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Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) Region
Education and Learning Wales (ELWa) is responsible for funding and planning post-16 education and training in Wales. ELWa has 4 regional offices; the 4 ELWa regions correspond with the National Assembly Economic Regions.
Further information on ELWa regions, including a list of region names and codes.

Education and Library Board (ELB)
Education and Library Boards (ELBs) are responsible for the local administration of state sector education services in Northern Ireland. There are 5 ELBs, each covering one or more complete district council areas.
Further information on ELBs.

Electoral Division
See electoral ward / electoral division (below).

Electoral Region
Electoral regions are large areas from which multiple members are elected to legislatures on a proportional basis. The electoral regions in the UK include:
European electoral regions (EERs) - see below
Scottish parliamentary electoral regions
Welsh Assembly electoral regions

Electoral Ward / Electoral Division
Electoral wards/divisions are the base unit of UK administrative geography such that all higher units are built up from them. They are also used as a base unit for many other geographies such as parliamentary constituencies and Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). Electoral wards are found across Scotland, Northern Ireland and most of England, whereas the equivalents in Wales and the Isle of Wight are known as electoral divisions.
Further information on electoral wards/divisions, including lists of ward/division names and codes.

Enumeration District (ED)
See Census Enumeration District (ED).

Environment Agency Region
The Environment Agency is the leading public body for protecting the environment in England and Wales. It is divided into 8 regions (7 in England, 1 in Wales) that are defined by a combination of administrative and physical geography. Each region is subdivided into 3 or 4 Area Offices, of which there are 26 in all.
Environment Agency website: Further information.

European Electoral Region (EER)
European electoral regions (EERs) are used to elect members to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. There are 12 EERs in the UK, one in each of the 9 Government Office Regions (GORs) in England, and one in each of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Further information on EERs, including EER names and codes.

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Area
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is provided by the European Union and is co-ordinated in England by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). It is considered to be an Area Based Initiative (ABI) and aims to promote economic development and regeneration in deprived regions.
GOS website: Further information on this ABI and details of where it is being applied.

European Structural Fund Area
Structural funds are the European Union's (EU's) means of supporting social and economic restructuring across the region. An area's access to structural funds depends on whether it has been classified as an Objective 1 area, an Objective 2 area or an Objective 3 area. Objective 1 areas are those which have less than 75% of the EU average GDP; this applies to the least prosperous parts of the UK. The Objective 1 funding is the highest level of regional funding available from the EU. Objective 1 areas are equivalent to NUTS level 2 units.
Objective 2 areas are those defined as facing structural difficulties; the areas included cover around a third of the UK population. Objective 2 areas are built up of electoral wards. Objective 3 applies to the whole UK, apart from those areas which are Objective 1 areas.
There were also formerly Objective 4 and Objective 5 areas, but these schemes were ended in 1999.
DTI website: More information on European Structural Funds.
DTI website: Map of Objective 1 and 2 areas (2000-2006).

This page last revised: Wednesday, 21 June 2006