NUTS statistical regions of the United Kingdom

NUTS 1 regions of the United Kingdom
Category	Statistical regions
Location	United Kingdom
Created	1994
Number	12 (as of 2010)
Possible status	Region of England (9) Country of the United Kingdom (3)
Additional status	European constituency
Populations	1.8–9 million
Subdivisions	NUTS 2 regions

In the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes of the United Kingdom (UK), the three levels are:

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.

NUTS 2010 came into force on 1 January 2012.

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.

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 UKI112 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.

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

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: [1]

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