APPENDIX
4
Nomenclature of Units for
Territorial Statistics (NUTS)
On 29 June 1998 the Government
announced that agreement had been reached with Eurostat, the Statistical
Office of the European Union, on a new classification of United
Kingdom areas for European purposes. The classification is known
as the Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS).
The new structure generally follows
the scheme below:
| Level
| Proposed Structure
| Number of areas
|
| Type of area
|
| England
| Scotland* and Wales
| Northern Ireland
|
| 1
| Government Office Regions
| Countries
| Country
| 12 |
| 2
| Counties (some grouped)
| Groups of unitary authorities
| Country
| 37 |
| 3
| Upper tier authorities (counties)
| Groups of unitary authorities
| Groups of unitary authorities
| Groups of districts
| 133 |
| 4
| Lower tier authorities (districts)
| Individual unitary authorities
| Individual unitary authorities
| Individual districts
| 443 |
| 5
| Wards
| Wards
| Wards
| About 11,000
|
* In Scotland, Levels 2,
3 and 4 areas are combinations of unitary authorities, Local Enterprise
Councils (LECs) or parts thereof.
|
