Annex B: Local authority groupings (updated 14 July 2025)
Updated 26 July 2025
1. Dry recycling groupings: themes and cost per tonnes for all waste streams
Dry Recycling Group | Local Authority Grouping Themes | Average cost (£) per tonnes for each group for all waste streams (for example, kerbside, HWRC, overheads) |
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D1 | Mostly urban, comingled authorities with higher deprivation | 249.71 |
D2 | Urban and semi-urban two-stream authorities | 108.04 |
D3 | Mostly semi-urban comingled authorities | 182.07 |
D4 | Mostly rural, comingled authorities | 133.20 |
D5 | Mostly semi-rural, two-stream authorities | 131.66 |
D6 | Urban and semi-urban multi-stream authorities | 215.83 |
D7 | Rural multi-stream authorities | 276.92 |
D8 | Northern Irish, rural comingled authorities with higher deprivation | 293.76 |
D9 | Mostly urban, high frequency comingled authorities with high proportions of flats | 201.88 |
D10 | Rural, inaccessible group | 1851.81 |
2. Dry recycling groups
Group D1
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Barking and Dagenham
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Barnet
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Belfast
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Bracknell Forest
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Bradford
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Brent
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Camden
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Coventry
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Ealing
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Eastbourne
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Enfield
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Exeter
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Fareham
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Glasgow
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Gosport
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Greenwich
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Hackney
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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Hartlepool
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Hastings
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Havant
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Havering
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Hillingdon
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Inverclyde
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Ipswich
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Kingston upon Hull
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Kirklees
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Lambeth
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Leeds
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Leicester
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Lewisham
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Lincoln
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Liverpool
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Middlesbrough
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Newham
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Norwich
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Plymouth
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Portsmouth
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Reading
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Sandwell
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Slough
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Southwark
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Tower Hamlets
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Walsall
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Waltham Forest
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Wandsworth
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West Dunbartonshire
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Wirral
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Wolverhampton
Group D2
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Ashfield
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Barnsley
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Basildon
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Bexley
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Birmingham
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Blackburn with Darwen
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Blackpool
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Bolton
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Brighton and Hove
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Bromley
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Broxtowe
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Burnley
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Bury
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Canterbury
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Castle Point
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Chesterfield
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Croydon
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Dartford
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Doncaster
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Dundee
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East Dunbartonshire
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East Renfrewshire
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Eastleigh
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Epsom and Ewell
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Gateshead
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Gloucester
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Hertsmere
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Kingston upon Thames
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Luton
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Manchester
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Medway
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Merton
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Milton Keynes
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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North Lanarkshire
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North Tyneside
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Nottingham
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Nuneaton and Bedworth
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Oldham
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Pendle
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Preston
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Redbridge
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Reigate and Banstead
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Renfrewshire
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Richmond upon Thames
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Rochdale
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Rossendale
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Rotherham
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Rushmoor
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Salford
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Sheffield
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Solihull
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South Lanarkshire
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South Ribble
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South Tyneside
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Southampton
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Southend-on-Sea
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St Albans
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Stockport
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Sunderland
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Sutton
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Tameside
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Telford and Wrekin
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Thanet
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Torbay
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Trafford
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Warwick
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Welwyn Hatfield
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Wigan
Group D3
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Aberdeen
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Adur
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Arun
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Ashford
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Blaby
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Bromsgrove
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Caerphilly
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Cambridge
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Cannock Chase
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Cardiff
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Charnwood
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Cherwell
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Cheshire East
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Crawley
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Dacorum
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Derby
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Elmbridge
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Erewash
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Fenland
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Gravesham
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Guildford
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Halton
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Harlow
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Harrow
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High Peak
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Knowsley
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Lewes
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Lichfield
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Maidstone
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Mansfield
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Mid Sussex
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Mole Valley
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North Northamptonshire
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Oadby and Wigston
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Oxford
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Peterborough
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Redditch
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Rochford
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Rugby
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Runnymede
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Sefton
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South Kesteven
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Spelthorne
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Staffordshire Moorlands
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Surrey Heath
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Swale
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Tamworth
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Tandridge
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Tewkesbury
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Three Rivers
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Thurrock
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Wakefield
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Warrington
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Watford
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Waverley
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West Lothian
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West Northamptonshire
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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Woking
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Wokingham
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Worcester
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Worthing
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Wyre Forest
Group D4
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Aberdeenshire
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Angus
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Argyll and Bute
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Babergh
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Bassetlaw
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Bedford
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Boston
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Braintree
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Breckland
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Broadland
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Carmarthenshire
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Central Bedfordshire
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Chichester
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Clackmannanshire
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Denbighshire
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East Cambridgeshire
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East Lindsey
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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East Suffolk
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Great Yarmouth
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Harborough
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Herefordshire
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Highland
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Hinckley and Bosworth
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Horsham
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Huntingdonshire
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King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
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Lisburn and Castlereagh
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Malvern Hills
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Melton
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Mid Suffolk
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Newark and Sherwood
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North Kesteven
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North Norfolk
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North Warwickshire
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Northumberland
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Perth and Kinross
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Rushcliffe
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Rutland
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Scottish Borders
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Sevenoaks
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South Cambridgeshire
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South Holland
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South Norfolk
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South Oxfordshire
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South Staffordshire
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Stirling
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Stratford-on-Avon
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Test Valley
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Uttlesford
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Vale of White Horse
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Wealden
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West Lindsey
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West Suffolk
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Wychavon
Group D5
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Amber Valley
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Ards and North Down
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Basingstoke and Deane
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Bath and North East Somerset
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Bolsover
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Brentwood
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Buckinghamshire
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Ceredigion
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Chorley
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Derbyshire Dales
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Dorset
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Dover
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Durham
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East Devon
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East Hampshire
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East Hertfordshire
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East Staffordshire
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Epping Forest
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Fife
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Folkestone and Hythe
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Fylde
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Gedling
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Hart
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Isle of Wight
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Lancaster
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Maldon
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Midlothian
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New Forest
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Newcastle-Under-Lyme
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North Ayrshire
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North East Derbyshire
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North Hertfordshire
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Redcar and Cleveland
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Ribble Valley
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Rother
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Shropshire
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Somerset
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South Derbyshire
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South Hams
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Stafford
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Stroud
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Tendring
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Tonbridge and Malling
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West Lancashire
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Wiltshire
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Winchester
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Wyre
Group D6
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Antrim and Newtownabbey
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Blaenau Gwent
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Bridgend
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Bristol
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Broxbourne
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Calderdale
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Chelmsford
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Cheltenham
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Cheshire West and Chester
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Colchester
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Conwy
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Darlington
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Dudley
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Falkirk
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Flintshire
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Hounslow
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Hyndburn
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Merthyr Tydfil
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Neath Port Talbot
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Newport
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North East Lincolnshire
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North Somerset
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South Ayrshire
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South Gloucestershire
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St Helens
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Stevenage
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Stockton-on-Tees
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Swansea
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Swindon
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Torfaen
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Vale of Glamorgan
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Wrexham
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York
Group D7
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Cornwall
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Cotswold
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Cumberland
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Dumfries and Galloway
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East Ayrshire
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East Lothian
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Forest of Dean
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Gwynedd
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Isle of Anglesey
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Mid Devon
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Mid and East Antrim
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Monmouthshire
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Moray
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North Devon
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North Lincolnshire
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North West Leicestershire
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North Yorkshire
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Pembrokeshire
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Powys
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Teignbridge
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Torridge
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Tunbridge Wells
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West Berkshire
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West Devon
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West Oxfordshire
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Westmorland and Furness
Group D8
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Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
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Causeway Coast and Glens
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Derry and Strabane
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Fermanagh and Omagh
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Mid Ulster
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Newry, Mourne and Down
Group D9
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City of Edinburgh
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City of London
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Haringey
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Islington
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Kensington and Chelsea
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Westminster
Group D10
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Isles of Scilly
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Na h-Eileanan Siar
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Orkney Islands
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Shetland Islands
3. Residual recycling groupings: themes and cost per tonnes for all waste streams
Residual Group | Local Authority Grouping Themes | Average cost (£) per tonnes for each group for all waste streams (for example, kerbside, HWRC, overheads) |
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R1 | Highly rural local authorities | 85.88 |
R2 | Mostly urban and semi urban authorities with high deprivation | 68.29 |
R3 | Mostly urban local authorities with high frequency | 134.10 |
R4 | Mostly urban local authorities with high proportion of flats | 69.82 |
R5 | Mostly urban local authorities with high tonnes per households | 54.61 |
R6 | Mostly semi-rural authorities with fortnightly collections and low tonnes per household | 87.42 |
R7 | Mostly semi-rural, English authorities | 63.54 |
R8 | Mostly urban and semi-urban authorities with low deprivation | 92.80 |
R9 | Northern Irish, rural authorities | 128.96 |
R10 | Rural, inaccessible group | 390.10 |
3. Residual local authority groups
Group R1
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Aberdeenshire
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Argyll and Bute
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Babergh
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Breckland
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Broadland
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Ceredigion
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Chichester
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Clackmannanshire
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Cornwall
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Cotswold
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Derbyshire Dales
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Dumfries and Galloway
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East Ayrshire
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East Cambridgeshire
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East Devon
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East Lindsey
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East Lothian
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Forest of Dean
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Gwynedd
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Harborough
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Herefordshire
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Highland
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Horsham
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Huntingdonshire
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Isle of Anglesey
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King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
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Maldon
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Malvern Hills
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Mid Devon
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Mid Suffolk
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Moray
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North Devon
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North Kesteven
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North Norfolk
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North Warwickshire
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North Yorkshire
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Pembrokeshire
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Perth and Kinross
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Powys
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Ribble Valley
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Rother
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Rushcliffe
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Rutland
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Scottish Borders
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Shropshire
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South Cambridgeshire
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South Hams
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South Holland
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South Norfolk
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Stratford-on-Avon
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Torridge
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Uttlesford
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West Devon
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West Lindsey
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West Oxfordshire
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Westmorland and Furness
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Winchester
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Wychavon
Group R2
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Ashfield
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Barnsley
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Belfast
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Birmingham
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Blackburn with Darwen
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Blackpool
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Bolton
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Bradford
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Burnley
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Calderdale
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Chesterfield
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Coventry
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Darlington
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Derby
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Doncaster
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Dudley
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Gateshead
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Gloucester
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Halton
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Hartlepool
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Hastings
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Havant
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Hyndburn
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Ipswich
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Kingston upon Hull
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Kirklees
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Knowsley
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Leeds
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Lincoln
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Liverpool
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Manchester
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Mansfield
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Medway
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Middlesbrough
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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North East Lincolnshire
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North Lanarkshire
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Norwich
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Nottingham
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Nuneaton and Bedworth
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Oldham
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Pendle
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Peterborough
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Plymouth
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Preston
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Redditch
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Rochdale
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Rossendale
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Rotherham
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Salford
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Sandwell
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Sefton
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Sheffield
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South Tyneside
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St Helens
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Sunderland
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Tameside
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Tamworth
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Telford and Wrekin
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Thanet
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Wakefield
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Walsall
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Wigan
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Wirral
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Wolverhampton
Group R3
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Camden
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City of Edinburgh
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City of London
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Islington
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Kensington and Chelsea
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Southwark
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Westminster
Group R4
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Aberdeen
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Brent
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Brighton and Hove
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Bristol
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Croydon
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Dundee
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Ealing
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Eastbourne
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Enfield
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Glasgow
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Greenwich
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Hackney
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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Haringey
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Hounslow
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Lambeth
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Lewisham
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Portsmouth
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Renfrewshire
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Southampton
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Southend-on-Sea
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Tower Hamlets
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Wandsworth
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West Dunbartonshire
Group R5
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Barking and Dagenham
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Barnet
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Basildon
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Dartford
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East Dunbartonshire
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Havering
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Leicester
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Luton
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Newham
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Redbridge
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Slough
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Stockton-on-Tees
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Thurrock
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Waltham Forest
Group R6
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Angus
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Antrim and Newtownabbey
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Ards and North Down
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Bath and North East Somerset
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Blaenau Gwent
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Bridgend
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Buckinghamshire
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Caerphilly
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Cardiff
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Carmarthenshire
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Cheshire West and Chester
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Colchester
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Conwy
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Denbighshire
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Dorset
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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Falkirk
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Fife
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Flintshire
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Folkestone and Hythe
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Guildford
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Inverclyde
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Isle of Wight
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Lisburn and Castlereagh
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Maidstone
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Merthyr Tydfil
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Mole Valley
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Monmouthshire
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Neath Port Talbot
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Newport
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North Ayrshire
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Somerset
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South Ayrshire
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South Oxfordshire
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Staffordshire Moorlands
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Stirling
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Stroud
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Swansea
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Tandridge
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Teignbridge
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Tewkesbury
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Torfaen
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Vale of Glamorgan
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Vale of White Horse
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Waverley
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West Lothian
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Wrexham
Group R7
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Amber Valley
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Ashford
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Basingstoke and Deane
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Bassetlaw
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Bedford
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Blaby
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Bolsover
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Boston
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Braintree
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Brentwood
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Bromsgrove
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Central Bedfordshire
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Chelmsford
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Cherwell
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Chorley
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Cumberland
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Dover
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Durham
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East Hampshire
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East Hertfordshire
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East Staffordshire
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East Suffolk
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Epping Forest
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Fenland
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Fylde
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Gedling
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Great Yarmouth
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Hart
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High Peak
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Hinckley and Bosworth
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Lancaster
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Lichfield
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Melton
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Mid and East Antrim
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Midlothian
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New Forest
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Newark and Sherwood
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Newcastle-Under-Lyme
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North East Derbyshire
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North Lincolnshire
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North Northamptonshire
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North West Leicestershire
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Northumberland
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Redcar and Cleveland
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Rugby
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Sevenoaks
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South Derbyshire
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South Kesteven
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South Lanarkshire
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South Staffordshire
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Stafford
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Swale
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Tendring
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Test Valley
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Tonbridge and Malling
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Tunbridge Wells
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Wealden
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West Berkshire
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West Lancashire
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West Northamptonshire
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West Suffolk
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Wiltshire
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Wyre
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Wyre Forest
Group R8
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Adur
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Arun
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Bexley
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Bracknell Forest
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Bromley
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Broxbourne
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Broxtowe
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Bury
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Cambridge
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Cannock Chase
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Canterbury
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Castle Point
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Charnwood
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Cheltenham
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Cheshire East
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Crawley
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Dacorum
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East Renfrewshire
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Eastleigh
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Elmbridge
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Epsom and Ewell
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Erewash
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Exeter
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Fareham
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Gosport
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Gravesham
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Harlow
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Harrow
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Hertsmere
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Hillingdon
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Kingston upon Thames
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Lewes
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Merton
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Mid Sussex
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Milton Keynes
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North Hertfordshire
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North Somerset
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North Tyneside
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Oadby and Wigston
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Oxford
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Reading
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Reigate and Banstead
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Richmond upon Thames
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Rochford
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Runnymede
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Rushmoor
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Solihull
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South Gloucestershire
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South Ribble
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Spelthorne
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St Albans
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Stevenage
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Stockport
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Surrey Heath
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Sutton
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Swindon
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Three Rivers
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Torbay
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Trafford
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Warrington
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Warwick
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Watford
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Welwyn Hatfield
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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Woking
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Wokingham
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Worcester
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Worthing
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York
Group R9
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Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon
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Causeway Coast and Glens
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Derry and Strabane
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Fermanagh and Omagh
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Mid Ulster
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Newry, Mourne and Down
Group R10
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Isles of Scilly
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Na h-Eileanan Siar
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Orkney Islands
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Shetland Islands