Presentation Guidance for Administrative Geographies

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

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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... 10 Contact ONS Geography... 10 Annex A: Example of the presentation of statistics by region without reference to former/abolished counties and districts... 11 Annex A: Footnotes... 23 Annex B: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former local authority districts (abolished in 2009)... 24 Annex B: Footnotes... 37 Annex C: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former counties and districts (abolished 1996-1998 and 2009) for use in historical or time-series purposes... 38 Annex C: Footnotes... 52 Annex D: Presentation order for London region if sub-divisions of Inner and Outer London are required... 55 Annex E: Presentation order for London region if no sub-division is required... 57 Annex F: Lookup for current codes to former codes - UK administrative geographies; including the former local authority districts in England (abolished in 2009)... 58 Annex F: Footnotes... 71 Office for National Statistics 3

Introduction This guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the local authority districts of St Albans and Welwyn Hatfield operative from 1 April 2012. 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 2011. 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 2011. 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 2009. 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 0-11-702039-7) 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 1996-1998 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

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 2012. 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

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

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

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 2009. The RGC recommends that these sub-totals are included until the 2011 Census results are released in 2013. 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 1996-1998 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 2009. 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 E06000053 and formerly 00HF). For statistical presentation purposes the Isles of Office for National Statistics 8

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

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 2011. 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 2013. 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

Annex A: Example of the presentation of statistics by region without reference to former/abolished counties and districts Area Codes 1 K02000001 K03000001 K04000001 E92000001 Area names UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) ENGLAND E12000001 NORTH EAST E06000047 County Durham UA 2 E06000005 Darlington UA E06000001 Hartlepool UA E06000002 Middlesbrough UA E06000048 Northumberland UA 3 E06000003 Redcar and Cleveland UA E06000004 Stockton-on-Tees UA E11000004 E08000020 E08000021 E08000022 E08000023 E08000024 E12000002 Tyne and Wear (Met County) Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland NORTH WEST E06000008 Blackburn with Darwen UA E06000009 Blackpool UA E06000049 Cheshire East UA 4 E06000050 Cheshire West and Chester UA 5 E06000006 Halton UA E06000007 Warrington UA E10000006 E07000026 E07000027 E07000028 E07000029 E07000030 E07000031 Cumbria Allerdale Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle Copeland Eden South Lakeland Office for National Statistics 11

E11000001 E08000001 E08000002 E08000003 E08000004 E08000005 E08000006 E08000007 E08000008 E08000009 E08000010 E10000017 E07000117 E07000118 E07000119 E07000120 E07000121 E07000122 E07000123 E07000124 E07000125 E07000126 E07000127 E07000128 E11000002 E08000011 E08000012 E08000014 E08000013 E08000015 E12000003 E06000011 E06000010 E06000012 E06000013 E06000014 E10000023 E07000163 E07000164 E07000165 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

E07000166 E07000167 E07000168 E07000169 E11000003 E08000016 E08000017 E08000018 E08000019 E11000006 E08000032 E08000033 E08000034 E08000035 E08000036 E12000004 E06000015 E06000016 E06000018 E06000017 E10000007 E07000032 E07000033 E07000034 E07000035 E07000036 E07000037 E07000038 E07000039 E10000018 E07000129 E07000130 E07000131 E07000132 E07000133 E07000134 E07000135 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

E10000019 E07000136 E07000137 E07000138 E07000139 E07000140 E07000141 E07000142 E10000021 E07000150 E07000151 E07000152 E07000153 E07000154 E07000155 E07000156 E10000024 E07000170 E07000171 E07000172 E07000173 E07000174 E07000175 E07000176 E12000005 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 E06000019 Herefordshire, County of UA E06000051 Shropshire UA 6 E06000021 Stoke-on-Trent UA E06000020 Telford and Wrekin UA E10000028 E07000192 E07000193 E07000194 E07000195 E07000196 E07000197 E07000198 E07000199 Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth Office for National Statistics 14

E10000031 E07000218 E07000219 E07000220 E07000221 E07000222 E11000005 E08000025 E08000026 E08000027 E08000028 E08000029 E08000030 E08000031 E10000034 E07000234 E07000235 E07000236 E07000237 E07000238 E07000239 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 E12000006 EAST E06000055 Bedford UA 7 E06000056 Central Bedfordshire UA 8 E06000032 Luton UA E06000031 Peterborough UA E06000033 Southend-on-Sea UA E06000034 Thurrock UA E10000003 E07000008 E07000009 E07000010 E07000011 E07000012 E10000012 E07000066 E07000067 E07000068 E07000069 Cambridgeshire Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire South Cambridgeshire Essex Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Office for National Statistics 15

E07000070 E07000071 E07000072 E07000073 E07000074 E07000075 E07000076 E07000077 Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford E10000015 Hertfordshire E07000095 Broxbourne E07000096 Dacorum E07000097 East Hertfordshire E07000098 Hertsmere E07000099 North Hertfordshire E07000240 St Albans 9 E07000101 Stevenage E07000102 Three Rivers E07000103 Watford E07000241 Welwyn Hatfield 10 E10000020 E07000143 E07000144 E07000145 E07000146 E07000147 E07000148 E07000149 E10000029 E07000200 E07000201 E07000202 E07000203 E07000204 E07000205 E07000206 E12000007 E13000001 E09000007 E09000001 E09000012 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

E09000013 E09000014 E09000019 E09000020 E09000022 E09000023 E09000025 E09000028 E09000030 E09000032 E09000033 E13000002 E09000002 E09000003 E09000004 E09000005 E09000006 E09000008 E09000009 E09000010 E09000011 E09000015 E09000016 E09000017 E09000018 E09000021 E09000024 E09000026 E09000027 E09000029 E09000031 E12000008 E06000036 E06000043 E06000046 E06000035 E06000042 E06000044 E06000038 E06000039 E06000045 E06000037 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

E06000040 E06000041 E10000002 E07000004 E07000005 E07000006 E07000007 E10000011 E07000061 E07000062 E07000063 E07000064 E07000065 E10000014 E07000084 E07000085 E07000086 E07000087 E07000088 E07000089 E07000090 E07000091 E07000092 E07000093 E07000094 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 E10000016 E07000105 E07000106 E07000107 E07000108 E07000109 E07000110 E07000111 E07000112 E07000113 E07000114 E07000115 E07000116 Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells E10000025 E07000177 Oxfordshire Cherwell Office for National Statistics 18

E07000178 E07000179 E07000180 E07000181 E10000030 E07000207 E07000208 E07000209 E07000210 E07000211 E07000212 E07000213 E07000214 E07000215 E07000216 E07000217 E10000032 E07000223 E07000224 E07000225 E07000226 E07000227 E07000228 E07000229 E12000009 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 E06000022 Bath and North East Somerset UA E06000028 Bournemouth UA E06000023 Bristol, City of UA E06000052 Cornwall UA 11 E06000053 Isles of Scilly UA 12 E06000024 North Somerset UA E06000026 Plymouth UA E06000029 Poole UA E06000025 South Gloucestershire UA E06000030 Swindon UA E06000027 Torbay UA E06000054 Wiltshire UA 13 E10000008 E07000040 E07000041 Devon East Devon Exeter Office for National Statistics 19

E07000042 E07000043 E07000044 E07000045 E07000046 E07000047 E10000009 E07000048 E07000049 E07000050 E07000051 E07000052 E07000053 E10000013 E07000078 E07000079 E07000080 E07000081 E07000082 E07000083 E10000027 E07000187 E07000188 E07000189 E07000190 E07000191 W92000004 W06000001 W06000002 W06000003 W06000004 W06000005 W06000006 W06000023 W06000008 W06000009 W06000010 W06000011 W06000012 W06000013 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

W06000014 W06000015 W06000016 W06000024 W06000018 W06000019 W06000020 W06000021 W06000022 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 S92000003 SCOTLAND S12000033 Aberdeen City S12000034 Aberdeenshire S12000041 Angus S12000035 Argyll and Bute S12000005 Clackmannanshire S12000006 Dumfries and Galloway S12000042 Dundee City S12000008 East Ayrshire S12000009 East Dunbartonshire S12000010 East Lothian S12000011 East Renfrewshire S12000036 City of Edinburgh S12000013 Eilean Siar 14 S12000014 Falkirk S12000015 Fife S12000043 Glasgow City S12000017 Highland S12000018 Inverclyde S12000019 Midlothian S12000020 Moray S12000021 North Ayrshire S12000044 North Lanarkshire S12000023 Orkney Islands S12000024 Perth and Kinross S12000038 Renfrewshire S12000026 Scottish Borders S12000027 Shetland Islands S12000028 South Ayrshire S12000029 South Lanarkshire S12000030 Stirling S12000039 West Dunbartonshire S12000040 West Lothian Office for National Statistics 21

N92000002 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

Annex A: Footnotes 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January 2011. 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 2012. 10 Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April 2012. 11 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 2009. 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

Annex B: Example of the presentation of statistics by region with reference to former local authority districts (abolished in 2009) Area Codes 1 K02000001 K03000001 K04000001 E92000001 Area names UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN (optional sub-total) ENGLAND AND WALES (optional sub-total) ENGLAND E12000001 NORTH EAST E06000047 County Durham UA 2 Former districts of: E07000054 Chester-le-Street E07000055 Derwentside E07000056 Durham E07000057 Easington E07000058 Sedgefield E07000059 Teesdale E07000060 Wear Valley E06000005 Darlington UA E06000001 Hartlepool UA E06000002 Middlesbrough UA E06000048 Northumberland UA 3 Former districts of: E07000157 Alnwick E07000158 Berwick-upon-Tweed E07000159 Blyth Valley E07000160 Castle Morpeth E07000161 Tynedale E07000162 Wansbeck E06000003 E06000004 E11000004 E08000020 E08000021 E08000022 E08000023 E08000024 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

E12000002 NORTH WEST E06000008 Blackburn with Darwen UA E06000009 Blackpool UA E06000049 Cheshire East UA 4 Former districts of: E07000014 Congleton E07000015 Crewe and Nantwich E07000017 Macclesfield E06000050 Cheshire West and Chester UA 5 Former districts of: E07000013 Chester E07000016 Ellesmere Port & Neston E07000018 Vale Royal E06000006 E06000007 E10000006 E07000026 E07000027 E07000028 E07000029 E07000030 E07000031 E11000001 E08000001 E08000002 E08000003 E08000004 E08000005 E08000006 E08000007 E08000008 E08000009 E08000010 E10000017 E07000117 E07000118 E07000119 E07000120 E07000121 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

E07000122 E07000123 E07000124 E07000125 E07000126 E07000127 E07000128 E11000002 E08000011 E08000012 E08000014 E08000013 E08000015 E12000003 E06000011 E06000010 E06000012 E06000013 E06000014 E10000023 E07000163 E07000164 E07000165 E07000166 E07000167 E07000168 E07000169 E11000003 E08000016 E08000017 E08000018 E08000019 E11000006 E08000032 E08000033 E08000034 E08000035 E08000036 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

E12000004 E06000015 E06000016 E06000018 E06000017 E10000007 E07000032 E07000033 E07000034 E07000035 E07000036 E07000037 E07000038 E07000039 E10000018 E07000129 E07000130 E07000131 E07000132 E07000133 E07000134 E07000135 E10000019 E07000136 E07000137 E07000138 E07000139 E07000140 E07000141 E07000142 E10000021 E07000150 E07000151 E07000152 E07000153 E07000154 E07000155 E07000156 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

E10000024 E07000170 E07000171 E07000172 E07000173 E07000174 E07000175 E07000176 E12000005 Nottinghamshire Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe WEST MIDLANDS E06000019 Herefordshire, County of UA E06000051 Shropshire UA 6 Former districts of: E07000182 Bridgnorth E07000183 North Shropshire E07000184 Oswestry E07000185 Shrewsbury and Atcham E07000186 South Shropshire E06000021 E06000020 E10000028 E07000192 E07000193 E07000194 E07000195 E07000196 E07000197 E07000198 E07000199 E10000031 E07000218 E07000219 E07000220 E07000221 E07000222 E11000005 E08000025 E08000026 E08000027 E08000028 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

E08000029 E08000030 E08000031 E10000034 E07000234 E07000235 E07000236 E07000237 E07000238 E07000239 Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest E12000006 EAST E06000055 Bedford UA 7 Former district of: E07000002 Bedford E06000056 Central Bedfordshire UA 8 Former districts of: E07000001 Mid Bedfordshire E07000003 South Bedfordshire E06000032 E06000031 E06000033 E06000034 E10000003 E07000008 E07000009 E07000010 E07000011 E07000012 E10000012 E07000066 E07000067 E07000068 E07000069 E07000070 E07000071 E07000072 E07000073 E07000074 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

E07000075 E07000076 E07000077 Rochford Tendring Uttlesford E10000015 Hertfordshire E07000095 Broxbourne E07000096 Dacorum E07000097 East Hertfordshire E07000098 Hertsmere E07000099 North Hertfordshire E07000240 St Albans 9 E07000101 Stevenage E07000102 Three Rivers E07000103 Watford E07000241 Welwyn Hatfield 10 E10000020 E07000143 E07000144 E07000145 E07000146 E07000147 E07000148 E07000149 E10000029 E07000200 E07000201 E07000202 E07000203 E07000204 E07000205 E07000206 E12000007 E13000001 E09000007 E09000001 E09000012 E09000013 E09000014 E09000019 E09000020 E09000022 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

E09000023 E09000025 E09000028 E09000030 E09000032 E09000033 E13000002 E09000002 E09000003 E09000004 E09000005 E09000006 E09000008 E09000009 E09000010 E09000011 E09000015 E09000016 E09000017 E09000018 E09000021 E09000024 E09000026 E09000027 E09000029 E09000031 E12000008 E06000036 E06000043 E06000046 E06000035 E06000042 E06000044 E06000038 E06000039 E06000045 E06000037 E06000040 E06000041 E10000002 E07000004 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

E07000005 E07000006 E07000007 E10000011 E07000061 E07000062 E07000063 E07000064 E07000065 E10000014 E07000084 E07000085 E07000086 E07000087 E07000088 E07000089 E07000090 E07000091 E07000092 E07000093 E07000094 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 E10000016 E07000105 E07000106 E07000107 E07000108 E07000109 E07000110 E07000111 E07000112 E07000113 E07000114 E07000115 E07000116 Kent Ashford Canterbury Dartford Dover Gravesham Maidstone Sevenoaks Shepway Swale Thanet Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells E10000025 E07000177 E07000178 E07000179 E07000180 E07000181 Oxfordshire Cherwell Oxford South Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse West Oxfordshire Office for National Statistics 32

E10000030 E07000207 E07000208 E07000209 E07000210 E07000211 E07000212 E07000213 E07000214 E07000215 E07000216 E07000217 E10000032 E07000223 E07000224 E07000225 E07000226 E07000227 E07000228 E07000229 E12000009 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 E06000022 Bath and North East Somerset UA E06000028 Bournemouth UA E06000023 Bristol, City of UA E06000052 Cornwall UA 11 Former districts of: E07000019 Caradon E07000020 Carrick E07000021 Kerrier E07000022 North Cornwall E07000023 Penwith E07000024 Restormel E06000053 Isles of Scilly UA 12 E06000024 North Somerset UA E06000026 Plymouth UA E06000029 Poole UA E06000025 South Gloucestershire UA E06000030 Swindon UA E06000027 Torbay UA E06000054 Wiltshire UA 13 Office for National Statistics 33

E07000230 E07000231 E07000232 E07000233 E10000008 E07000040 E07000041 E07000042 E07000043 E07000044 E07000045 E07000046 E07000047 E10000009 E07000048 E07000049 E07000050 E07000051 E07000052 E07000053 E10000013 E07000078 E07000079 E07000080 E07000081 E07000082 E07000083 E10000027 E07000187 E07000188 E07000189 E07000190 E07000191 W92000004 W06000001 W06000002 W06000003 W06000004 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

W06000005 W06000006 W06000023 W06000008 W06000009 W06000010 W06000011 W06000012 W06000013 W06000014 W06000015 W06000016 W06000024 W06000018 W06000019 W06000020 W06000021 W06000022 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 S92000003 SCOTLAND S12000033 Aberdeen City S12000034 Aberdeenshire S12000041 Angus S12000035 Argyll and Bute S12000005 Clackmannanshire S12000006 Dumfries and Galloway S12000042 Dundee City S12000008 East Ayrshire S12000009 East Dunbartonshire S12000010 East Lothian S12000011 East Renfrewshire S12000036 City of Edinburgh S12000013 Eilean Siar 14 S12000014 Falkirk S12000015 Fife S12000043 Glasgow City S12000017 Highland S12000018 Inverclyde S12000019 Midlothian S12000020 Moray S12000021 North Ayrshire S12000044 North Lanarkshire S12000023 Orkney Islands S12000024 Perth and Kinross Office for National Statistics 35

S12000038 S12000026 S12000027 S12000028 S12000029 S12000030 S12000039 S12000040 Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland Islands South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian N92000002 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

Annex B: Footnotes 1 Area codes, in nine character format, operative from 1 January 2011. 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 2012. 10 Welwyn Hatfield was recoded to reflect a boundary change, operative from 1 April 2012. 11 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 2009. 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