Geographical boundaries covered in the participation survey
Updated 9 November 2023
Applies to England
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The international territorial level (ITL) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the United Kingdom for statistical purposes. In England, the Participation Survey covers:
- ITL 1: there are 9 regions, for example, North West England, or London.
- ITL 2: there are 33 regions, for example, East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, or Outer London – East and North East
International territorial level 1 (ITL 1)
Figure 1 shows the boundaries of the nine ITL 1 regions of England that the Participation Survey covers. There are 33 ITL 2 regions.
Figure 1: Map of England labelled with the nine ITL 1 regions, and Table 1 gives the names of those regions.
Table 1: The names of the ITL 1 regions that correspond to the numbers on the map in Figure 1.
| Number | ITL 1 region | Code |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North East England | TLC |
| 2 | North West England | TLD |
| 3 | Yorkshire and The Humber | TLE |
| 4 | East Midlands | TLF |
| 5 | West Midlands | TLG |
| 6 | East of England | TLH |
| 7 | London | TLI |
| 8 | South East | TLJ |
| 9 | South West | TLK |
International territorial level 2 (ITL 2)
Figure 2 shows the boundaries of the 33 ITL 2 regions of England that the Participation Survey covers, where the regions inside London (LDN) are magnified in Figure 3. There are nine ITL 1 regions.
Figure 2: Map of England labelled with the 33 ITL 2 regions, and Table 2 gives the names of those regions. London (LDN) has five ITL 2 regions.
The ITL 2 regions within London
Figure 3: Map of the five ITL 2 regions within London, and rows 21 to 25 in Table 2 gives the names of those regions. There are 33 ITL 2 regions.
Table 2: The names of the ITL 2 regions that correspond to the numbers on the maps in Figures 2 and Figure 3.
| Number | ITL 2 region | Code |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tees Valley and Durham | TLC1 |
| 2 | Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear | TLC2 |
| 3 | Cumbria | TLD1 |
| 4 | Greater Manchester | TLD3 |
| 5 | Lancashire | TLD4 |
| 6 | Cheshire | TLD6 |
| 7 | Merseyside | TLD7 |
| 8 | East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | TLE1 |
| 9 | North Yorkshire | TLE2 |
| 10 | South Yorkshire | TLE3 |
| 11 | West Yorkshire | TLE4 |
| 12 | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | TLF1 |
| 13 | Leicestershire, Rutland, and Northamptonshire | TLF2 |
| 14 | Lincolnshire | TLF3 |
| 15 | Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire | TLG1 |
| 16 | Shropshire and Staffordshire | TLG2 |
| 17 | West Midlands | TLG3 |
| 18 | East Anglia | TLH1 |
| 19 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | TLH2 |
| 20 | Essex | TLH3 |
| 21 | Inner London – West | TLI3 |
| 22 | Inner London – East | TLI4 |
| 23 | Outer London – East and North East | TLI5 |
| 24 | Outer London – South | TLI6 |
| 25 | Outer London – West and North West | TLI7 |
| 26 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire | TLJ1 |
| 27 | Surrey, East and West Sussex | TLJ2 |
| 28 | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | TLJ3 |
| 29 | Kent | TLJ4 |
| 30 | Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Bath-Bristol area | TLK1 |
| 31 | Dorset and Somerset | TLK2 |
| 32 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | TLK3 |
| 33 | Devon | TLK4 |