HC Deb 15 July 1998 vol 316 c179W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the former county boroughs in England prior to 1973–74 which are not unitary authorities; and what plans he has to extend the system of unitary authorities. [50442]

Mr. Raynsford

The following local authorities were county boroughs prior to 1973 and are not unitary authorities:

  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Burnley
  • Canterbury
  • Carlisle
  • Chester
  • East Staffordshire (Burton-on-Trent)
  • Eastbourne
  • Exeter
  • Gloucester
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Hastings
  • Ipswich
  • Lincoln
  • Northampton
  • Norwich
  • Oxford
  • Preston
  • Worcester.

There are no current plans to extend the system of unitary authorities.

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