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Local Government: South West

Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN HL3593, tabled on 25 March 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government which specific counties are included within the term "the west country of England" when they refer to this region.

Answered on

11 April 2024

The West Country is not an official region, but could be loosely and approximately defined to match the South West region. The West of England, covers a much smaller area, focussed around the Greater Bristol and Bath city region. The West of England Combined Authority is made up of the following local authority areas: South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset.