Editing District (section)

===United Kingdom===
==== England ====
{{Main|Districts of England}}

Districts are the most recognizable form of local government in large parts of [[England]]. For those areas that retain two-tier local government, districts usually form the lower tier of that arrangement, with [[counties of England|counties]] forming the upper tier. Districts tend to have responsibility for a number of areas including:

*Tax collection ([[Council Tax]] and [[business rates in England|non-domestic rates]])
*Leisure services
*Refuse collection
*Housing
*Planning
*Arts and entertainment
*Environmental health

Each district raises taxes from residents on behalf of itself, and the upper-tier authority through the [[Council Tax]]. It also raises income from business through the [[non-domestic rates]] system, which is coordinated nationally.

==== Northern Ireland ====
{{Main|Districts of Northern Ireland}}

[[Northern Ireland]] is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes. The councils do not carry out the same range of functions as those in the rest of the United Kingdom; for example, they have no responsibility for education, road-building or housing (although they do nominate members to the advisory Northern Ireland Housing Council).

Their functions include waste and [[recycling]] services, [[leisure]] and community services, [[Building code|building control]] and local economic and cultural development. They are not planning authorities, but are consulted on some planning applications. The collection of rates (local tax) is handled by the [[Rate Collection Agency]].

==== Scotland ====
{{Main|Districts of Scotland}}
{{Further|Subdivisions of Scotland}}

Districts of [[Scotland]] were local government areas between 1975 and 1996.

Between 1930 and 1975, districts were subdivisions of [[Shires of Scotland|counties]], formed under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929]]. See [[List of local government areas in Scotland 1930–75]]. Scotland, since 1996, has been divided into 32 unitary council areas, and districts are no longer used.

Scotland has had other kinds of administrative areas which might be described as districts:

* [[Shires of Scotland]], until 1975
* [[Subdivisions of Scotland]], councils or unitary authorities, from 1996, pursuant to the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]]
* [[Area committee|Committee areas]], from 1996, within larger unitary authorities

==== Wales ====
There is no official use of the word ''district'' in [[Wales]]. The country is broken up into 22 [[unitary authority|unitary authorities]]. However, ''district'' may be used informally for a whole or unofficial part of a [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]] in a city.