The councils of the following areas are Band III authorities:

• the London Borough of Barnet

• the Borough of Barnsley

• the Borough of Bolton

• the London Borough of Brent

• the City of Coventry

• the City of Derby

• the London Borough of Haringey

• the London Borough of Havering

• the London Borough of Hillingdon

• the Borough of Knowsley

• the Borough of Milton Keynes

• the Borough of North Tyneside

• the City of Norwich

• the City of Plymouth

• the City of Portsmouth

• the Borough of Rochdale

• the Borough of Saint Helens

• the Borough of South Tyneside

• the City of Southampton

• the City of Westminster

• the Borough of Wirral and

• the District of The Wrekin.