Cornwall unitary authority. The Isles of Scilly is separately administered by a unitary council and has been allocated a UA code (currently E and formerly 00HF). For statistical presentation purposes the Isles of Office for National Statistics 8

9 Scilly should be included in the list of unitary authorities under South West GOR. For the purposes of the presentation of statistical data the Isles of Scilly are often combined with Cornwall UA. The former county of Durham and the seven former districts within Durham were abolished and replaced by County Durham unitary authority. The former county of Northumberland and the six former districts within Northumberland were abolished and replaced by Northumberland unitary authority. The former county of Shropshire and the five former districts within Shropshire were abolished and replaced by Shropshire unitary authority. The former county of Wiltshire and the four former districts within Wiltshire were abolished and replaced by Wiltshire unitary authority. The former county of Cheshire and the six former districts within Cheshire were abolished and split across Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester unitary authorities. The former county of Bedfordshire and the three former districts within Bedfordshire were abolished and split across Bedford and Central Bedfordshire unitary authorities. Footnotes for former counties and districts Where county and district borders in England have changed due to local government reorganisation, any footnote for the former county/district should identify the current authorities it covered, and the date of the change. Sub-totals for other groupings The area described as Tees Valley is covered by the five unitary authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. It is preferable to use this group of unitary authorities, wherever possible, if statistics are required at a level above the individual authorities. It should be made clear in the footnotes which authorities are included if Tees Valley is not defined elsewhere. In cases where comparison with previous data is essential, Tees Valley less Darlington, is equivalent to the abolished county of Cleveland. Practical presentation In drawing up the annexes, some basic presentation rules have been adopted: the metropolitan counties, which were abolished on 1 April 1986 as administrative areas but remain as ceremonial entities, are identified by (Met County) after the name; Isles of Scilly is presented separately because it does not form part of Cornwall unitary authority; the Isles of Scilly are administered by a separate council but are usually associated with Cornwall, and City of (as in Bristol, Edinburgh and Kingston upon Hull but not London ) and County of (as in Herefordshire ) are ignored in identifying alphabetical ordering but should be written as City/County of. in any text and on any maps. Office for National Statistics 9

10 The following presentation rule has also been adopted: St. or St as an abbreviation for Saint is presented alphabetically based on its abbreviated form (for example, St. Helens should be ordered after Sefton). This change has been prompted by the increasing trend towards presentation of data in electronic format using software which automatically sorts data. This presentation order reflects the automatic ordering to ensure consistency between data presented in electronic and more traditional outputs. Area codes It is recommended that the appropriate area codes are presented when disseminating tables electronically. The inclusion of area codes with tables disseminated on paper should be avoided if possible. If circumstances dictate that codes must be included within a paper publication, then they should be presented in full format without any corruption or shorthand adjustments. Annexes A-E include only the current, nine character codes, where available, to conform to the GSS Coding and Naming Policy implemented from 1 January However, at the time of this publication, there are no nine character codes available for the district council areas in Northern Ireland. Where nine character codes are not available it is necessary to use the former, old style codes. Former, standard codes are not available for metropolitan counties and former counties abolished between 1996 and 1998, in these cases the publication codes used for Census outputs have been given in Annex C. There are no nine character codes allocated to the sub-divisions of Inner and Outer London included in Annex D. These are UK NUTS 3 geographies, which form part of an established pan- European coding system administered by Eurostat. NUTS/LAU codes are widely used and accord to good coding practice and are an exception to the GSS Coding and Naming policy. Some business areas publish data to geographical boundaries based on publication date and others publish to boundaries based on data collection date. Where boundary and code dates do not match this should be made clear in the accompanying metadata. ONSG recognises that a few systems are currently unable to adopt the nine character coding methodology and some form of temporary 'bridge coding' is required for those in this position while they strive to achieve full implementation. Consequently, for geography boundary changes after 1 January 2011, ONSG will produce dummy codes in the 'former style' in addition to the correct, nine character codes. Users should note that it is presently planned to provide this service no longer than the end of When publishing or exchanging data between 2011 and 2013 it is recommended that a separate lookup file listing current, nine character codes to former codes is provided for reference purposes. This will enable business areas to publish data adhering to the GSS Coding and Naming policy. Please see the lookup in Annex F. Contact ONS Geography If further guidance or support is required on any aspect of the presentation order for statistics, including the presentation of statistics for other geographies, please contact ONS Geography. Office for National Statistics 10

11 Annex A: Example of the presentation of statistics by region without reference to former/abolished counties and districts Area Codes 1 K K K E Area names UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) ENGLAND E NORTH EAST E County Durham UA 2 E Darlington UA E Hartlepool UA E Middlesbrough UA E Northumberland UA 3 E Redcar and Cleveland UA E Stockton-on-Tees UA E E E E E E E Tyne and Wear (Met County) Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland NORTH WEST E Blackburn with Darwen UA E Blackpool UA E Cheshire East UA 4 E Cheshire West and Chester UA 5 E Halton UA E Warrington UA E E E E E E E Cumbria Allerdale Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle Copeland Eden South Lakeland Office for National Statistics 11

12 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Greater Manchester (Met County) Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan Lancashire Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre Merseyside (Met County) Knowsley Liverpool Sefton St. Helens Wirral YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER East Riding of Yorkshire UA Kingston upon Hull, City of UA North East Lincolnshire UA North Lincolnshire UA York UA North Yorkshire Craven Hambleton Harrogate Office for National Statistics 12

13 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Richmondshire Ryedale Scarborough Selby South Yorkshire (Met County) Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield West Yorkshire (Met County) Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield EAST MIDLANDS Derby UA Leicester UA Nottingham UA Rutland UA Derbyshire Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire Leicestershire Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston Office for National Statistics 13

14 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Lincolnshire Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey Northamptonshire Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough Nottinghamshire Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe WEST MIDLANDS E Herefordshire, County of UA E Shropshire UA 6 E Stoke-on-Trent UA E Telford and Wrekin UA E E E E E E E E E Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth Office for National Statistics 14

15 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Warwickshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick West Midlands (Met County) Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest E EAST E Bedford UA 7 E Central Bedfordshire UA 8 E Luton UA E Peterborough UA E Southend-on-Sea UA E Thurrock UA E E E E E E E E E E E Cambridgeshire Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire South Cambridgeshire Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Office for National Statistics 15

16 E E E E E E E E Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford E Hertfordshire E Broxbourne E Dacorum E East Hertfordshire E Hertsmere E North Hertfordshire E St Albans 9 E Stevenage E Three Rivers E Watford E Welwyn Hatfield 10 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Norfolk Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King s Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk Suffolk Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney LONDON Inner London Camden City of London Hackney Office for National Statistics 16

17 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Lewisham Newham Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Outer London Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Kingston upon Thames Merton Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Sutton Waltham Forest SOUTH EAST Bracknell Forest UA Brighton and Hove UA Isle of Wight UA Medway UA Milton Keynes UA Portsmouth UA Reading UA Slough UA Southampton UA West Berkshire UA Office for National Statistics 17

18 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Windsor and Maidenhead UA Wokingham UA Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Rushmoor Test Valley Winchester E E E E E E E E E E E E E Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells E E Oxfordshire Cherwell Office for National Statistics 18

19 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing SOUTH WEST E Bath and North East Somerset UA E Bournemouth UA E Bristol, City of UA E Cornwall UA 11 E Isles of Scilly UA 12 E North Somerset UA E Plymouth UA E Poole UA E South Gloucestershire UA E Swindon UA E Torbay UA E Wiltshire UA 13 E E E Devon East Devon Exeter Office for National Statistics 19

20 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon Dorset Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck West Dorset Weymouth and Portland Gloucestershire Cheltenham Cotswold Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Tewkesbury Somerset Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset WALES Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn Gwynedd / Gwynedd Conwy / Conwy Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych Flintshire / Sir y Fflint Wrexham / Wrecsam Powys / Powys Ceredigion / Ceredigion Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin Swansea / Abertawe Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr Office for National Statistics 20

21 W W W W W W W W W The Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg Cardiff / Caerdydd Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful Caerphilly / Caerffili Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent Torfaen / Tor-faen Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy Newport / Casnewydd S SCOTLAND S Aberdeen City S Aberdeenshire S Angus S Argyll and Bute S Clackmannanshire S Dumfries and Galloway S Dundee City S East Ayrshire S East Dunbartonshire S East Lothian S East Renfrewshire S City of Edinburgh S Eilean Siar 14 S Falkirk S Fife S Glasgow City S Highland S Inverclyde S Midlothian S Moray S North Ayrshire S North Lanarkshire S Orkney Islands S Perth and Kinross S Renfrewshire S Scottish Borders S Shetland Islands S South Ayrshire S South Lanarkshire S Stirling S West Dunbartonshire S West Lothian Office for National Statistics 21

22 N NORTHERN IRELAND 15 95T Antrim 95X Ards 95O Armagh 95G Ballymena 95D Ballymoney 95Q Banbridge 95Z Belfast 95V Carrickfergus 95Y Castlereagh 95C Coleraine 95I Cookstown 95N Craigavon 95A Derry 16 95R Down 95M Dungannon 95L Fermanagh 95F Larne 95B Limavady 95S Lisburn 95H Magherafelt 95E Moyle 95P Newry and Mourne 95U Newtownabbey 95W North Down 95K Omagh 95J Strabane Office for National Statistics 22

23 Annex A: Footnotes 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January Please see Annex F for a lookup that includes current codes to former codes for reference purposes. 2 County Durham UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley. 3 Northumberland UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Wansbeck. 4 Cheshire East UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich and Macclesfield. 5 Cheshire West and Chester UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal. 6 Shropshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. 7 Bedford UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former district of Bedford. 8 Central Bedfordshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire. 9 St Albans was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Cornwall UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. 12 The Isles of Scilly were recoded on 1 April They are separately administered by an Isles of Scilly council and do not form part of Cornwall UA but, for the purposes of the presentation of statistical data, they may be combined with Cornwall UA. 13 Wiltshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire. 14 Formerly known as the Western Isles. 15 There are no nine character codes available, at the time of this publication, for the district council areas in Northern Ireland. 16 NISRA have confirmed the term 'Derry' should be used in preference to Derry City. Office for National Statistics 23

24 Annex B: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former local authority districts (abolished in 2009) Area Codes 1 K K K E Area names UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) ENGLAND E NORTH EAST E County Durham UA 2 Former districts of: E Chester-le-Street E Derwentside E Durham E Easington E Sedgefield E Teesdale E Wear Valley E Darlington UA E Hartlepool UA E Middlesbrough UA E Northumberland UA 3 Former districts of: E Alnwick E Berwick-upon-Tweed E Blyth Valley E Castle Morpeth E Tynedale E Wansbeck E E E E E E E E Redcar and Cleveland UA Stockton-on-Tees UA Tyne and Wear (Met County) Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland Office for National Statistics 24

25 E NORTH WEST E Blackburn with Darwen UA E Blackpool UA E Cheshire East UA 4 Former districts of: E Congleton E Crewe and Nantwich E Macclesfield E Cheshire West and Chester UA 5 Former districts of: E Chester E Ellesmere Port & Neston E Vale Royal E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Halton UA Warrington UA Cumbria Allerdale Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle Copeland Eden South Lakeland Greater Manchester (Met County) Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan Lancashire Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Office for National Statistics 25

26 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre Merseyside (Met County) Knowsley Liverpool Sefton St. Helens Wirral YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER East Riding of Yorkshire UA Kingston upon Hull, City of UA North East Lincolnshire UA North Lincolnshire UA York UA North Yorkshire Craven Hambleton Harrogate Richmondshire Ryedale Scarborough Selby South Yorkshire (Met County) Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield West Yorkshire (Met County) Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield Office for National Statistics 26

27 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EAST MIDLANDS Derby UA Leicester UA Nottingham UA Rutland UA Derbyshire Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire Leicestershire Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston Lincolnshire Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey Northamptonshire Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough Office for National Statistics 27

28 E E E E E E E E E Nottinghamshire Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe WEST MIDLANDS E Herefordshire, County of UA E Shropshire UA 6 Former districts of: E Bridgnorth E North Shropshire E Oswestry E Shrewsbury and Atcham E South Shropshire E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Stoke-on-Trent UA Telford and Wrekin UA Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth Warwickshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick West Midlands (Met County) Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Office for National Statistics 28

29 E E E E E E E E E E Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest E EAST E Bedford UA 7 Former district of: E Bedford E Central Bedfordshire UA 8 Former districts of: E Mid Bedfordshire E South Bedfordshire E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Luton UA Peterborough UA Southend-on-Sea UA Thurrock UA Cambridgeshire Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire South Cambridgeshire Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Office for National Statistics 29

30 E E E Rochford Tendring Uttlesford E Hertfordshire E Broxbourne E Dacorum E East Hertfordshire E Hertsmere E North Hertfordshire E St Albans 9 E Stevenage E Three Rivers E Watford E Welwyn Hatfield 10 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Norfolk Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King s Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk Suffolk Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney LONDON Inner London Camden City of London Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Office for National Statistics 30

31 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Lewisham Newham Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Outer London Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Kingston upon Thames Merton Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Sutton Waltham Forest SOUTH EAST Bracknell Forest UA Brighton and Hove UA Isle of Wight UA Medway UA Milton Keynes UA Portsmouth UA Reading UA Slough UA Southampton UA West Berkshire UA Windsor and Maidenhead UA Wokingham UA Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Office for National Statistics 31

32 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Rushmoor Test Valley Winchester E E E E E E E E E E E E E Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells E E E E E E Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Office for National Statistics 32

33 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing SOUTH WEST E Bath and North East Somerset UA E Bournemouth UA E Bristol, City of UA E Cornwall UA 11 Former districts of: E Caradon E Carrick E Kerrier E North Cornwall E Penwith E Restormel E Isles of Scilly UA 12 E North Somerset UA E Plymouth UA E Poole UA E South Gloucestershire UA E Swindon UA E Torbay UA E Wiltshire UA 13 Office for National Statistics 33

34 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W W W W Former districts of: Kennet North Wiltshire Salisbury West Wiltshire Devon East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon Dorset Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck West Dorset Weymouth and Portland Gloucestershire Cheltenham Cotswold Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Tewkesbury Somerset Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset WALES Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn Gwynedd / Gwynedd Conwy / Conwy Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych Office for National Statistics 34

35 W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Flintshire / Sir y Fflint Wrexham / Wrecsam Powys / Powys Ceredigion / Ceredigion Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin Swansea / Abertawe Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr The Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg Cardiff / Caerdydd Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful Caerphilly / Caerffili Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent Torfaen / Tor-faen Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy Newport / Casnewydd S SCOTLAND S Aberdeen City S Aberdeenshire S Angus S Argyll and Bute S Clackmannanshire S Dumfries and Galloway S Dundee City S East Ayrshire S East Dunbartonshire S East Lothian S East Renfrewshire S City of Edinburgh S Eilean Siar 14 S Falkirk S Fife S Glasgow City S Highland S Inverclyde S Midlothian S Moray S North Ayrshire S North Lanarkshire S Orkney Islands S Perth and Kinross Office for National Statistics 35

36 S S S S S S S S Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland Islands South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian N NORTHERN IRELAND 15 95T Antrim 95X Ards 95O Armagh 95G Ballymena 95D Ballymoney 95Q Banbridge 95Z Belfast 95V Carrickfergus 95Y Castlereagh 95C Coleraine 95I Cookstown 95N Craigavon 95A Derry 16 95R Down 95M Dungannon 95L Fermanagh 95F Larne 95B Limavady 95S Lisburn 95H Magherafelt 95E Moyle 95P Newry and Mourne 95U Newtownabbey 95W North Down 95K Omagh 95J Strabane Office for National Statistics 36

37 Annex B: Footnotes 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January Please see Annex F for a lookup that includes current codes to former codes for reference purposes. 2 County Durham UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley. 3 Northumberland UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Wansbeck. 4 Cheshire East UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich and Macclesfield. 5 Cheshire West and Chester UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal. 6 Shropshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. 7 Bedford UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former district of Bedford. 8 Central Bedfordshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire. 9 St Albans was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Cornwall UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. 12 The Isles of Scilly were recoded on 1 April They are separately administered by an Isles of Scilly council and do not form part of Cornwall UA but, for the purposes of the presentation of statistical data, they may be combined with Cornwall UA. 13 Wiltshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire. 14 Formerly known as the Western Isles. 15 There are no nine character codes available, at the time of this publication, for the district council areas in Northern Ireland. 16 NISRA have confirmed the term 'Derry' should be used in preference to Derry City. Office for National Statistics 37

38 Annex C: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former counties and districts (abolished and 2009) for use in historical or time-series purposes Area Codes 1 K K K E Area names UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) ENGLAND E NORTH EAST E County Durham UA 2 Former districts of: E Chester-le-Street E Derwentside E Durham E Easington E Sedgefield E Teesdale E Wear Valley E Darlington UA E Hartlepool UA E Middlesbrough UA E Northumberland UA 3 Former districts of: E Alnwick E Berwick-upon-Tweed E Blyth Valley E Castle Morpeth E Tynedale E Wansbeck E E E E E E E Redcar and Cleveland UA Stockton-on-Tees UA Tyne and Wear (Met County) Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Office for National Statistics 38

39 E Sunderland 4A Tees Valley 4 4B Tees Valley less Darlington 5 E Former county of Durham 6 E Former county of Northumberland 7 E NORTH WEST E Blackburn with Darwen UA E Blackpool UA E Cheshire East UA 8 Former districts of: E Congleton E Crewe and Nantwich E Macclesfield E Cheshire West and Chester UA 9 Former districts of: E Chester E Ellesmere Port & Neston E Vale Royal E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Halton UA Warrington UA Cumbria Allerdale Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle Copeland Eden South Lakeland Greater Manchester (Met County) Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan Office for National Statistics 39

40 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Lancashire Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre Merseyside (Met County) Knowsley Liverpool Sefton St. Helens Wirral 3C Former county of Lancashire 10 E Former county of Cheshire 11 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER East Riding of Yorkshire UA Kingston upon Hull, City of UA North East Lincolnshire UA North Lincolnshire UA York UA North Yorkshire Craven Hambleton Harrogate Richmondshire Ryedale Scarborough Selby South Yorkshire (Met County) Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Office for National Statistics 40

41 E E E E E E E Sheffield West Yorkshire (Met County) Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield 4C The Humber 12 3D Former county of North Yorkshire 13 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EAST MIDLANDS Derby UA Leicester UA Nottingham UA Rutland UA Derbyshire Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire Leicestershire Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston Lincolnshire Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven Office for National Statistics 41

42 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E West Lindsey Northamptonshire Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough Nottinghamshire Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe 3E Former county of Derbyshire 14 3F Former county of Leicestershire 15 3G Former county of Nottinghamshire 16 E WEST MIDLANDS E Herefordshire, County of UA E Shropshire UA 17 Former districts of: E Bridgnorth E North Shropshire E Oswestry E Shrewsbury and Atcham E South Shropshire E E E E E E E E E Stoke-on-Trent UA Telford and Wrekin UA Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Office for National Statistics 42

43 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth Warwickshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick West Midlands (Met County) Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest 4D Herefordshire and Worcestershire 18 3J Former county of Staffordshire 19 E Former county of Shropshire 20 E EAST E Bedford UA 21 Former district of: E Bedford E Central Bedfordshire UA 22 Former districts of: E Mid Bedfordshire E South Bedfordshire E E E Luton UA Peterborough UA Southend-on-Sea UA Office for National Statistics 43

44 E E E E E E E Thurrock UA Cambridgeshire Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire South Cambridgeshire E E E E E E E E E E E E E Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford E Hertfordshire E Broxbourne E Dacorum E East Hertfordshire E Hertsmere E North Hertfordshire E St Albans 23 E Stevenage E Three Rivers E Watford E Welwyn Hatfield 24 E E E E E E E E Norfolk Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King s Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk Office for National Statistics 44

45 E E E E E E E E Suffolk Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney 3L Former county of Cambridgeshire 25 3M Former county of Essex 26 E Former county of Bedfordshire 27 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E LONDON Inner London Camden City of London Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Lewisham Newham Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Outer London Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Office for National Statistics 45

46 E E E E E E Kingston upon Thames Merton Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Sutton Waltham Forest E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E SOUTH EAST Bracknell Forest UA Brighton and Hove UA Isle of Wight UA Medway UA Milton Keynes UA Portsmouth UA Reading UA Slough UA Southampton UA West Berkshire UA Windsor and Maidenhead UA Wokingham UA Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Vale Chiltern South Bucks Wycombe East Sussex Eastbourne Hastings Lewes Rother Wealden Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Rushmoor Office for National Statistics 46

47 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Kent Test Valley Winchester Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Surrey Elmbridge Epsom and Ewell Guildford Mole Valley Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne Surrey Heath Tandridge Waverley Woking West Sussex Adur Arun Chichester Crawley Horsham Mid Sussex Worthing Office for National Statistics 47

48 3N Former county of Berkshire 28 3P Former county of Buckinghamshire 29 3Q Former county of East Sussex 30 3R Former county of Hampshire 31 3S Former county of Kent 32 E SOUTH WEST E Bath and North East Somerset UA E Bournemouth UA E Bristol, City of UA E Cornwall UA 33 Former districts of: E Caradon E Carrick E Kerrier E North Cornwall E Penwith E Restormel E Isles of Scilly UA 34 E North Somerset UA E Plymouth UA E Poole UA E South Gloucestershire UA E Swindon UA E Torbay UA E Wiltshire UA 35 Former districts of: E Kennet E North Wiltshire E Salisbury E West Wiltshire E E E E E E E E E Devon East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon Office for National Statistics 48

49 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Dorset Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck West Dorset Weymouth and Portland Gloucestershire Cheltenham Cotswold Forest of Dean Gloucester Stroud Tewkesbury Somerset Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset 4E Bristol/Bath area 36 3T Former county of Devon 37 3U Former county of Dorset 38 E Former county of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 39 E Former county of Wiltshire 40 W WALES W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn Gwynedd / Gwynedd Conwy / Conwy Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych Flintshire / Sir y Fflint Wrexham / Wrecsam Powys / Powys Ceredigion / Ceredigion Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin Swansea / Abertawe Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr The Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg Office for National Statistics 49

50 W W W W W W W W Cardiff / Caerdydd Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful Caerphilly / Caerffili Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent Torfaen / Tor-faen Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy Newport / Casnewydd S SCOTLAND S Aberdeen City S Aberdeenshire S Angus S Argyll and Bute S Clackmannanshire S Dumfries and Galloway S Dundee City S East Ayrshire S East Dunbartonshire S East Lothian S East Renfrewshire S City of Edinburgh S Eilean Siar 41 S Falkirk S Fife S Glasgow City S Highland S Inverclyde S Midlothian S Moray S North Ayrshire S North Lanarkshire S Orkney Islands S Perth and Kinross S Renfrewshire S Scottish Borders S Shetland Islands S South Ayrshire S South Lanarkshire S Stirling S West Dunbartonshire S West Lothian Office for National Statistics 50

51 N NORTHERN IRELAND 42 95T Antrim 95X Ards 95O Armagh 95G Ballymena 95D Ballymoney 95Q Banbridge 95Z Belfast 95V Carrickfergus 95Y Castlereagh 95C Coleraine 95I Cookstown 95N Craigavon 95A Derry 43 95R Down 95M Dungannon 95L Fermanagh 95F Larne 95B Limavady 95S Lisburn 95H Magherafelt 95E Moyle 95P Newry and Mourne 95U Newtownabbey 95W North Down 95K Omagh 95J Strabane Office for National Statistics 51

52 Annex C: Footnotes 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January Please see Annex F for a lookup that includes current codes to former codes for reference purposes. 2 County Durham UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley. 3 Northumberland UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Wansbeck. 4 The area described as 'Tees Valley' refers to the area covered by the five unitary authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 5 'Tees Valley less Darlington' refers to the area previously covered by the administrative county of Cleveland which was abolished and replaced by unitary authorities on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 6 The former county of Durham is the area covered by County Durham UA created on 1 April The former county of Northumberland is the area covered by Northumberland UA created on 1 April Cheshire East UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich and Macclesfield. 9 Cheshire West and Chester UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal. 10 The former county of Lancashire is the area covered by the current Lancashire county and the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 11 The former county of Cheshire is the area covered by the current unitary authorities of Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester created on 1 April The area described as 'The Humber' refers to the area previously covered by the administrative county of Humberside which was abolished and replaced by unitary authorities on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 13 The former county of North Yorkshire is the area covered by the current North Yorkshire county and York UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 14 The former county of Derbyshire is the area covered by the current Derbyshire county and Derby UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 15 The former county of Leicestershire is the area covered by the current Leicestershire county and the unitary authorities of Leicester and Rutland created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. Office for National Statistics 52

53 16 The former county of Nottinghamshire is the area covered by the current Nottinghamshire county and Nottingham UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 17 Shropshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. 18 Herefordshire and Worcestershire' refers to the area previously covered by the administrative county of Hereford and Worcester which was replaced by the county of Worcestershire and the County of Herefordshire UA on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 19 The former county of Staffordshire is the area covered by the current Staffordshire county and Stoke-on-Trent UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 20 The former county of Shropshire is the area covered by Shropshire UA created on 1 April Bedford UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former district of Bedford. 22 Central Bedfordshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire. 23 St Albans was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April The former county of Cambridgeshire is the area covered by the current Cambridgeshire county and Peterborough UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 26 The former county of Essex is the area covered by the current Essex county and the unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 27 The former county of Bedfordshire is the area covered by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire created on 1 April The former county of Berkshire is the area covered by the unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham, all created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 29 The former county of Buckinghamshire is the area covered by the current Buckinghamshire county and Milton Keynes UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 30 The former county of East Sussex is the area covered by the current East Sussex county and Brighton and Hove UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 31 The former county of Hampshire is the area covered by the current Hampshire county and the unitary authorities of Portsmouth and Southampton created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. Office for National Statistics 53

54 32 The former county of Kent is the area covered by the current Kent county and Medway UA created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 33 Cornwall UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. 34 The Isles of Scilly were recoded on 1 April They are separately administered by an Isles of Scilly council and do not form part of Cornwall UA but, for the purposes of the presentation of statistical data, they may be combined with Cornwall UA. 35 Wiltshire UA comprises the former districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire (abolished 2009). 36 'Bristol/Bath area' refers to the area previously covered by the administrative county of Avon which was abolished and replaced by unitary authorities on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 37 The former county of Devon is the area covered by the current Devon county and the unitary authorities of Plymouth and Torbay created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 38 The former county of Dorset is the area covered by the current Dorset county and the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole created on 1 April A nine character code is not available for this historic geography. 39 The former county of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is the area covered by Cornwall UA created on 1 April The former county of Wiltshire is the area covered by Wiltshire UA created on 1 April Formerly known as the Western Isles. 42 There are no nine character codes available, at the time of this publication, for the district council areas in Northern Ireland. 43 NISRA have confirmed the term 'Derry' should be used in preference to Derry City. Office for National Statistics 54

55 Annex D: Presentation order for London region if sub-divisions of Inner and Outer London are required Area Codes 1 E E Area Names LONDON Inner London UKI11 Inner London West 2 E Camden E City of London E Hammersmith and Fulham E Kensington and Chelsea E Wandsworth E Westminster UKI12 Inner London East 3 E Hackney E Haringey E Islington E Lambeth E Lewisham E Newham E Southwark E Tower Hamlets E Outer London UKI21 Outer London East and North East 4 E Barking and Dagenham E Bexley E Enfield E Greenwich E Havering E Redbridge E Waltham Forest UKI22 Outer London South 5 E Bromley E Croydon E Kingston upon Thames E Merton E Sutton Office for National Statistics 55

56 UKI23 Outer London West and North West 6 E Barnet E Brent E Ealing E Harrow E Hillingdon E Hounslow E Richmond upon Thames 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January Please see Annex F for a lookup that includes current codes to former codes for reference purposes. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 There are no nine character codes available for the sub-divisions of Inner and Outer London. These areas are UK NUTS 3 geographies, which form part of an established pan- European coding system administered by Eurostat. NUTS/LAU codes are widely used and accord to good coding practice and are an exception to the GSS Coding and Naming policy. Office for National Statistics 56

57 Annex E: Presentation order for London region if no sub-division is required Area Codes 1 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Area Names LONDON Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January Please see Annex F for a lookup that includes current codes to former codes for reference purposes. Office for National Statistics 57

58 Annex F: Lookup for current codes to former codes - UK administrative geographies; including the former local authority districts in England (abolished in 2009) Current Former Area Codes Area Codes Area names K UNITED KINGDOM K GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) K ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) E ENGLAND E A NORTH EAST E EJ County Durham UA 1 Former districts of: E UB Chester-le-Street E UD Derwentside E UE Durham E UF Easington E UG Sedgefield E UH Teesdale E UJ Wear Valley E EH Darlington UA E EB Hartlepool UA E EC Middlesbrough UA E EM Northumberland UA 2 Former districts of: E UB Alnwick E UC Berwick-upon-Tweed E UD Blyth Valley E UE Castle Morpeth E UF Tynedale E UG Wansbeck E EE Redcar and Cleveland UA E EF Stockton-on-Tees UA E Tyne and Wear (Met County) E CH Gateshead E CJ Newcastle upon Tyne E CK North Tyneside Office for National Statistics 58

59 E CL South Tyneside E CM Sunderland E B NORTH WEST E EX Blackburn with Darwen UA E EY Blackpool UA E EQ Cheshire East UA 3 Former districts of: E UC Congleton E UD Crewe and Nantwich E UG Macclesfield E EW Cheshire West and Chester UA 4 Former districts of: E UB Chester E UE Ellesmere Port & Neston E UH Vale Royal E ET Halton UA E EU Warrington UA E Cumbria E UB Allerdale E UC Barrow-in-Furness E UD Carlisle E UE Copeland E UF Eden E UG South Lakeland E Greater Manchester (Met County) E BL Bolton E BM Bury E BN Manchester E BP Oldham E BQ Rochdale E BR Salford E BS Stockport E BT Tameside E BU Trafford E BW Wigan E Lancashire E UD Burnley E UE Chorley Office for National Statistics 59

60 E UF Fylde E UG Hyndburn E UH Lancaster E UJ Pendle E UK Preston E UL Ribble Valley E UM Rossendale E UN South Ribble E UP West Lancashire E UQ Wyre E Merseyside (Met County) E BX Knowsley E BY Liverpool E CA Sefton E BZ St. Helens E CB Wirral E D YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER E FB East Riding of Yorkshire UA E FA Kingston upon Hull, City of UA E FC North East Lincolnshire UA E FD North Lincolnshire UA E FF York UA E North Yorkshire E UB Craven E UC Hambleton E UD Harrogate E UE Richmondshire E UF Ryedale E UG Scarborough E UH Selby E South Yorkshire (Met County) E CC Barnsley E CE Doncaster E CF Rotherham E CG Sheffield E West Yorkshire (Met County) E CX Bradford E CY Calderdale E CZ Kirklees Office for National Statistics 60

61 E DA Leeds E DB Wakefield E E EAST MIDLANDS E FK Derby UA E FN Leicester UA E FY Nottingham UA E FP Rutland UA E Derbyshire E UB Amber Valley E UC Bolsover E UD Chesterfield E UF Derbyshire Dales E UG Erewash E UH High Peak E UJ North East Derbyshire E UK South Derbyshire E Leicestershire E UB Blaby E UC Charnwood E UD Harborough E UE Hinckley and Bosworth E UG Melton E UH North West Leicestershire E UJ Oadby and Wigston E Lincolnshire E UB Boston E UC East Lindsey E UD Lincoln E UE North Kesteven E UF South Holland E UG South Kesteven E UH West Lindsey E Northamptonshire E UB Corby E UC Daventry E UD East Northamptonshire E UE Kettering E UF Northampton E UG South Northamptonshire Office for National Statistics 61

62 E UH Wellingborough E Nottinghamshire E UB Ashfield E UC Bassetlaw E UD Broxtowe E UE Gedling E UF Mansfield E UG Newark and Sherwood E UJ Rushcliffe E F WEST MIDLANDS E GA Herefordshire, County of UA E GG Shropshire UA 5 Former districts of: E UB Bridgnorth E UC North Shropshire E UD Oswestry E UE Shrewsbury and Atcham E UF South Shropshire E GL Stoke-on-Trent UA E GF Telford and Wrekin UA E Staffordshire E UB Cannock Chase E UC East Staffordshire E UD Lichfield E UE Newcastle-under-Lyme E UF South Staffordshire E UG Stafford E UH Staffordshire Moorlands E UK Tamworth E Warwickshire E UB North Warwickshire E UC Nuneaton and Bedworth E UD Rugby E UE Stratford-on-Avon E UF Warwick E West Midlands (Met County) E CN Birmingham E CQ Coventry Office for National Statistics 62

63 E CR Dudley E CS Sandwell E CT Solihull E CU Walsall E CW Wolverhampton E Worcestershire E UB Bromsgrove E UC Malvern Hills E UD Redditch E UE Worcester E UF Wychavon E UG Wyre Forest E G EAST E KB Bedford UA 6 Former district of: E UD Bedford E KC Central Bedfordshire UA 7 Former districts of: E UC Mid Bedfordshire E UE South Bedfordshire E KA Luton UA E JA Peterborough UA E KF Southend-on-Sea UA E KG Thurrock UA E Cambridgeshire E UB Cambridge E UC East Cambridgeshire E UD Fenland E UE Huntingdonshire E UG South Cambridgeshire E Essex E UB Basildon E UC Braintree E UD Brentwood E UE Castle Point E UF Chelmsford E UG Colchester E UH Epping Forest Office for National Statistics 63

64 E UJ Harlow E UK Maldon E UL Rochford E UN Tendring E UQ Uttlesford E Hertfordshire E UB Broxbourne E UC Dacorum E UD East Hertfordshire E UE Hertsmere E UF North Hertfordshire E UG St Albans 8 E UH Stevenage E UJ Three Rivers E UK Watford E UL Welwyn Hatfield 9 E Norfolk E UB Breckland E UC Broadland E UD Great Yarmouth E UE King s Lynn and West Norfolk E UF North Norfolk E UG Norwich E UH South Norfolk E Suffolk E UB Babergh E UC Forest Heath E UD Ipswich E UE Mid Suffolk E UF St Edmundsbury E UG Suffolk Coastal E UH Waveney E H LONDON E B Inner London E AG Camden E AA City of London E AM Hackney E AN Hammersmith and Fulham E AP Haringey E AU Islington Office for National Statistics 64

65 E AW Kensington and Chelsea E AY Lambeth E AZ Lewisham E BB Newham E BE Southwark E BG Tower Hamlets E BJ Wandsworth E BK Westminster E C Outer London E AB Barking and Dagenham E AC Barnet E AD Bexley E AE Brent E AF Bromley E AH Croydon E AJ Ealing E AK Enfield E AL Greenwich E AQ Harrow E AR Havering E AS Hillingdon E AT Hounslow E AX Kingston upon Thames E BA Merton E BC Redbridge E BD Richmond upon Thames E BF Sutton E BH Waltham Forest E J SOUTH EAST E MA Bracknell Forest UA E ML Brighton and Hove UA E MW Isle of Wight UA E LC Medway UA E MG Milton Keynes UA E MR Portsmouth UA E MC Reading UA E MD Slough UA E MS Southampton UA E MB West Berkshire UA E ME Windsor and Maidenhead UA E MF Wokingham UA Office for National Statistics 65

66 E Buckinghamshire E UB Aylesbury Vale E UC Chiltern E UE South Bucks E UF Wycombe E East Sussex E UC Eastbourne E UD Hastings E UF Lewes E UG Rother E UH Wealden E Hampshire E UB Basingstoke and Deane E UC East Hampshire E UD Eastleigh E UE Fareham E UF Gosport E UG Hart E UH Havant E UJ New Forest E UL Rushmoor E UN Test Valley E UP Winchester E Kent E UB Ashford E UC Canterbury E UD Dartford E UE Dover E UG Gravesham E UH Maidstone E UK Sevenoaks E UL Shepway E UM Swale E UN Thanet E UP Tonbridge and Malling E UQ Tunbridge Wells E Oxfordshire E UB Cherwell E UC Oxford E UD South Oxfordshire E UE Vale of White Horse Office for National Statistics 66

67 E UF West Oxfordshire E Surrey E UB Elmbridge E UC Epsom and Ewell E UD Guildford E UE Mole Valley E UF Reigate and Banstead E UG Runnymede E UH Spelthorne E UJ Surrey Heath E UK Tandridge E UL Waverley E UM Woking E West Sussex E UB Adur E UC Arun E UD Chichester E UE Crawley E UF Horsham E UG Mid Sussex E UH Worthing E K SOUTH WEST E HA Bath and North East Somerset UA E HN Bournemouth UA E HB Bristol, City of UA E HE Cornwall UA 10 Former districts of: E UB Caradon E UC Carrick E UD Kerrier E UE North Cornwall E UF Penwith E UG Restormel E HF Isles of Scilly UA 11 E HC North Somerset UA E HG Plymouth UA E HP Poole UA E HD South Gloucestershire UA E HX Swindon UA E HH Torbay UA Office for National Statistics 67

68 E HY Wiltshire UA 12 Former districts of: E UB Kennet E UC North Wiltshire E UD Salisbury E UF West Wiltshire E Devon E UB East Devon E UC Exeter E UD Mid Devon E UE North Devon E UG South Hams E UH Teignbridge E UK Torridge E UL West Devon E Dorset E UC Christchurch E UD East Dorset E UE North Dorset E UG Purbeck E UH West Dorset E UJ Weymouth and Portland E Gloucestershire E UB Cheltenham E UC Cotswold E UD Forest of Dean E UE Gloucester E UF Stroud E UG Tewkesbury E Somerset E UB Mendip E UC Sedgemoor E UD South Somerset E UE Taunton Deane E UF West Somerset Office for National Statistics 68

69 W WALES W NA Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn W NC Gwynedd / Gwynedd W NE Conwy / Conwy W NG Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych W NJ Flintshire / Sir y Fflint W NL Wrexham / Wrecsam W NN Powys / Powys W NQ Ceredigion / Ceredigion W NS Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro W NU Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin W NX Swansea / Abertawe W NZ Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot W PB Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr W PD The Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg W PT Cardiff / Caerdydd W PF Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf W PH Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful W PK Caerphilly / Caerffili W PL Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent W PM Torfaen / Tor-faen W PP Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy W PR Newport / Casnewydd S SCOTLAND S QA Aberdeen City S QB Aberdeenshire S QC Angus S QD Argyll and Bute S QF Clackmannanshire S QH Dumfries and Galloway S QJ Dundee City S QK East Ayrshire S QL East Dunbartonshire S QM East Lothian S QN East Renfrewshire S QP City of Edinburgh S RJ Eilean Siar 13 S QQ Falkirk S QR Fife S QS Glasgow City S QT Highland S QU Inverclyde Office for National Statistics 69

70 S QW Midlothian S QX Moray S QY North Ayrshire S QZ North Lanarkshire S RA Orkney Islands S RB Perth and Kinross S RC Renfrewshire S QE Scottish Borders S RD Shetland Islands S RE South Ayrshire S RF South Lanarkshire S RG Stirling S QG West Dunbartonshire S RH West Lothian N NORTHERN IRELAND 14 95T N/A Antrim 95X N/A Ards 95O N/A Armagh 95G N/A Ballymena 95D N/A Ballymoney 95Q N/A Banbridge 95Z N/A Belfast 95V N/A Carrickfergus 95Y N/A Castlereagh 95C N/A Coleraine 95I N/A Cookstown 95N N/A Craigavon 95A N/A Derry 15 95R N/A Down 95M N/A Dungannon 95L N/A Fermanagh 95F N/A Larne 95B N/A Limavady 95S N/A Lisburn 95H N/A Magherafelt 95E N/A Moyle 95P N/A Newry and Mourne 95U N/A Newtownabbey 95W N/A North Down 95K N/A Omagh 95J N/A Strabane Office for National Statistics 70

71 Annex F: Footnotes 1 County Durham UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester-le-Street, Derwentside, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley. 2 Northumberland UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale and Wansbeck. 3 Cheshire East UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich and Macclesfield. 4 Cheshire West and Chester UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston and Vale Royal. 5 Shropshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. 6 Bedford UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former district of Bedford. 7 Central Bedfordshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire. 8 St Albans was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April Cornwall UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. 11 The Isles of Scilly were recoded on 1 April They are separately administered by an Isles of Scilly council and do not form part of Cornwall UA but, for the purposes of the presentation of statistical data, they may be combined with Cornwall UA. 12 Wiltshire UA, operative 1 April 2009, is the same area covered by the former districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire. 13 Formerly known as the Western Isles. 14 There are no nine character codes available, at the time of this publication, for the district council areas in Northern Ireland. 15 NISRA have confirmed the term 'Derry' should be used in preference to Derry City. Office for National Statistics 71