Greater Merseyside

Greater Merseyside is a term that has a semi-official usage by the local authorities of the metropolitan county of Merseyside and Borough of Halton when they act together, co-ordinated through the Merseyside Policy Unit. Greater Merseyside is also one of the five sub-regions in North West England 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:
*Business Link [ [http://www.gme.org.uk/index.asp?site=root Business Link for Greater Merseyside] ]
*Learning and Skills Council (LSC) [ [http://www.lsc.gov.uk/merseyside/Corporate/default.htm LSC Greater Merseyside] ]
*Connexions [ [http://www.connexions-gmerseyside.co.uk/flash_portal.htm Connexions Greater Merseyside] ]
*Aimhigher [ [http://www.aimhighergreatermerseyside.ac.uk/ Aimhigher Greater Merseyside] ]

Other nearby towns not included in the City-Region and are not part of Merseyside such as Skelmersdale, Ormskirk, Warrington, and Ellesmere Port are sometimes included in the the designation "Greater Merseyside". For example it is used by Geographers' A-Z Map Company for their Merseyside Street Atlas [ [http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/?nid=60&iid=1603&pts=1,2,3,4,5,6,&s=Liverpool&t=0&st=1 Merseyside Street Atlas] ] .

ee also

*Merseyside
*Liverpool City Region
*Greater Liverpool

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