Everything about Greater Merseyside totally explained
Greater Merseyside is a term for the sub-region of North West
England that includes
Merseyside County and
Halton. This corresponds, in part, to the original proposal for
Merseyside in the
Redcliffe-Maud Report and the
River Mersey or
Liverpool's
hinterland.
Origins
It has a semi-official usage by the local authorities of Merseyside County and Halton when they act together, co-ordinated through the Merseyside Policy Unit. Greater Merseyside is also one of the five sub-regions in the North West that are used by the
Northwest Development Agency (NWDA).
The term was first officially defined in
2001, when the
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was created, with 47 local Learning and Skills Councils across England, one of which is Greater Merseyside. In August 2006, the LSC says:
Greater Merseyside is one of England’s most densely populated urban areas with 1.5 million people living in the six districts of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. The working age population is 927,000, of these 558,000 are employed, 48,000 are self-employed and 315,000 are not employed.
The following organisations and programmes have Greater Merseyside bodies (Merseyside & Halton) for planning and delivery:
Liverpool City-Region
The term "
Liverpool City-Region" is also used in some official documents (for example in
The Northern Way plan) but its boundaries are less clearly defined, sometimes being considered as Greater Liverpool to include neighbouring areas of
Cheshire and
Lancashire.
On
13 March 2007, UK Local Government Minister Phil Woolas announced plans to create a "cabinet" of the Leaders of the six Councils in a form of regional devolution for what was termed the "Liverpool City Region".
It is also perceived by many that City Council boundaries of Liverpool are outdated and should include suburbs of south
Sefton and
Knowsley.
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