| ITL 1 regions | |
| Alt Name: | NUTS 1 regions of the United Kingdom |
| Category: | Statistical regions |
| Territory: | United Kingdom |
| Start Date: | 1994 (as NUTS 1) |
| Current Number: | 12 |
| Number Date: | 2010 |
| Type2: | Country of the United Kingdom (3) |
| Type: | Region of England (9) |
| Population Range: | 1.8–9 million |
| Subdivision: | ITL 2 regions |
International Territorial Level (ITL) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the United Kingdom for statistical purposes, used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). From 2003 and until 2020 it functioned as part of the European Union and European Statistical System's geocode standard Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS.
Following Brexit, the ONS set to develop a domestic statistical classification framework separate from NUTS. Currently, the ITLs are a mirror to the pre-existing NUTS system, they retain the same three level hierarchy and boundaries used for NUTS in the United Kingdom since 2018, with the next review scheduled for 2024. ITLs are set to follow a similar review timetable to NUTS, being reviewed every three years. The ONS will develop new official GSS codes of ITL geography aligned with the existing NUTS codes. From 1 January 2021, the ONS encourages "ITL" be used as a replacement to the "NUTS" designation, with lookups between NUTS and ITL maintained and published until 2023.[1] [2]
The current ITL classification is a mirror of the previous NUTS classification with slight modification, the ONS lists 12 regions at ITL 1, 41 regions at ITL 2, and 179 regions at ITL 3. "UK" in the NUTS codes were replaced with "TL".
The last NUTS classification is dated 21 November 2016 and was effective from 1 January 2018, listed 12 regions at NUTS 1, 40 regions at NUTS 2, and 174 regions at NUTS 3 level.
| Level | Corresponding subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NUTS 1 | Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, 9 statistical regions in England | 12 | |
| NUTS 2 | Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland | 40 | |
| NUTS 3 | counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland | 174 |
| NUTS 1 | Code | NUTS 2 | Code | NUTS 3 | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North East, England | UKC | Tees Valley and Durham | UKC1 | Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees | UKC11 |
| South Teesside (Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland) | UKC12 | ||||
| Darlington | UKC13 | ||||
| County Durham | UKC14 | ||||
| Northumberland and Tyne and Wear | UKC2 | Northumberland | UKC21 | ||
| Tyneside (Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside) | UKC22 | ||||
| Sunderland | UKC23 | ||||
| North West, England | UKD | Cumbria | UKD1 | West Cumbria (Allerdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Copeland) | UKD11 |
| East Cumbria (Carlisle, Eden, South Lakeland) | UKD12 | ||||
| Cheshire | UKD6 | Warrington | UKD61 | ||
| Cheshire East | UKD62 | ||||
| Cheshire West and Chester | UKD63 | ||||
| Greater Manchester | UKD3 | Manchester | UKD33 | ||
| Greater Manchester South West (Salford and Trafford) | UKD34 | ||||
| Greater Manchester South East (Stockport and Tameside) | UKD35 | ||||
| Greater Manchester North West (Bolton and Wigan) | UKD36 | ||||
| Greater Manchester North East (Bury, Oldham and Rochdale) | UKD37 | ||||
| Lancashire | UKD4 | Blackburn with Darwen | UKD41 | ||
| Blackpool | UKD42 | ||||
| Lancaster and Wyre | UKD44 | ||||
| Mid Lancashire (Fylde, Preston, Ribble Valley and South Ribble) | UKD45 | ||||
| East Lancashire (Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale) | UKD46 | ||||
| Chorley and West Lancashire | UKD47 | ||||
| Merseyside | UKD7 | East Merseyside (Knowsley, St Helens and Halton) | UKD71 | ||
| Liverpool | UKD72 | ||||
| Sefton | UKD73 | ||||
| Wirral | UKD74 | ||||
| Yorkshire and the Humber, England | UKE | East Riding and North Lincolnshire | UKE1 | Kingston upon Hull | UKE11 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | UKE12 | ||||
| North and North East Lincolnshire | UKE13 | ||||
| North Yorkshire | UKE2 | York | UKE21 | ||
| North Yorkshire CC | UKE22 | ||||
| South Yorkshire | UKE3 | Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham | UKE31 | ||
| Sheffield | UKE32 | ||||
| West Yorkshire | UKE4 | Bradford | UKE41 | ||
| Leeds | UKE42 | ||||
| Calderdale and Kirklees | UKE44 | ||||
| Wakefield | UKE45 | ||||
| East Midlands, England | UKF | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | UKF1 | Derby | UKF11 |
| East Derbyshire (Bolsover, Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire) | UKF12 | ||||
| South and West Derbyshire (Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, South Derbyshire) | UKF13 | ||||
| Nottingham | UKF14 | ||||
| North Nottinghamshire (Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood) | UKF15 | ||||
| South Nottinghamshire (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe) | UKF16 | ||||
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | UKF2 | Leicester | UKF21 | ||
| Leicestershire CC and Rutland | UKF22 | ||||
| West Northamptonshire (Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire) | UKF24 | ||||
| North Northamptonshire (East Northamptonshire, Corby, Wellingborough and Kettering) | UKF25 | ||||
| Lincolnshire | UKF3 | Lincolnshire CC | UKF30 | ||
| West Midlands, England | UKG | Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire | UKG1 | Herefordshire | UKG11 |
| Worcestershire CC | UKG12 | ||||
| Warwickshire CC | UKG13 | ||||
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | UKG2 | Telford and Wrekin | UKG21 | ||
| Shropshire | UKG22 | ||||
| Stoke-on-Trent | UKG23 | ||||
| Staffordshire CC | UKG24 | ||||
| West Midlands | UKG3 | Birmingham | UKG31 | ||
| Solihull | UKG32 | ||||
| Coventry | UKG33 | ||||
| Dudley | UKG36 | ||||
| Sandwell | UKG37 | ||||
| Walsall | UKG38 | ||||
| Wolverhampton | UKG39 | ||||
| East of England | UKH | East Anglia | UKH1 | Peterborough | UKH11 |
| Cambridgeshire CC | UKH12 | ||||
| Suffolk | UKH14 | ||||
| Norwich and East Norfolk (Broadland and Great Yarmouth) | UKH15 | ||||
| North and West Norfolk | UKH16 | ||||
| Breckland and South Norfolk | UKH17 | ||||
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | UKH2 | Luton | UKH21 | ||
| Bedford | UKH24 | ||||
| Central Bedfordshire | UKH25 | ||||
| Hertfordshire | UKH23 | ||||
| Essex | UKH3 | Southend-on-Sea | UKH31 | ||
| Thurrock | UKH32 | ||||
| Essex Haven Gateway (Braintree, Colchester and Tendring) | UKH34 | ||||
| West Essex (Epping Forest, Harlow and Uttlesford) | UKH35 | ||||
| Heart of Essex (Brentwood, Chelmsford and Maldon) | UKH36 | ||||
| Essex Thames Gateway (Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford) | UKH37 | ||||
| London, England | UKI | Inner London - West | UKI3 | Camden and City of London | UKI31 |
| Westminster | UKI32 | ||||
| Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea | UKI33 | ||||
| Wandsworth | UKI34 | ||||
| Inner London - East | UKI4 | Hackney and Newham | UKI41 | ||
| Tower Hamlets | UKI42 | ||||
| Haringey and Islington | UKI43 | ||||
| Lewisham and Southwark | UKI44 | ||||
| Lambeth | UKI45 | ||||
| Outer London - East and North East | UKI5 | Bexley and Greenwich | UKI51 | ||
| Barking & Dagenham and Havering | UKI52 | ||||
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | UKI53 | ||||
| Enfield | UKI54 | ||||
| Outer London - South | UKI6 | Bromley | UKI61 | ||
| Croydon | UKI62 | ||||
| Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | UKI63 | ||||
| Outer London - West and North West | UKI7 | Barnet | UKI71 | ||
| Brent | UKI72 | ||||
| Ealing | UKI73 | ||||
| Harrow and Hillingdon | UKI74 | ||||
| Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | UKI75 | ||||
| South East, England | UKJ | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire | UKJ1 | Berkshire | UKJ11 |
| Milton Keynes | UKJ12 | ||||
| Buckinghamshire CC | UKJ13 | ||||
| Oxfordshire | UKJ14 | ||||
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | UKJ2 | Brighton and Hove | UKJ21 | ||
| East Sussex CC | UKJ22 | ||||
| West Surrey (Elmbridge, Guildford, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Waverley and Woking) | UKJ25 | ||||
| East Surrey (Epsom and Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge) | UKJ26 | ||||
| West Sussex (South West) - (Adur, Arun, Chichester and Worthing) | UKJ27 | ||||
| West Sussex (North East) - (Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex) | UKJ28 | ||||
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | UKJ3 | Portsmouth | UKJ31 | ||
| Southampton | UKJ32 | ||||
| Isle of Wight | UKJ34 | ||||
| South Hampshire (Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport and Havant) | UKJ35 | ||||
| Central Hampshire (East Hampshire, New Forest, Test Valley and Winchester) | UKJ36 | ||||
| North Hampshire (Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor) | UKJ37 | ||||
| Kent | UKJ4 | Medway | UKJ41 | ||
| Kent Thames Gateway (Dartford, Gravesham and Swale) | UKJ43 | ||||
| East Kent (Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe and Thanet) | UKJ44 | ||||
| Mid Kent (Ashford and Maidstone) | UKJ45 | ||||
| West Kent (Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells) | UKJ46 | ||||
| South West, England | UKK | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area | UKK1 | Bristol | UKK11 |
| Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire | UKK12 | ||||
| Gloucestershire CC | UKK13 | ||||
| Swindon | UKK14 | ||||
| Wiltshire | UKK15 | ||||
| Dorset and Somerset | UKK2 | Bournemouth and Poole | UKK21 | ||
| Dorset CC | UKK22 | ||||
| Somerset | UKK23 | ||||
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | UKK3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | UKK30 | ||
| Devon | UKK4 | Plymouth | UKK41 | ||
| Torbay | UKK42 | ||||
| Devon CC | UKK43 | ||||
| Wales | UKL | West Wales and the Valleys | UKL1 | Isle of Anglesey | UKL11 |
| Gwynedd | UKL12 | ||||
| Conwy and Denbighshire | UKL13 | ||||
| South West Wales (Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire) | UKL14 | ||||
| Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff) | UKL15 | ||||
| Gwent Valleys (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Torfaen) | UKL16 | ||||
| Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot | UKL17 | ||||
| Swansea | UKL18 | ||||
| East Wales | UKL2 | Monmouthshire and Newport | UKL21 | ||
| Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | UKL22 | ||||
| Flintshire and Wrexham | UKL23 | ||||
| Powys | UKL24 | ||||
| Scotland | UKM | Eastern Scotland | UKM2 | Angus and Dundee | UKM21 |
| Clackmannanshire and Fife | UKM22 | ||||
| East Lothian and Midlothian | UKM23 | ||||
| Scottish Borders | UKM24 | ||||
| Edinburgh | UKM25 | ||||
| Falkirk | UKM26 | ||||
| Perth and Kinross, and Stirling | UKM27 | ||||
| West Lothian | UKM28 | ||||
| South Western Scotland | UKM3 | East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond | UKM31 | ||
| Dumfries and Galloway | UKM32 | ||||
| East and North Ayrshire mainland | UKM33 | ||||
| Glasgow | UKM34 | ||||
| Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire | UKM35 | ||||
| North Lanarkshire | UKM36 | ||||
| South Ayrshire | UKM37 | ||||
| South Lanarkshire | UKM38 | ||||
| North Eastern Scotland | UKM5 | Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire | UKM50 | ||
| Highlands and Islands | UKM6 | Caithness and Sutherland, and Ross and Cromarty | UKM61 | ||
| Inverness, Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey | UKM62 | ||||
| Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute (except Helensburgh and Lomond) | UKM63 | ||||
| Eilean Siar (Western Isles) | UKM64 | ||||
| Orkney Islands | UKM65 | ||||
| Shetland Islands | UKM66 | ||||
| Northern Ireland | UKN | Northern Ireland | UKN0 | Belfast | UKN01 |
| Outer Belfast (Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Down) | UKN02 | ||||
| East of Northern Ireland (Antrim, Ards, Ballymena, Banbridge, Craigavon, Down, Larne) | UKN03 | ||||
| North of Northern Ireland (Ballymoney, Coleraine, Derry, Limavady, Moyle, Strabane) | UKN04 | ||||
| West and South of Northern Ireland (Armagh, Cookstown, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Magherafelt, Newry and Mourne, Omagh) | UKN05 | ||||
| Extra-regio NUTS 1 | UKZ | Extra-regio NUTS 2 | UKZZ | Extra-regio NUTS 3 | UKZZZ |
The 12 ITL regions of the United Kingdom are listed below. Population numbers are for mid-2019 (as NUTS 1), and areas are in square kilometres. Data is from the Office for National Statistics.[3]
| ITL 1 region | Population | Area (km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,835,928 | 15,623 | ||
| 6,236,072 | 19,119 | ||
| 8,961,989 | 1,572 | ||
| 1,893,667 | 13,793 | ||
| 2,669,941 | 8,574 | ||
| 7,341,196 | 14,107 | ||
| 5,463,300 | 77,911 | ||
| 9,180,135 | 19,072 | ||
| 5,624,696 | 23,837 | ||
| 3,152,879 | 20,736 | ||
| 5,934,037 | 12,998 | ||
| 5,502,967 | 15,405 | ||
| 66,796,807 | 242,749 |
In the first version in 2003, North Eastern Scotland (which then included part of Moray) was coded UKM1, and Highlands and Islands was coded UKM4.
The current NUTS level 1 codes start with "C" (following "UK") rather than "1" because the new list reflected the revised regions of England and local government changes throughout the UK; "1" to "B" had been used for the 11 regions in the previous coding system.
NUTS 2006 came into force on 1 January 2008.[4]
NUTS 2010 came into force on 1 January 2012.[4]
2010 changes to NUTS 2 also resulting in changes with NUTS 3 regions
2010 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes occurring to NUTS 2 areas
NUTS 2013 came into force on 1 January 2015.[4]
2015 changes to NUTS 3 areas without changes to NUTS 2 areas:
In 2015 the Greater London NUTS 1 area was left unchanged however the previous NUTS 2 area of inner and outer London were abolished and with the previous NUTS 3 areas becoming NUTS 2 areas. Thus NUTS 2 of Inner London West UKI11 becoming the NUTS 3 area of UKI3 and likewise: Inner London East (from UKI12 to UKI4), Outer London East and North East (from UKI21 to UKI5), Outer London South (from UKI22 to UKI6) and Outer London West and North West (from UKI23 to UKI7). The NUTS 3 areas are now a single or a group of two or three boroughs.
Following Brexit, the classification used by the ONS was replaced with ITLs. Between 2021 and the next review scheduled for 2024, the ITLs are a mirror of the NUTS classification adopted in 2018. All NUTS codes containing "UK" were changed to use "TL" for Territorial Level.
Below the ITL levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:
| Level | Subdivisions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU 1 | Lower tier authorities (districts) or individual unitary authorities (England and Wales); Individual unitary authorities or LECs (or parts thereof) (Scotland); Districts (Northern Ireland) | 415 | |
| LAU 2 | Wards (or parts thereof) | 10400 |
The two LAU levels are maintained by the UK Office for National Statistics within the ONS coding system.
The LAU codes of the United Kingdom can be downloaded here:
| ITL 2 regions | |
| Alt Name: | NUTS 2 regions of the United Kingdom |
| Category: | Statistical regions |
| Territory: | United Kingdom |
| Upper Unit: | ITL 1 regions |
| Current Number: | 40 |
| Number Date: | 2015 |
| Subdivision: | ITL 3 regions |
