With apologies for cross-posting.
Re the DCMS press release 148/99,4 June 1999
>Comments by [log in to unmask] (Miriam Robbins) at 11/06/99 12:42
>Stuart,
>I am sure a lot of list members would like to know the area covered by each Regional
>Cultural Consortium. Is there somewhere you could point us to? Or would it be easy
>to list them in an e-mail?
>Thanks,
>Miriam Robbins
Miriam and colleagues - I hope the following info is helpful.
Stuart.
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The RCC geographical areas are the same as for the eight Regional Development Agencies, formally established in England on 1 April, (and for the Regional Government Offices) viz:
East Midlands
The counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire. The non-metropolitan districts of Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Rutland.
Eastern
The counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. The non-metropolitan districts of Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
North East
The counties of Durham and Northumberland. The metropolitan districts of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland. The non-metropolitan districts of
Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.
North West
The counties of Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire. The metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Knowsley, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, St. Helens, Salford, Sefton, Stockport,
Tameside, Trafford, Wigan and Wirral. The non-metropolitan districts of Blackburn with
Darwen, Blackpool, Halton and Warrington.
South East
The counties of Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The non-metropolitan districts of Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, the Medway Towns, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham.
South West
The counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The non-metropolitan districts of Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, North Somerset, Plymouth, Poole, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Torbay. The Isles of Scilly.
West Midlands
The counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. The metropolitan districts of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The
non-metropolitan districts of Herefordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford and Wrekin.
Yorkshire and the Humber
The county of North Yorkshire. The metropolitan districts of Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield. The non-metropolitan districts of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and York.
In addition there is the Greater London Authority, to be established in April 2000. This will have a Cultural Strategy Group.
The 32 London boroughs and the City of London.
Sources:
<http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/80045--f.htm>
<http://www.culture.gov.uk/LRI.HTML>
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Stuart Brewer
Pat Wressell Associates
36 Highbury
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 3EA
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 191 281 3502
Fax: +44 (0) 191 212 0146
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