West Yorkshire Joint Services
West Yorkshire Joint Services provides a range of public services to the five districts of West Yorkshire, England. It is jointly funded by the five district councils, pro rata to their population, and is run by a committee of equal numbers of councillors from the five councils. It "brings together a number of key services which the five district councils of West Yorkshire recognise can be more effectively delivered on a county-wide basis".
When West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council was abolished in 1986, a "Joint Committee Arrangement" was established, to continue to provide archaeology, archives and trading standards services for the five successor district councils. In 1997 the Joint Services were created, to avoid duplication of resources across these services; it is based near Morley, Leeds.
Joint Services comprises:West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory ServiceArchaeological Services WYAS, a commercial organisationWest Yorkshire Archive ServiceWest Yorkshire EcologyWest Yorkshire Materials Testing ServiceWest Yorkshire Analytical ServicesWest Yorkshire Trading Standards
- '''West Yorkshire Calibration Services'''