Other Changes
The local government reform did not affect police areas, or fire and rescue service areas, but resulted in the setting of many more joint boards for such authorities: previously county councils were represented on these bodies, and the creation of new unitary authorities meant that the apportionment of representatives was adjusted.
In addition to having their county councils abolished, Avon, Humberside and Cleveland were abolished as non-metropolitan counties. This, and the fact that many of the new unitary authorities were in themselves non-metropolitan counties, led to the concept of ceremonial counties for the Lieutenancy, which would include the areas made part of unitary authorities. In Avon, Bristol became a ceremonial county in itself, with the other parts allocated to Somerset and Gloucestershire. Cleveland was simply partitioned between County Durham and North Yorkshire, along the line of the River Tees. Humberside was split between Lincolnshire and the new ceremonial East Riding of Yorkshire (including Hull). In 1997, Rutland became a ceremonial county as well as a unitary authority, to be followed in 1998 by Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics used for European regional statistics were also altered, in part to be consistent with the new local government boundaries.
Read more about this topic: Local Government Commission For England (1992)