The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 390

Police, England And Wales

The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021

Made

23rd March 2021

Coming into force

24th March 2021

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55(1) and (2) and 154(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 M1 , and with the consent of the Treasury M2 .

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Order excluded (24.3.2021) by S.I. 2021/112, Sch 2 para. 38 (as inserted by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/390), arts. 1(1), 10(2) (with art. 1(3)))

C2 Order excluded (24.3.2021) by S.I. 2017/470, Sch 2 para. 38 (as inserted by The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/390), arts. 1(1), 10(1) (with art. 1(3)))

Marginal Citations

M1 2011 c. 13. Sections 55 and 154(4) were amended by S.I. 2015/1526 and S.I. 2016/997. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M2 Consent is required by virtue of section 55(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).

PART 1 E+W Introduction

Citation, commencement, extent, saving and revocation E+W

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021, and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

(3) This Order does not apply in relation to an election for which the date of poll is on or before 5th May 2021.

(4) So far as it relates to an election for which the date of poll is on or after 6th May 2021, the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2016 M3 is revoked.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 2016/514.

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In this Order—

“police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London) M4 ;

“police area returning officer” means, in relation to a police area, the person for the time being designated by an order made under section 54(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (returning officers etc) as the police area returning officer for that area, so far as such an order applies for the purposes of an election the poll for which is on or after 6th May 2021;

“Senedd Cymru general election” has the same meaning as in article 2(1) of the National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 M5 (“the 2007 Order”).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a reference in this Order to a voting area is a reference to a voting area within the meaning of article 2(2) of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 M6 (“the 2012 Order”).

(3) When the poll at a police and crime commissioner election in Wales is required to be taken together with the poll at a Senedd Cymru general election by virtue of article 16A(1) of the 2007 Order, a reference in this Order to a voting area is a reference to a voting area within the meaning of article 2(2B)(a) of the 2012 Order M7 .

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M4 1996 c. 16. Schedule 1 was amended by section 129 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by S.I.s 1997/1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1855, 1857, and 2009/199. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M5 S.I. 2007/236, as amended by S.I. 2020/1558. S.I. 2020/1558 inserted a definition of Senedd Cymru, and section 150A(2) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) has the effect that a reference to “the National Assembly for Wales” is to be read as a reference to Senedd Cymru or the Welsh Parliament.

M6 S.I. 2012/1917, as amended by S.I. 2016/300. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M7 Paragraphs (2A) to (2C) were inserted by S.I. 2016/300.

PART 2 E+W Charges for services and expenses of local returning officers

Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services E+W

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021.

(2) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of the services specified in paragraph (5) (“the services”) is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 2 of that table.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies in relation to an election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner, where the poll for that election is not combined with any other poll.

(4) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of the services is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 2 of that table.

(5) The services specified are—

(a) making arrangements for the police and crime commissioner election;

(b) discharging the local returning officer's duties at that election.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses E+W

4.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021.

(2) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of the expenses specified in paragraph (5) (“the expenses”) is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 3 of that table.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies in relation to an election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner, where the poll for that election is not combined with any other poll.

(4) The maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 in respect of the expenses is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 3 of that table.

(5) The expenses specified are those incurred in—

(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the local returning officer;

(b) any travel and overnight subsistence for the local returning officer and any person appointed to assist the local returning officer;

(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;

(d) printing, or otherwise producing, or buying the postal vote stationery;

(e) printing, or otherwise producing, and arranging for the delivery of poll cards;

(f) printing, or otherwise producing, and where appropriate publishing, notices and any other documents required by an enactment for or in connection with the police and crime commissioner election;

(g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;

(h) providing and transporting equipment;

(i) providing information and communications technology, equipment and software, and associated costs;

(j) providing for the safekeeping and security of ballot papers (including, where necessary, the secure storage of ballot boxes) and any verification documents kept by the returning officer;

(k) conducting the verification of ballot paper accounts and the count;

(l) providing and receiving training;

(m) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs, and the costs of other miscellaneous items.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 4 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount E+W

5.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021.

(2) The overall maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 4 of that table.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies in relation to an election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner, where the poll for that election is not combined with any other poll.

(4) The overall maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 is the corresponding amount for that area specified in column 4 of that table.

Commencement Information

I5 Art. 5 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

PART 3 E+W Charges for services and expenses of police area returning officers

Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services E+W

6.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021, and to any election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner.

(2) The total of the charges recoverable by a police area returning office for each police area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 in respect of the services specified in paragraph (3) must not exceed the corresponding amount specified in column 2 of that table.

(3) The services specified are—

(a) making arrangements for the election;

(b) discharging the police area returning officer's duties at the election.

Commencement Information

I6 Art. 6 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses E+W

7.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021, and to any election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner.

(2) The total of the charges recoverable by a police area returning officer for each police area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 in respect of the expenses specified in paragraphs (3) and (4) must not exceed the corresponding amount specified in column 3 of that table.

(3) The expenses specified in this paragraph are those incurred in—

(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the police area returning officer;

(b) any travel and overnight subsistence for the police area returning officer and any person appointed to assist the police area returning officer;

(c) discharging the police area returning officer's functions in relation to the nomination process;

(d) obtaining legal advice or any translations required in connection with candidates' election addresses;

(e) printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;

(f) printing or otherwise producing, and where appropriate publishing, notices required by an enactment for or in connection with the police and crime commissioner election;

(g) renting, heating, lighting, cleaning, adapting or restoring any building or room;

(h) providing and transporting equipment;

(i) providing security;

(j) conducting the verification of ballot paper accounts and the count;

(k) providing and receiving training;

(l) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs, and the costs of other miscellaneous items.

(4) The expenses specified in this paragraph are those incurred in discharging the police area returning officer's functions under regulation 7 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 2012 (encouraging participation in a police and crime commissioner election) M8 .

Commencement Information

I7 Art. 7 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M8 S.I. 2012/1918, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount E+W

8.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to an ordinary election the poll for which takes place on 6th May 2021, and to any election held to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner.

(2) In respect of a police area returning officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount for each police area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 is the corresponding amount specified in column 4 of that table.

Commencement Information

I8 Art. 8 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

PART 4 E+W Charges at uncontested elections

Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election E+W

9.  Articles 3 to 8 do not apply at an uncontested election and instead—

(a) in respect of a local returning officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area is £1,750;

(b) in respect of a police area returning officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount for each police area is £350.

Commencement Information

I9 Art. 9 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

PART 5 E+W Consequential amendments

Consequential amendments E+W

10.—(1) In the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017 M9 , in Schedule 2 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions), at the end insert—

“38.   Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021.”.

(2) In the West Yorkshire Combined Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 M10 , in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions), at the end insert—

“38.   Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers' and Police Area Returning Officers' Charges) Order 2021.”.

Commencement Information

I10 Art. 10 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

Marginal Citations

M9 S.I. 2017/470, as amended by S.I. 2021/179. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

M10 S.I. 2021/112, as amended by S.I. 2021/179.

Chloe Smith

Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution

Cabinet Office

We consent to this Order

James Morris

Rebecca Harris

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Articles 3, 4 and 5

SCHEDULE 1 E+W Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas reflecting the level of poll combination at ordinary elections on 6th May 2021

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 1 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

1 Voting area	2 Maximum recoverable amount for specified services	3 Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses	4 Overall maximum recoverable amount
Aberavon	£2,638	£117,340	£119,978
Aberconwy	£2,638	£86,549	£89,187
Adur	£2,592	£60,827	£63,419
Allerdale	£3,909	£234,883	£238,792
Alyn and Deeside	£3,237	£102,654	£105,891
Amber Valley	£4,696	£160,673	£165,369
Arfon	£2,638	£66,724	£69,362
Arun	£6,016	£171,172	£177,188
Ashfield	£4,722	£173,839	£178,561
Ashford	£4,635	£160,294	£164,929
Babergh	£3,584	£113,759	£117,343
Barnsley	£9,071	£322,804	£331,875
Barrow-in-Furness	£2,830	£122,291	£125,121
Basildon	£5,995	£127,231	£133,226
Basingstoke and Deane	£6,520	£184,835	£191,355
Bassetlaw	£4,408	£174,512	£178,920
Bath and North East Somerset	£6,586	£376,340	£382,926
Bedford	£6,791	£351,601	£358,392
Birmingham	£36,330	£1,201,561	£1,237,891
Blaby	£3,771	£99,297	£103,068
Blackburn with Darwen	£5,150	£150,219	£155,369
Blackpool	£5,454	£264,991	£270,445
Blaenau Gwent	£2,638	£111,216	£113,854
Bolsover	£2,976	£109,207	£112,183
Boston	£2,634	£79,643	£82,277
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£15,640	£800,749	£816,389
Bracknell Forest	£4,693	£200,072	£204,765
Braintree	£5,675	£199,021	£204,696
Breckland	£5,204	£178,324	£183,528
Brecon and Radnorshire	£2,777	£120,397	£123,174
Brentwood	£2,969	£81,687	£84,656
Bridgend	£3,102	£104,349	£107,451
Brighton and Hove	£9,720	£590,147	£599,867
Bristol, City of	£15,927	£529,901	£545,828
Broadland	£5,014	£175,812	£180,826
Bromsgrove	£3,219	£121,363	£124,582
Broxbourne	£3,597	£70,116	£73,713
Broxtowe	£4,305	£129,204	£133,509
Buckinghamshire	£19,584	£644,980	£664,564
Burnley	£3,253	£83,881	£87,134
Caerphilly	£3,224	£97,122	£100,346
Cambridge	£4,205	£79,119	£83,324
Cannock Chase	£3,759	£102,025	£105,784
Canterbury	£5,559	£146,747	£152,306
Cardiff Central	£2,952	£112,126	£115,078
Cardiff North	£3,404	£137,347	£140,751
Cardiff South and Penarth	£3,929	£159,920	£163,849
Cardiff West	£3,409	£131,563	£134,972
Carlisle	£4,253	£312,283	£316,536
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	£2,860	£149,830	£152,690
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	£2,937	£139,207	£142,144
Castle Point	£3,406	£66,581	£69,987
Central Bedfordshire	£11,017	£557,761	£568,778
Ceredigion	£2,712	£116,782	£119,494
Charnwood	£6,885	£168,259	£175,144
Chelmsford	£6,576	£197,828	£204,404
Cheltenham	£4,420	£105,398	£109,818
Cherwell	£5,547	£170,452	£175,999
Cheshire East	£15,171	£862,011	£877,182
Cheshire West and Chester	£13,586	£715,315	£728,901
Chesterfield	£4,098	£129,382	£133,480
Chichester	£4,591	£141,445	£146,036
Chorley	£4,187	£130,909	£135,096
Clwyd South	£2,792	£96,286	£99,078
Clwyd West	£2,976	£115,961	£118,937
Colchester	£6,397	£185,297	£191,694
Copeland	£2,891	£195,008	£197,899
Cornwall	£21,144	£1,169,494	£1,190,638
Cotswold	£3,479	£159,987	£163,466
County Durham	£19,686	£672,914	£692,600
Coventry	£11,736	£330,374	£342,110
Craven	£2,734	£126,416	£129,150
Crawley	£3,913	£89,525	£93,438
Cynon Valley	£2,638	£89,433	£92,071
Dacorum	£5,596	£170,692	£176,288
Darlington	£3,972	£111,299	£115,271
Dartford	£3,837	£158,754	£162,591
Delyn	£2,761	£98,380	£101,141
Derby	£9,073	£230,688	£239,761
Derbyshire Dales	£2,878	£127,284	£130,162
Doncaster	£11,061	£352,240	£363,301
Dorset	£13,948	£866,496	£880,444
Dover	£4,356	£153,938	£158,294
Dudley	£12,296	£172,938	£185,234
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	£2,638	£87,001	£89,639
East Cambridgeshire	£3,192	£92,114	£95,306
East Devon	£5,655	£147,551	£153,206
East Hampshire	£4,677	£167,486	£172,163
East Hertfordshire	£5,440	£211,318	£216,758
East Lindsey	£5,377	£207,588	£212,965
East Riding of Yorkshire	£14,127	£675,878	£690,005
East Staffordshire	£4,394	£140,207	£144,601
East Suffolk	£9,603	£342,462	£352,065
Eastbourne	£3,756	£124,331	£128,087
Eastleigh	£4,887	£135,470	£140,357
Eden	£2,761	£194,662	£197,423
Elmbridge	£5,059	£168,402	£173,461
Epping Forest	£5,166	£136,055	£141,221
Epsom and Ewell	£2,940	£121,017	£123,957
Erewash	£4,455	£137,465	£141,920
Exeter	£4,406	£119,136	£123,542
Fareham	£4,494	£88,337	£92,831
Fenland	£3,801	£116,806	£120,607
Folkestone and Hythe	£4,095	£166,517	£170,612
Forest of Dean	£3,394	£113,359	£116,753
Fylde	£3,090	£124,195	£127,285
Gateshead	£7,449	£185,761	£193,210
Gedling	£4,511	£158,931	£163,442
Gloucester	£4,567	£90,353	£94,920
Gosport	£3,138	£61,613	£64,751
Gower	£3,130	£96,819	£99,949
Gravesham	£3,818	£146,103	£149,921
Great Yarmouth	£3,755	£99,794	£103,549
Guildford	£5,310	£198,474	£203,784
Halton	£4,766	£106,614	£111,380
Hambleton	£3,361	£203,129	£206,490
Harborough	£3,329	£112,677	£116,006
Harlow	£3,098	£59,285	£62,383
Harrogate	£6,441	£341,986	£348,427
Hart	£3,494	£113,348	£116,842
Hartlepool	£3,535	£72,879	£76,414
Hastings	£3,080	£78,632	£81,712
Havant	£4,767	£84,096	£88,863
Herefordshire, County of	£7,433	£485,296	£492,729
Hertsmere	£3,840	£135,859	£139,699
High Peak	£3,641	£126,330	£129,971
Hinckley and Bosworth	£4,341	£118,656	£122,997
Horsham	£5,280	£162,397	£167,677
Huntingdonshire	£6,531	£141,571	£148,102
Hyndburn	£3,122	£95,217	£98,339
Ipswich	£4,715	£102,278	£106,993
Isle of Wight	£5,561	£164,231	£169,792
Isles of Scilly	£2,638	£6,247	£8,885
Islwyn	£2,812	£96,354	£99,166
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£5,984	£162,408	£168,392
Kingston upon Hull, City of	£9,553	£279,405	£288,958
Knowsley	£5,622	£119,331	£124,953
Lancaster	£5,087	£182,464	£187,551
Leicester	£12,501	£629,185	£641,686
Lewes	£3,667	£165,944	£169,611
Lichfield	£4,086	£165,824	£169,910
Lincoln	£3,210	£99,607	£102,817
Liverpool	£15,884	£283,454	£299,338
Llanelli	£3,080	£148,117	£151,197
Luton	£6,497	£338,276	£344,773
Maidstone	£5,809	£131,035	£136,844
Maldon	£2,634	£74,281	£76,915
Malvern Hills	£3,045	£125,013	£128,058
Mansfield	£4,019	£137,558	£141,577
Medway	£9,368	£570,126	£579,494
Melton	£2,630	£82,168	£84,798
Mendip	£4,047	£276,771	£280,818
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	£2,775	£115,058	£117,833
Mid Devon	£3,070	£113,452	£116,522
Mid Suffolk	£3,981	£132,898	£136,879
Mid Sussex	£5,562	£182,254	£187,816
Middlesbrough	£4,819	£172,156	£176,975
Milton Keynes	£9,386	£272,312	£281,698
Mole Valley	£3,368	£108,011	£111,379
Monmouth	£3,314	£120,938	£124,252
Montgomeryshire	£2,638	£98,167	£100,805
Neath	£2,860	£84,793	£87,653
New Forest	£7,170	£221,633	£228,803
Newark and Sherwood	£4,453	£171,796	£176,249
Newcastle under Lyme	£4,707	£146,184	£150,891
Newcastle upon Tyne	£9,695	£423,019	£432,714
Newport East	£2,872	£82,576	£85,448
Newport West	£3,210	£94,129	£97,339
North Devon	£3,835	£127,581	£131,416
North East Derbyshire	£4,003	£151,635	£155,638
North East Lincolnshire	£6,016	£248,085	£254,101
North Hertfordshire	£5,026	£142,480	£147,506
North Kesteven	£4,366	£165,246	£169,612
North Lincolnshire	£6,773	£333,553	£340,326
North Norfolk	£4,244	£163,204	£167,448
North Northamptonshire	£12,432	£444,374	£456,806
North Somerset	£7,768	£467,140	£474,908
North Tyneside	£7,832	£174,124	£181,956
North Warwickshire	£2,638	£88,442	£91,080
North West Leicestershire	£3,785	£119,644	£123,429
Northumberland	£12,145	£434,775	£446,920
Norwich	£4,909	£133,035	£137,944
Nottingham	£9,820	£478,262	£488,082
Nuneaton and Bedworth	£4,771	£102,412	£107,183
Oadby and Wigston	£2,638	£71,703	£74,341
Ogmore	£2,813	£127,795	£130,608
Oxford	£5,010	£105,276	£110,286
Pendle	£3,307	£75,031	£78,338
Peterborough	£6,743	£201,901	£208,644
Plymouth	£9,490	£357,575	£367,065
Pontypridd	£3,009	£66,847	£69,856
Portsmouth	£7,305	£163,659	£170,964
Preseli Pembrokeshire	£2,912	£139,048	£141,960
Preston	£4,793	£123,608	£128,401
Reading	£5,445	£248,551	£253,996
Redcar and Cleveland	£5,245	£160,657	£165,902
Redditch	£3,712	£79,573	£83,285
Reigate and Banstead	£5,307	£152,518	£157,825
Rhondda	£2,638	£62,593	£65,231
Ribble Valley	£2,633	£88,918	£91,551
Richmondshire	£2,500	£123,569	£126,069
Rochford	£3,314	£65,093	£68,407
Rossendale	£2,638	£60,268	£62,906
Rother	£3,692	£142,821	£146,513
Rotherham	£10,065	£344,224	£354,289
Rugby	£3,903	£102,646	£106,549
Runnymede	£2,987	£94,774	£97,761
Rushcliffe	£4,393	£199,932	£204,325
Rushmoor	£3,297	£81,013	£84,310
Rutland	£2,500	£87,117	£89,617
Ryedale	£2,500	£167,639	£170,139
Sandwell	£11,539	£242,821	£254,360
Scarborough	£3,977	£234,689	£238,666
Sedgemoor	£4,351	£241,393	£245,744
Sefton	£10,291	£273,194	£283,485
Selby	£3,487	£204,698	£208,185
Sevenoaks	£4,467	£168,462	£172,929
Sheffield	£19,726	£414,963	£434,689
Shropshire	£12,001	£451,663	£463,664
Slough	£4,887	£173,015	£177,902
Solihull	£8,001	£155,505	£163,506
Somerset West and Taunton	£5,322	£337,756	£343,078
South Cambridgeshire	£5,869	£150,367	£156,236
South Derbyshire	£3,704	£114,498	£118,202
South Gloucestershire	£10,694	£376,434	£387,128
South Hams	£3,469	£123,794	£127,263
South Holland	£3,557	£109,674	£113,231
South Kesteven	£5,470	£178,611	£184,081
South Lakeland	£4,288	£268,328	£272,616
South Norfolk	£5,203	£174,625	£179,828
South Oxfordshire	£5,346	£196,222	£201,568
South Ribble	£4,276	£147,853	£152,129
South Somerset	£6,061	£387,675	£393,736
South Staffordshire	£4,356	£159,100	£163,456
South Tyneside	£5,936	£205,183	£211,119
Southampton	£8,428	£244,917	£253,345
Southend-on-Sea	£6,624	£190,926	£197,550
Spelthorne	£3,802	£152,577	£156,379
St Albans	£5,384	£148,469	£153,853
St Helens	£6,818	£136,973	£143,791
Stafford	£5,046	£222,387	£227,433
Staffordshire Moorlands	£4,046	£129,314	£133,360
Stevenage	£3,179	£88,977	£92,156
Stockton-on-Tees	£7,212	£249,153	£256,365
Stoke-on-Trent	£9,681	£464,921	£474,602
Stratford on Avon	£4,986	£184,383	£189,369
Stroud	£4,612	£126,744	£131,356
Sunderland	£10,544	£357,526	£368,070
Surrey Heath	£3,357	£117,893	£121,250
Swale	£5,160	£133,893	£139,053
Swansea East	£2,973	£91,850	£94,823
Swansea West	£2,818	£92,437	£95,255
Swindon	£7,841	£209,796	£217,637
Tamworth	£2,895	£76,420	£79,315
Tandridge	£3,250	£81,138	£84,388
Teignbridge	£5,255	£169,142	£174,397
Telford and The Wrekin	£6,736	£331,290	£338,026
Tendring	£5,630	£165,083	£170,713
Test Valley	£4,843	£209,804	£214,647
Tewkesbury	£3,498	£108,893	£112,391
Thanet	£5,026	£149,594	£154,620
Three Rivers	£3,418	£80,280	£83,698
Thurrock	£5,862	£172,915	£178,777
Tonbridge and Malling	£4,725	£163,771	£168,496
Torbay	£5,462	£302,307	£307,769
Torfaen	£3,110	£112,137	£115,247
Torridge	£2,665	£134,985	£137,650
Tunbridge Wells	£3,992	£105,662	£109,654
Uttlesford	£3,290	£127,417	£130,707
Vale of Clwyd	£2,908	£106,350	£109,258
Vale of Glamorgan	£3,675	£184,155	£187,830
Vale of White Horse	£4,870	£193,264	£198,134
Walsall	£9,823	£255,732	£265,555
Warrington	£8,139	£295,719	£303,858
Warwick	£5,251	£214,339	£219,590
Watford	£3,531	£112,914	£116,445
Waverley	£4,693	£176,053	£180,746
Wealden	£6,152	£223,013	£229,165
Welwyn Hatfield	£3,976	£81,952	£85,928
West Berkshire	£5,640	£329,203	£334,843
West Devon	£2,637	£94,565	£97,202
West Lancashire	£4,343	£123,644	£127,987
West Lindsey	£3,721	£136,691	£140,412
West Northamptonshire	£14,571	£567,512	£582,083
West Oxfordshire	£4,121	£97,859	£101,980
West Suffolk	£6,190	£219,733	£225,923
Wiltshire	£18,525	£716,184	£734,709
Winchester	£4,371	£133,207	£137,578
Windsor and Maidenhead	£5,458	£235,982	£241,440
Wirral	£12,091	£238,998	£251,089
Woking	£3,696	£115,639	£119,335
Wokingham	£6,273	£185,856	£192,129
Wolverhampton	£9,013	£227,291	£236,304
Worcester	£3,779	£109,312	£113,091
Worthing	£4,091	£82,272	£86,363
Wrexham	£2,661	£83,673	£86,334
Wychavon	£4,911	£176,889	£181,800
Wyre	£4,263	£168,922	£173,185
Wyre Forest	£3,931	£111,768	£115,699
Ynys Môn	£2,638	£115,726	£118,364
York	£7,406	£382,347	£389,753

Articles 3, 4 and 5

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner, if the poll is not combined with any other poll

Commencement Information

I12 Sch. 2 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

1 Voting area	2 Maximum recoverable amount for specified services	3 Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses	4 Overall maximum recoverable amount
Aberavon	£2,500	£197,866	£200,366
Aberconwy	£2,500	£143,510	£146,010
Adur	£2,500	£116,991	£119,491
Allerdale	£3,563	£257,533	£261,096
Alyn and Deeside	£3,068	£170,114	£173,182
Amber Valley	£4,515	£276,636	£281,151
Arfon	£2,500	£114,921	£117,421
Arun	£5,736	£285,408	£291,144
Ashfield	£4,480	£269,718	£274,198
Ashford	£4,396	£271,165	£275,561
Babergh	£3,397	£196,184	£199,581
Barnsley	£8,598	£567,519	£576,117
Barrow-in-Furness	£2,574	£131,708	£134,282
Basildon	£5,774	£267,027	£272,801
Basingstoke and Deane	£6,299	£392,280	£398,579
Bassetlaw	£4,186	£288,900	£293,086
Bath and North East Somerset	£6,586	£376,340	£382,926
Bedford	£6,130	£357,423	£363,553
Birmingham	£34,470	£2,021,657	£2,056,127
Blaby	£3,587	£162,998	£166,585
Blackburn with Darwen	£4,898	£262,765	£267,663
Blackpool	£4,933	£273,371	£278,304
Blaenau Gwent	£2,500	£195,801	£198,301
Bolsover	£2,833	£176,825	£179,658
Boston	£2,500	£119,861	£122,361
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	£14,153	£828,596	£842,749
Bracknell Forest	£4,263	£212,301	£216,564
Braintree	£5,380	£318,782	£324,162
Breckland	£4,934	£295,898	£300,832
Brecon and Radnorshire	£2,632	£209,907	£212,539
Brentwood	£2,858	£165,248	£168,106
Bridgend	£2,946	£164,052	£166,998
Brighton and Hove	£9,720	£590,147	£599,867
Bristol, City of	£15,501	£1,121,514	£1,137,015
Broadland	£4,758	£282,704	£287,462
Bromsgrove	£3,051	£194,971	£198,022
Broxbourne	£3,469	£135,820	£139,289
Broxtowe	£4,083	£199,228	£203,311
Buckinghamshire	£18,564	£1,027,752	£1,046,316
Burnley	£3,138	£183,365	£186,503
Caerphilly	£3,056	£162,941	£165,997
Cambridge	£4,092	£191,430	£195,522
Cannock Chase	£3,619	£222,266	£225,885
Canterbury	£5,279	£251,293	£256,572
Cardiff Central	£2,798	£194,012	£196,810
Cardiff North	£3,226	£237,215	£240,441
Cardiff South and Penarth	£3,724	£272,549	£276,273
Cardiff West	£3,232	£229,458	£232,690
Carlisle	£3,873	£339,900	£343,773
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	£2,711	£250,851	£253,562
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	£2,784	£231,587	£234,371
Castle Point	£3,283	£141,214	£144,497
Central Bedfordshire	£9,936	£562,562	£572,498
Ceredigion	£2,571	£181,288	£183,859
Charnwood	£6,533	£261,252	£267,785
Chelmsford	£6,239	£312,473	£318,712
Cheltenham	£4,264	£236,200	£240,464
Cherwell	£5,350	£374,124	£379,474
Cheshire East	£13,757	£905,067	£918,824
Cheshire West and Chester	£12,255	£722,444	£734,699
Chesterfield	£3,884	£196,164	£200,048
Chichester	£4,361	£231,626	£235,987
Chorley	£4,045	£249,538	£253,583
Clwyd South	£2,651	£166,415	£169,066
Clwyd West	£2,821	£195,851	£198,672
Colchester	£6,173	£408,438	£414,611
Copeland	£2,613	£199,929	£202,542
Cornwall	£20,042	£2,107,897	£2,127,939
Cotswold	£3,304	£271,599	£274,903
County Durham	£18,660	£1,039,540	£1,058,200
Coventry	£11,321	£692,392	£703,713
Craven	£2,500	£142,819	£145,319
Crawley	£3,772	£182,344	£186,116
Cynon Valley	£2,500	£148,320	£150,820
Dacorum	£5,307	£253,083	£258,390
Darlington	£3,767	£172,720	£176,487
Dartford	£3,639	£258,347	£261,986
Delyn	£2,617	£166,154	£168,771
Derby	£8,600	£384,832	£393,432
Derbyshire Dales	£2,728	£213,806	£216,534
Doncaster	£10,670	£618,202	£628,872
Dorset	£13,948	£866,496	£880,444
Dover	£4,133	£247,271	£251,404
Dudley	£11,861	£330,483	£342,344
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	£2,500	£154,828	£157,328
East Cambridgeshire	£3,079	£191,046	£194,125
East Devon	£5,382	£260,770	£266,152
East Hampshire	£4,444	£272,870	£277,314
East Hertfordshire	£5,159	£328,925	£334,084
East Lindsey	£5,098	£332,023	£337,121
East Riding of Yorkshire	£12,742	£682,360	£695,102
East Staffordshire	£4,170	£222,832	£227,002
East Suffolk	£9,102	£559,213	£568,315
Eastbourne	£3,560	£186,170	£189,730
Eastleigh	£4,704	£255,099	£259,803
Eden	£2,500	£202,507	£205,007
Elmbridge	£4,880	£359,339	£364,219
Epping Forest	£4,952	£284,257	£289,209
Epsom and Ewell	£2,786	£199,845	£202,631
Erewash	£4,227	£213,252	£217,479
Exeter	£4,250	£270,249	£274,499
Fareham	£4,335	£177,841	£182,176
Fenland	£3,669	£213,679	£217,348
Folkestone and Hythe	£3,881	£260,265	£264,146
Forest of Dean	£3,222	£182,883	£186,105
Fylde	£2,929	£191,364	£194,293
Gateshead	£7,061	£280,295	£287,356
Gedling	£4,276	£246,294	£250,570
Gloucester	£4,405	£202,456	£206,861
Gosport	£3,027	£129,903	£132,930
Gower	£2,967	£168,987	£171,954
Gravesham	£3,621	£223,742	£227,363
Great Yarmouth	£3,559	£167,357	£170,916
Guildford	£5,033	£299,069	£304,102
Halton	£4,599	£228,466	£233,065
Hambleton	£3,361	£203,129	£206,490
Harborough	£3,160	£186,412	£189,572
Harlow	£2,989	£127,080	£130,069
Harrogate	£5,804	£342,936	£348,740
Hart	£3,377	£228,236	£231,613
Hartlepool	£3,410	£166,396	£169,806
Hastings	£2,971	£156,936	£159,907
Havant	£4,599	£167,210	£171,809
Herefordshire, County of	£6,724	£501,130	£507,854
Hertsmere	£3,660	£232,632	£236,292
High Peak	£3,458	£200,973	£204,431
Hinckley and Bosworth	£4,123	£177,155	£181,278
Horsham	£5,013	£266,488	£271,501
Huntingdonshire	£6,301	£319,289	£325,590
Hyndburn	£3,001	£180,072	£183,073
Ipswich	£4,548	£219,275	£223,823
Isle of Wight	£5,271	£260,193	£265,464
Isles of Scilly	£2,500	£10,289	£12,789
Islwyn	£2,665	£163,279	£165,944
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	£5,679	£274,906	£280,585
Kingston upon Hull, City of	£9,017	£456,630	£465,647
Knowsley	£5,423	£261,229	£266,652
Lancaster	£4,828	£282,271	£287,099
Leicester	£11,299	£645,803	£657,102
Lewes	£3,490	£233,752	£237,242
Lichfield	£3,892	£289,213	£293,105
Lincoln	£3,096	£204,837	£207,933
Liverpool	£15,459	£740,331	£755,790
Llanelli	£2,919	£247,226	£250,145
Luton	£6,497	£338,276	£344,773
Maidstone	£5,607	£297,296	£302,903
Maldon	£2,500	£123,269	£125,769
Malvern Hills	£2,889	£202,478	£205,367
Mansfield	£3,810	£217,980	£221,790
Medway	£9,368	£570,126	£579,494
Melton	£2,500	£135,879	£138,379
Mendip	£4,047	£276,771	£280,818
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	£2,630	£203,325	£205,955
Mid Devon	£2,918	£200,219	£203,137
Mid Suffolk	£3,774	£228,944	£232,718
Mid Sussex	£5,275	£281,456	£286,731
Middlesbrough	£4,567	£281,268	£285,835
Milton Keynes	£8,898	£459,154	£468,052
Mole Valley	£3,227	£197,208	£200,435
Monmouth	£3,141	£196,137	£199,278
Montgomeryshire	£2,500	£171,093	£173,593
Neath	£2,711	£127,413	£130,124
New Forest	£6,805	£357,209	£364,014
Newark and Sherwood	£4,221	£277,631	£281,852
Newcastle under Lyme	£4,461	£244,532	£248,993
Newcastle upon Tyne	£9,190	£662,194	£671,384
Newport East	£2,728	£143,912	£146,640
Newport West	£3,042	£161,622	£164,664
North Devon	£3,639	£221,559	£225,198
North East Derbyshire	£3,805	£244,551	£248,356
North East Lincolnshire	£5,638	£355,641	£361,279
North Hertfordshire	£4,823	£258,550	£263,373
North Kesteven	£4,145	£272,243	£276,388
North Lincolnshire	£6,152	£354,536	£360,688
North Norfolk	£4,023	£282,722	£286,745
North Northamptonshire	£11,839	£715,622	£727,461
North Somerset	£7,768	£467,140	£474,908
North Tyneside	£7,561	£388,668	£396,229
North Warwickshire	£2,500	£145,119	£147,619
North West Leicestershire	£3,588	£189,231	£192,819
Northumberland	£11,516	£687,670	£699,186
Norwich	£4,736	£259,195	£263,931
Nottingham	£9,820	£478,262	£488,082
Nuneaton and Bedworth	£4,602	£231,070	£235,672
Oadby and Wigston	£2,500	£112,656	£115,156
Ogmore	£2,667	£212,341	£215,008
Oxford	£4,834	£237,868	£242,702
Pendle	£3,190	£159,604	£162,794
Peterborough	£6,505	£391,407	£397,912
Plymouth	£8,971	£584,072	£593,043
Pontypridd	£2,852	£100,043	£102,895
Portsmouth	£6,924	£283,111	£290,035
Preseli Pembrokeshire	£2,761	£231,829	£234,590
Preston	£4,624	£257,613	£262,237
Reading	£5,161	£436,606	£441,767
Redcar and Cleveland	£4,980	£258,027	£263,007
Redditch	£3,565	£147,304	£150,869
Reigate and Banstead	£5,120	£314,893	£320,013
Rhondda	£2,500	£94,941	£97,441
Ribble Valley	£2,500	£148,156	£150,656
Richmondshire	£2,500	£123,569	£126,069
Rochford	£3,197	£144,097	£147,294
Rossendale	£2,539	£121,143	£123,682
Rother	£3,499	£224,010	£227,509
Rotherham	£9,635	£627,218	£636,853
Rugby	£3,765	£236,497	£240,262
Runnymede	£2,882	£207,059	£209,941
Rushcliffe	£4,166	£305,478	£309,644
Rushmoor	£3,181	£160,238	£163,419
Rutland	£2,500	£87,117	£89,617
Ryedale	£2,500	£167,639	£170,139
Sandwell	£11,131	£537,175	£548,306
Scarborough	£3,977	£234,689	£238,666
Sedgemoor	£4,351	£241,393	£245,744
Sefton	£9,927	£590,507	£600,434
Selby	£3,166	£217,827	£220,993
Sevenoaks	£4,234	£271,889	£276,123
Sheffield	£19,028	£883,859	£902,887
Shropshire	£11,376	£714,269	£725,645
Slough	£4,630	£292,331	£296,961
Solihull	£7,720	£344,132	£351,852
Somerset West and Taunton	£5,322	£337,756	£343,078
South Cambridgeshire	£5,664	£339,088	£344,752
South Derbyshire	£3,521	£181,419	£184,940
South Gloucestershire	£10,142	£587,761	£597,903
South Hams	£3,294	£208,433	£211,727
South Holland	£3,372	£177,797	£181,169
South Kesteven	£5,191	£292,523	£297,714
South Lakeland	£3,956	£320,031	£323,987
South Norfolk	£4,933	£286,871	£291,804
South Oxfordshire	£5,074	£312,449	£317,523
South Ribble	£4,056	£225,178	£229,234
South Somerset	£6,061	£387,675	£393,736
South Staffordshire	£4,129	£259,889	£264,018
South Tyneside	£5,627	£328,008	£333,635
Southampton	£7,989	£411,600	£419,589
Southend-on-Sea	£6,279	£311,025	£317,304
Spelthorne	£3,604	£240,513	£244,117
St Albans	£5,190	£313,242	£318,432
St Helens	£6,577	£287,570	£294,147
Stafford	£4,791	£377,471	£382,262
Staffordshire Moorlands	£3,839	£214,169	£218,008
Stevenage	£3,067	£179,801	£182,868
Stockton-on-Tees	£6,836	£372,226	£379,062
Stoke-on-Trent	£8,731	£468,699	£477,430
Stratford on Avon	£4,729	£308,179	£312,908
Stroud	£4,470	£296,966	£301,436
Sunderland	£9,994	£554,176	£564,170
Surrey Heath	£3,188	£178,478	£181,666
Swale	£4,898	£217,068	£221,966
Swansea East	£2,818	£161,465	£164,283
Swansea West	£2,671	£162,483	£165,154
Swindon	£7,422	£340,244	£347,666
Tamworth	£2,792	£161,124	£163,916
Tandridge	£3,134	£166,855	£169,989
Teignbridge	£4,981	£278,527	£283,508
Telford and The Wrekin	£6,098	£341,283	£347,381
Tendring	£5,337	£270,829	£276,166
Test Valley	£4,590	£323,993	£328,583
Tewkesbury	£3,320	£182,006	£185,326
Thanet	£4,765	£232,601	£237,366
Three Rivers	£3,297	£181,826	£185,123
Thurrock	£5,522	£258,211	£263,733
Tonbridge and Malling	£4,479	£258,584	£263,063
Torbay	£4,935	£309,717	£314,652
Torfaen	£2,948	£190,112	£193,060
Torridge	£2,527	£220,950	£223,477
Tunbridge Wells	£3,841	£224,461	£228,302
Uttlesford	£3,127	£214,016	£217,143
Vale of Clwyd	£2,756	£170,352	£173,108
Vale of Glamorgan	£3,483	£312,925	£316,408
Vale of White Horse	£4,621	£304,654	£309,275
Walsall	£9,476	£573,955	£583,431
Warrington	£7,715	£482,186	£489,901
Warwick	£5,006	£364,733	£369,739
Watford	£3,407	£245,967	£249,374
Waverley	£4,454	£277,947	£282,401
Wealden	£5,844	£366,972	£372,816
Welwyn Hatfield	£3,869	£198,587	£202,456
West Berkshire	£5,640	£329,203	£334,843
West Devon	£2,500	£154,989	£157,489
West Lancashire	£4,172	£241,893	£246,065
West Lindsey	£3,540	£238,794	£242,334
West Northamptonshire	£13,811	£928,806	£942,617
West Oxfordshire	£3,968	£200,177	£204,145
West Suffolk	£5,873	£359,649	£365,522
Wiltshire	£17,589	£1,145,605	£1,163,194
Winchester	£4,207	£308,595	£312,802
Windsor and Maidenhead	£4,966	£255,185	£260,151
Wirral	£11,663	£478,980	£490,643
Woking	£3,565	£235,297	£238,862
Wokingham	£5,889	£276,171	£282,060
Wolverhampton	£8,702	£498,644	£507,346
Worcester	£3,636	£211,137	£214,773
Worthing	£3,947	£166,431	£170,378
Wrexham	£2,522	£137,956	£140,478
Wychavon	£4,660	£290,633	£295,293
Wyre	£4,040	£256,416	£260,456
Wyre Forest	£3,763	£199,113	£202,876
Ynys Môn	£2,500	£195,578	£198,078
York	£7,406	£382,347	£389,753

Articles 6, 7 and 8

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for police areas

Commencement Information

I13 Sch. 3 in force at 24.3.2021, see art. 1(1)

1 Police area	2 Maximum recoverable amount for specified services	3 Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses	4 Overall maximum recoverable amount
Avon and Somerset	£8,000	£34,670	£42,670
Bedfordshire	£8,000	£12,613	£20,613
Cambridgeshire	£8,000	£13,394	£21,394
Cheshire	£8,000	£17,356	£25,356
Cleveland	£8,000	£12,292	£20,292
Cumbria	£8,000	£12,156	£20,156
Derbyshire	£8,000	£38,831	£46,831
Devon and Cornwall	£8,000	£62,507	£70,507
Dorset	£8,000	£16,480	£24,480
Durham	£8,000	£12,597	£20,597
Dyfed-Powys	£8,000	£19,873	£27,873
Essex	£8,000	£18,362	£26,362
Gloucestershire	£8,000	£12,661	£20,661
Gwent	£8,000	£12,386	£20,386
Hampshire	£8,000	£52,973	£60,973
Hertfordshire	£8,000	£14,776	£22,776
Humberside	£8,000	£23,528	£31,528
Kent	£8,000	£38,398	£46,398
Lancashire	£8,000	£17,807	£25,807
Leicestershire	£8,000	£18,748	£26,748
Lincolnshire	£8,000	£16,977	£24,977
Merseyside	£8,000	£15,679	£23,679
Norfolk	£8,000	£13,777	£21,777
North Wales	£8,000	£25,866	£33,866
North Yorkshire	£8,000	£26,947	£34,947
Northamptonshire	£8,000	£29,560	£37,560
Northumbria	£8,000	£31,932	£39,932
Nottinghamshire	£8,000	£23,754	£31,754
South Wales	£8,000	£20,901	£28,901
South Yorkshire	£8,000	£15,550	£23,550
Staffordshire	£8,000	£85,413	£93,413
Suffolk	£8,000	£13,459	£21,459
Surrey	£8,000	£28,949	£36,949
Sussex	£8,000	£34,022	£42,022
Thames Valley	£8,000	£76,904	£84,904
Warwickshire	£8,000	£16,441	£24,441
West Mercia	£8,000	£15,780	£23,780
West Midlands	£8,000	£37,762	£45,762
Wiltshire and Swindon	£8,000	£15,975	£23,975

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under section 55 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), a returning officer may recover charges in respect of services rendered, or expenses incurred, by the officer for or in connection with an election if the services were necessarily rendered, or the expenses necessarily incurred, for the efficient and effective conduct of a police and crime commissioner election (“PCC election”). Those charges may not however exceed the overall maximum recoverable amount specified by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with the consent of Treasury, in an order. An order may also specify the maximum amount that may be recovered in respect of any specified services or expenses.

Articles 3 to 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order specify the maximum amounts for specified services and specified expenses, and the overall maximum amount, that may be recovered by a local returning officer in respect of a voting area at the PCC election scheduled for 6 May 2021, some of which are combined with other elections. A voting area is a local authority area, except where an ordinary PCC election is combined with a general election for members of the Senedd Cymru, in which case a voting area is a Senedd Cymru constituency.

Articles 3 to 5, and Schedule 2, provide maximum recoverable amounts for PCC elections taken alone following 6th May 2021 to fill a vacancy in the office of PCC.

Articles 6 to 8 and Schedule 3 specify the overall maximum amount and the maximum amounts for specified services and specified expenses that may be recovered by a police area returning officer in respect of a police area at a PCC election.

Article 9 specifies the maximum amounts that may be recovered (instead of the amounts referred to above) where an election is uncontested.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.