§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities in England and Wales she classifies as rural. [16583]
§ Alun MichaelThe following list of districts/unitary authorities have been classified as rural by the Countryside Agency for their 1999, 2000 and 2001 State of the Countryside Reports:
North East
- Durham county: Teesdale, Wear Valley
- Northumberland: Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale
North West
- Cheshire county: Chester, Congleton, Crewe and Nantwich, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Vale Royal
- Cumbria: Allerdale, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland
- Lancashire county: Lancaster, Pendle, Ribble Valley, Wyre
Yorkshire and The Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire UA
- North Lincolnshire UA
- Craven, Hambleton. Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale. Scarborough, Selby
East Midlands
- Rutland UA
- Derbyshire county: Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, South Derbyshire
- Leicestershire county: Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire: Boston, East Lindsey, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey
- Northamptonshire: Daventry, East Northamptonshire, South Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire county: Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood, Rushcliffe
West Midlands
- County of Herefordshire UA
- Shropshire county: Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham, South Shropshire
- Staffordshire county: East Staffordshire, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands
- Warwickshire: North Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Worcestershire county: Malvern Hills, Wychavon
East
- Bedfordshire county: Mid Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire county: East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire
- Essex county: Braintree, Maldon, Tendring, Uttlesford
426W - Hertfordshire: East Hertfordshire
- Norfolk: Breckland, Broadland, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, South Norfolk
- Suffolk: Babergh, Forest Heath, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney
South East
- Isle of Wight UA
- West Berkshire UA (Newbury)
- Buckinghamshire county: Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern. Wycombe
- East Sussex county: Lewes, Rother, Wealden
- Hampshire county: East Hampshire, New Forest, Test Valley, Winchester
- Kent county: Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Shepway, Thanet, Tonbridge and Mailing, Tunbridge Wells
- Oxfordshire: Cherwell, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire
- Surrey: Tandridge, Waverley
- West Sussex: Arun, Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex
South West
- Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: Caradon, Carrick, Kerner, North Cornwall, Penwith, Restormel, Isles of Scilly
- Devon county: East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, West Devon
- Dorset county: East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset
- Gloucestershire: Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Stroud, Tewkesbury
- Somerset: Mendip, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, West Somerset
- Wiltshire county: Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire.