At the moment there is a county council and district councils

The Boundary Committee for England is expected to recommend scrapping the county's two-tier system.

At the moment there is both a county council and seven district authorities. The government says they must be merged if a regional assembly is established.

The changes will only come into effect if there is a 'yes' vote in the autumn referendum for a Yorkshire assembly.

The committee will give its views on Tuesday on how things could be re-shaped in North Yorkshire.

All services

Last year, the committee produced a series of draft recommendations.

One of these involved doing away with the districts and making the county council responsible for all services.

The other options did away with the county council and consisted of various combinations of the Craven, Harrogate, Hambleton, Richmondshire, Ryedale and Scarborough districts.

Selby would be moved into the East Riding.

All purpose authorities already exist in all other parts of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, including York.

On Tuesday, the Boundary Committee is expected to produce two options which will be put to the voters of North Yorkshire at the same time as the assembly referendum in the autumn.