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The North West Regional Aggregates Working Party (NWRAWP) is one of a number of similar working parties throughout England and Wales established in the 1970s in order to collect data on the production of aggregates. The NWRAWP is comprised of the counties of Lancashire, Cumbria (including the Lake District National Park) and Cheshire; the Metropolitan Boroughs of Greater Manchester and Merseyside along with the Unitary Authorities of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Halton and Warrington. Those parts of the Peak District National Park which fall within Cheshire and Greater Manchester are represented by the East Midlands Regional Aggregates Working Party and those parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park which fall within Cumbria are represented by the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Aggregates Working Party.

Membership is drawn from the constituent mineral planning authorities (MPAs), central government departments and representatives from the extractive industry. The metropolitan districts in Greater Manchester are represented by the Greater Manchester Geological Unit (GMGU), which provides mineral planning services to the ten Metropolitan Borough Councils (MBC). The five Merseyside authorities are represented on mineral planning issues by the Environmental Advisory Service (EAS) which regularly provides professional planning advice for Sefton, St Helens and Knowsley MBCs on issues relating to the environment including mineral extraction and waste disposal. Lancashire County Council acts for the authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen on minerals policy issues. Cumbria acts for the Lake District National Park Authority in respect of the work undertaken by NWRAWP. The authorities of Halton and Warrington undertake their own mineral duties.