In this section
- Relationship of NUTS areas to UK administrative geographies
- North East (England)
- North West (England)
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- East Midlands (England)
- West Midlands (England)
- East of England
- London
- South East (England)
- South West (England)
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Changes to NUTS boundaries in Scotland and Northern Ireland
1. Relationship of NUTS areas to UK administrative geographies
Within the UK, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) areas / local administrative units (LAUs) are determined as shown in the tables below.
NUTS areas are stable and will only be amended periodically.
LAUs are amended annually to reflect administrative boundary changes.
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) areas
| NUTS Level | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| England | Government office regions (GORs)* | Counties/groups of counties | Counties/groups of unitary authorities |
| Scotland | Scotland | Combinations of council areas, local enterprise companies (LECs) and parts thereof | Combinations of council areas, LECs and parts thereof |
| Wales | Wales | Groups of unitary authorities | Groups of unitary authorities |
| Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Groups of district council areas |
| Total in UK | 12 | 37 | 139 |
| Notes: | |||
| 1. * GORs were closed at the end of March 2011. From 1 April 2011 the areas previously covered by GORs should be referred to as 'regions' for statistical purposes. | |||
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Local Administrative Units (LAUs)
| LAU, Level | 1 | 2 |
| England | Local authority districts/unitary authorities | Electoral wards/divisions |
| Scotland | Combinations of council areas, LECs and parts thereof | Electoral wards or, rarely, parts thereof |
| Wales | Unitary authorities | Electoral Wards |
| Northern Ireland | District council areas | Electoral wards |
| Total in UK | 415 | c 10,000 |
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.xls2. North East (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
North East (England) is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative units) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas within North East (England): | |
| Tees Valley and Durham | |
| Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | |
| These two NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Tees Valley and Durham | Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| South Teesside | |
| Darlington | |
| Durham CC | |
| Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | Northumberland |
| Tyneside | |
| Sunderland | |
| These seven NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees | Hartlepool |
| Stockton-on-Tees | |
| South Teesside | Middlesbrough |
| Redcar and Cleveland | |
| Darlington | Darlington |
| Durham CC | County Durham |
| Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Tyneside | Gateshead |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| North Tyneside | |
| South Tyneside | |
| Sunderland | Sunderland |
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.xls3. North West (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
North West (England) is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in North West (England): | |
| Cumbria | |
| Cheshire | |
| Greater Manchester | |
| Lancashire | |
| Merseyside | |
| These five NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Cumbria | West Cumbria |
| East Cumbria | |
| Cheshire | Warrington |
| Cheshire East | |
| Cheshire West and Chester | |
| Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester South East |
| Greater Manchester South West | |
| Greater Manchester North East | |
| Greater Manchester North West | |
| Manchester | |
| Lancashire | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Blackpool | |
| Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| East Lancashire | |
| Mid Lancashire | |
| Lancaster and Wyre | |
| Merseyside | East Merseyside |
| Liverpool | |
| Sefton | |
| Wirral | |
| These NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| West Cumbria | Allerdale |
| Barrow-in-Furness | |
| Copeland | |
| East Cumbria | Carlisle |
| Eden | |
| South Lakeland | |
| Warrington | Warrington |
| Cheshire East | Cheshire East |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Greater Manchester South East | Stockport |
| Tameside | |
| Greater Manchester South West | Salford |
| Trafford | |
| Greater Manchester North East | Rochdale |
| Oldham | |
| Bury | |
| Greater Manchester North West | Bolton |
| Wigan | |
| Manchester | Manchester |
| Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Blackpool | Blackpool |
| Chorley and West Lancashire | Chorley |
| West Lancashire | |
| East Lancashire | Burnley |
| Hyndburn | |
| Pendle | |
| Rossendale | |
| Mid Lancashire | Fylde |
| Preston | |
| Ribble Valley | |
| South Ribble | |
| Lancaster and Wyre | Lancaster |
| Wyre | |
| East Merseyside | Knowsley |
| St Helens | |
| Halton | |
| Liverpool | Liverpool |
| Sefton | Sefton |
| Wirral | Wirral |
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.xls4. Yorkshire and The Humber
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
Yorkshire and The Humber is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in Yorkshire and The Humber: | |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | |
| North Yorkshire | |
| South Yorkshire | |
| West Yorkshire | |
| These four NUTS 2 areas are subdivided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| North and North East Lincolnshire | |
| North Yorkshire | York |
| North Yorkshire CC | |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham |
| Sheffield | |
| West Yorkshire | Bradford |
| Leeds | |
| Calderdale and Kirklees | |
| Wakefield | |
| These 11 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| North and North East Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire |
| North Lincolnshire | |
| York | York |
| North Yorkshire CC | Craven |
| Hambleton | |
| Harrogate | |
| Richmondshire | |
| Ryedale | |
| Scarborough | |
| Selby | |
| Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham | Barnsley |
| Doncaster | |
| Rotherham | |
| Sheffield | Sheffield |
| Bradford | Bradford |
| Leeds | Leeds |
| Calderdale and Kirklees | Calderdale |
| Kirklees | |
| Wakefield | Wakefield |
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.xls5. East Midlands (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
East Midlands (England) is one of 12 NUTS level 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative units) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas within East Midlands (England): | |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | |
| Lincolnshire | |
| These three NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | Derby |
| East Derbyshire | |
| South and West Derbyshire | |
| Nottingham | |
| North Nottinghamshire | |
| South Nottinghamshire | |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | Leicester |
| Leicestershire CC and Rutland | |
| West Northamptonshire | |
| North Northamptonshire | |
| Lincolnshire | Lincolnshire |
| These 11 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Derby | Derby |
| East Derbyshire | Bolsover |
| Chesterfield | |
| North East Derbyshire | |
| South and West Derbyshire | Amber Valley |
| Derbyshire Dales | |
| Erewash | |
| High Peak | |
| South Derbyshire | |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottingham |
| North Nottinghamshire | Ashfield |
| Bassetlaw | |
| Mansfield | |
| Newark and Sherwood | |
| South Nottinghamshire | Broxtowe |
| Gedling | |
| Rushcliffe | |
| Leicester | Leicester |
| Leicestershire CC and Rutland | Blaby |
| Charnwood | |
| Harborough | |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | |
| Melton | |
| North West Leicestershire | |
| Oadby and Wigston | |
| Rutland | |
| West Northamptonshire | Daventry |
| Northampton | |
| South Northamptonshire | |
| North Northamptonshire | Corby |
| East Northamptonshire | |
| Kettering | |
| Wellingborough | |
| Lincolnshire | Boston |
| East Lindsey | |
| Lincoln | |
| North Kesteven | |
| South Holland | |
| South Kesteven | |
| West Lindsey | |
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.xls6. West Midlands (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
West Midlands (England) is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in West Midlands (England): | |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | |
| West Midlands | |
| These three NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | Herefordshire, County of |
| Worcestershire | |
| Warwickshire | |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | Telford and Wrekin |
| Shropshire CC | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Staffordshire CC | |
| West Midlands | Birmingham |
| Solihull | |
| Coventry | |
| Dudley | |
| Walsall | |
| Sandwell | |
| Wolverhampton | |
| These 14 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Herefordshire, County of | Herefordshire, County of |
| Worcestershire | Bromsgrove |
| Malvern Hills | |
| Redditch | |
| Worcester | |
| Wychavon | |
| Wyre Forest | |
| Warwickshire | North Warwickshire |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | |
| Rugby | |
| Stratford-on-Avon | |
| Warwick | |
| Telford and Wrekin | Telford and Wrekin |
| Shropshire CC | Shropshire |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Staffordshire CC | Cannock Chase |
| East Staffordshire | |
| Lichfield | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | |
| South Staffordshire | |
| Stafford | |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | |
| Tamworth | |
| Birmingham | Birmingham |
| Solihull | Solihull |
| Coventry | Coventry |
| Sandwell | Sandwell |
| Walsall | Walsall |
| Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton |
| Dudley | Dudley |
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.xls7. East of England
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
East of England is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative units) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas within East of England: | |
| East Anglia | |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| Essex | |
| These three NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| East Anglia | Norwich and East Norfolk |
| North and West Norfolk | |
| Breckland and South Norfolk | |
| Peterborough | |
| Suffolk | |
| Cambridgeshire CC | |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | Luton |
| Bedford | |
| Central Bedfordshire | |
| Hertfordshire | |
| Essex | Heart of Essex |
| Essex Thames Gateway | |
| Essex Haven Gateway | |
| West Essex | |
| Southend-on-Sea | |
| Thurrock | |
| These 11 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Peterborough | Peterborough |
| Cambridgeshire CC | Cambridge |
| East Cambridgeshire | |
| Fenland | |
| Huntingdonshire | |
| South Cambridgeshire | |
| Breckland and South Norfolk | Breckland |
| South Norfolk | |
| Norwich and East Norfolk | Broadland |
| Norwich | |
| Great Yarmouth | |
| North and West Norfolk | North Norfolk |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | |
| Suffolk | Babergh |
| Forest Heath | |
| Ipswich | |
| Mid Suffolk | |
| St. Edmundsbury | |
| Suffolk Coastal | |
| Waveney | |
| Luton | Luton |
| Bedford | Bedford |
| Central Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire |
| Hertfordshire | Broxbourne |
| Dacorum | |
| East Hertfordshire | |
| Hertsmere | |
| North Hertfordshire | |
| St Albans | |
| Stevenage | |
| Three Rivers | |
| Watford | |
| Welwyn Hatfield | |
| Southend-on-Sea | Southend-on-Sea |
| Thurrock | Thurrock |
| Essex Thames Gateway | Basildon |
| Castle Point | |
| Rochford | |
| Essex Haven Gateway | Braintree |
| Colchester | |
| Tendring | |
| Heart of Essex | Brentwood |
| Chelmsford | |
| Maldon | |
| West Essex | Epping Forest |
| Harlow | |
| Uttlesford | |
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.xls8. London
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
London is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative units) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas within London: | |
| Inner London – West | |
| Inner London – East | |
| Outer London – East and North East | |
| Outer London – South | |
| Outer London – West and North West | |
| These NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Inner London - East | Haringey and Islington |
| Hackney and Newham | |
| Lambeth | |
| Lewisham and Southwark | |
| Tower hamlets | |
| Inner London - West | Camden and City of London |
| Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | |
| Wandsworth | |
| Westminster | |
| Outer London – East and North East | Barking & Dagenham and Havering |
| Bexley and Greenwich | |
| Enfield | |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | |
| Outer London - South | Bromley |
| Croydon | |
| Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | |
| Outer London - West and North West | Barnet |
| Brent | |
| Ealing | |
| Harrow and Hillingdon | |
| Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | |
| These NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Haringey and Islington | Islington |
| Haringey | |
| Hackney and Newham | Hackney |
| Newham | |
| Lambeth | Lambeth |
| Lewisham and Southwark | Lewisham |
| Southwark | |
| Tower Hamlets | Tower Hamlets |
| Camden and City of London | Camden |
| City of London | |
| Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | Hammersmith and Fulham |
| Kensington and Chelsea | |
| Wandsworth | Wandsworth |
| Westminster | Westminster |
| Barking & Dagenham and Havering | Barking and Dagenham |
| Havering | |
| Bexley and Greenwich | Bexley |
| Greenwich | |
| Enfield | Enfield |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | Redbridge |
| Waltham Forest | |
| Bromley | Bromley |
| Croydon | Croydon |
| Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | Kingston upon Thames |
| Merton | |
| Sutton | |
| Barnet | Barnet |
| Brent | Brent |
| Ealing | Ealing |
| Harrow and Hillingdon | Harrow |
| Hillingdon | |
| Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | Hounslow |
| Richmond upon Thames | |
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.xls9. South East (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
South East (England) is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in South East (England): | |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | |
| Kent | |
| These four NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | Berkshire |
| Milton Keynes | |
| Buckinghamshire CC | |
| Oxfordshire | |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
| East Surrey | |
| East Sussex CC | |
| West Surrey | |
| West Sussex (North East) | |
| West Sussex (South West) | |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Portsmouth |
| Southampton | |
| Isle of Wight | |
| Central Hampshire | |
| South Hampshire | |
| North Hampshire | |
| Kent | Kent Thames Gateway |
| Mid Kent | |
| West Kent | |
| East Kent | |
| Medway | |
| These 21 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Berkshire | Bracknell Forest |
| Reading | |
| Slough | |
| West Berkshire | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | |
| Wokingham | |
| Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes |
| Buckinghamshire CC | Aylesbury Vale |
| Chiltern | |
| South Bucks | |
| Wycombe | |
| Oxfordshire | Cherwell |
| Oxford | |
| South Oxfordshire | |
| Vale of White Horse | |
| West Oxfordshire | |
| Brighton and Hove | Brighton and Hove |
| East Surrey | Epsom and Ewell |
| Mole Valley | |
| Reigate and Banstead | |
| Tandridge | |
| East Sussex CC | Eastbourne |
| Hastings | |
| Lewes | |
| Rother | |
| Wealden | |
| West Surrey | Elmbridge |
| Guildford | |
| Runnymede | |
| Spelthorne | |
| Surrey Heath | |
| Waverley | |
| Woking | |
| West Sussex (North East) | Crawley |
| Horsham | |
| Mid Sussex | |
| West Sussex (South West) | Adur |
| Arun | |
| Chicherster | |
| Worthing | |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Southampton | Southampton |
| Central Hampshire | East Hampshire |
| New Forest | |
| Test Valley | |
| Winchester | |
| North Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane |
| Hart | |
| Rushmoor | |
| South Hampshire | Eastleigh |
| Fareham | |
| Gosport | |
| Havant | |
| Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
| Medway | Medway |
| East Kent | Canterbury |
| Dover | |
| Shepway | |
| Thanet | |
| Mid Kent | Ashford |
| Maidstone | |
| West Kent | Sevenoaks |
| Tonbridge and Malling | |
| Tunbridge Wells | |
| Kent Thames Gateway | Dartford |
| Gravesham | |
| Swale | |
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.xls10. South West (England)
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
South West (England) is one of 12 NUTS level 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative units) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in South West (England): | |
| Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | |
| Dorset and Somerset | |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |
| Devon | |
| These four NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | Bristol, City of |
| Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | |
| Gloucestershire | |
| Swindon | |
| Wiltshire CC | |
| Dorset and Somerset | Bournemouth and Poole |
| Dorset CC | |
| Somerset | |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Devon | Plymouth |
| Torbay | |
| Devon CC | |
| These 12 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Bristol, City of | Bristol, City of |
| Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | Bath and North East Somerset |
| North Somerset | |
| South Gloucestershire | |
| Gloucestershire | Cheltenham |
| Cotswold | |
| Forest of Dean | |
| Gloucester | |
| Stroud | |
| Tewkesbury | |
| Swindon | Swindon |
| Wiltshire CC | Wiltshire |
| Bournemouth and Poole | Bournemouth |
| Poole | |
| Dorset CC | Christchurch |
| East Dorset | |
| North Dorset | |
| Purbeck | |
| West Dorset | |
| Weymouth and Portland | |
| Somerset | Mendip |
| Sedgemoor | |
| South Somerset | |
| Taunton Deane | |
| West Somerset | |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | Cornwall |
| Isles of Scilly | |
| Plymouth | Plymouth |
| Torbay | Torbay |
| Devon CC | East Devon |
| Exeter | |
| Mid Devon | |
| North Devon | |
| South Hams | |
| Teignbridge | |
| Torridge | |
| West Devon | |
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.xls11. Scotland
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas. used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
Scotland is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in Scotland: | |
| Eastern Scotland | |
| Highlands and Islands | |
| North Eastern Scotland | |
| South Western Scotland | |
| These four NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Eastern Scotland | Angus and Dundee City |
| Clackmannanshire and Fife | |
| East Lothian and Midlothian | |
| Scottish Borders | |
| Edinburgh. City of | |
| Falkirk | |
| Perth & Kinross and Stirling | |
| West Lothian | |
| Highlands and Islands | Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty |
| Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey | |
| Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute | |
| Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | |
| Orkney Islands | |
| Shetland Islands | |
| North Eastern Scotland | Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |
| South Western Scotland | Dumfries & Galloway |
| East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond | |
| East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland | |
| Glasgow City | |
| Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire | |
| North Lanarkshire | |
| South Ayrshire | |
| South Lanarkshire | |
| The 23 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Angus and Dundee City | Angus |
| Dundee City | |
| Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty | Caithness & Sutherland |
| Ross & Cromarty | |
| Edinburgh, City of | Edinburgh, City of |
| Clackmannanshire and Fife | Clackmannanshire |
| Fife | |
| Dumfries & Galloway | Dumfries & Galloway |
| East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland | East Ayrshire |
| North Ayrshire Mainland | |
| East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh & Lomond | East Dunbartonshire |
| Helensburgh & Lomond | |
| West Dunbartonshire | |
| East Lothian and Midlothian | East Lothian |
| Midlothian | |
| Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | Eilean Siar (Western Isles) |
| Falkirk | Falkirk |
| Glasgow City | Glasgow City |
| Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire | East Renfrewshire |
| Inverclyde | |
| Renfrewshire | |
| Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey | Badenoch & Strathspey |
| Inverness & Nairn | |
| North East Moray | |
| West Moray | |
| South Ayrshire | South Ayrshire |
| South Lanarkshire | South Lanarkshire |
| Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire | Aberdeen City |
| Aberdeenshire | |
| Scottish Borders | Scottish Borders |
| West Lothian | West Lothian |
| Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute | Arran & Cumbrae |
| Argyll & Bute Islands | |
| Argyll & Bute Mainland | |
| Lochaber | |
| Skye & Lochalsh | |
| North Lanarkshire | North Lanarkshire |
| Orkney Islands | Orkney Islands |
| Shetland Islands | Shetland Islands |
| Perth & Kinross and Sterling | Perth & Kinross |
| Sterling | |
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.xls12. Wales
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
Wales is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| NUTS 2 areas in Wales: | |
| East Wales | |
| West Wales | |
| These two NUTS 2 areas are divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| West Wales | Isle of Anglesey |
| Gwynedd | |
| Conwy and Denbighshire | |
| South West Wales | |
| Central Valleys | |
| Gwent Valleys | |
| Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot | |
| Swansea | |
| East Wales | Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | |
| Flintshire and Wrexham | |
| Powys | |
| These 12 NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Isle of Anglesey | Isle of Anglesey |
| Gwynedd | Gwynedd |
| Conwy and Denbighshire | Conwy |
| Denbighshire | |
| South West Wales | Carmarthenshire |
| Ceredigion | |
| Pembrokeshire | |
| Central Valleys | Merthyr Tydfil |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | |
| Gwent Valleys | Blaenau Gwent |
| Caerphilly | |
| Torfaen | |
| Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot | Bridgend |
| Neath Port Talbot | |
| Swansea | Swansea |
| Monmouthshire and Newport | Monmouthshire |
| Newport | |
| Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | Cardiff |
| Vale of Glamorgan | |
| Flintshire and Wrexham | Flintshire |
| Wrexham | |
| Powys | Powys |
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.xls13. Northern Ireland
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a hierarchical classification of administrative areas, used across the European Union (EU) for statistical purposes.
Northern Ireland is one of 12 NUTS 1 areas in the UK.
The breakdown into NUTS 2 and 3 and LAU (local administrative unit) 1 areas
| As well as being a NUTS 1 area, Northern Ireland also has the status of a NUTS 2 area. Thereafter, it is divided into the following NUTS 3 areas: | |
| Belfast | |
| East of Northern Ireland | |
| North of Northern Ireland | |
| West and South of Northern Ireland | |
| Outer Belfast | |
| These five NUTS 3 areas are divided into the following LAU 1 areas: | |
| Belfast | Belfast |
| Outer Belfast | Carrickfergus |
| Castlereagh | |
| Lisburn | |
| Newtownabbey | |
| North Down | |
| East of Northern Ireland | Antrim |
| Ards | |
| Ballymena | |
| Banbridge | |
| Craigavon | |
| Down | |
| Larne | |
| North of Northern Ireland | Ballymoney |
| Coleraine | |
| Derry | |
| Limavady | |
| Moyle | |
| Strabane | |
| West and South of Northern Ireland | Armagh |
| Cookstown | |
| Dungannon | |
| Fermanagh | |
| Magherafelt | |
| Newry and Mourne | |
| Omagh | |
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.xls14. Changes to NUTS boundaries in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Following consultation, there will be changes to some NUTS boundaries from January 2018. NUTS areas in England and Wales will remain unchanged but there will be changes in Scotland (at NUTS2) and in Northern Ireland (at NUTS3). In Scotland a fifth NUTS2 area will be created (Southern Scotland) by reducing the size of two existing NUTS2 areas, while in Northen Ireland change is necessary because of local government reorganisation. The new NUTS3 areas will match the 11 local authorities. Supporting geography products will be available from the Open Geography portal later this year. Current NUTS boundaries remain operative for statistical purposes until 1st January 2018.
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