The Referendum on the Voting System (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’ Charges) Order 2011

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1099

Representation Of The People

Referendums

The Referendum on the Voting System (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’ Charges) Order 2011

Made

4th April 2011

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Lord President of the Council(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 20(1), (4) and (12) of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011(2), makes the following Order with the consent of the Treasury(3):

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Referendum on the Voting System (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’ Charges) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) Articles 1, 2, 3, 9 and 11 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.

(3) Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Order extend to England and Wales and Scotland only.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order, “the referendum” means the referendum on the voting system for United Kingdom parliamentary elections provided for in Part 1 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.

Counting Officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

3.  In respect of a counting officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount specified for the referendum for each voting area is the amount listed in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1.

Regional Counting Officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

4.  In respect of a Regional Counting Officer, the overall maximum recoverable amount specified for the referendum for each region is the amount listed in column 4 of the table in Schedule 2.

Counting Officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services

5.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the specified services for the referendum shall not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1;

(2) For a counting officer, the specified services are those services of the description specified in article 7.

Regional Counting Officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services

6.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a Regional Counting Officer in respect of the specified services for the referendum shall not exceed the amount listed for each region in column 2 of the table in Schedule 2;

(2) For a Regional Counting Officer, the specified services are those services of the description specified in article 8.

Counting officers: specified services

7.  The specified services are—

(a) conducting the referendum;

(b) discharging the counting officer’s duties at the referendum; and

(c) making arrangements for the referendum.

Regional Counting Officers: specified services

8.  The specified services are—

(a) discharging the Regional Counting Officer’s duties at the referendum; and

(b) making arrangements for the referendum.

Counting officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

9.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum shall not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1;

(2) For a counting officer, the specified expenses are those expenses of the description specified in article 11.

Regional Counting Officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

10.—(1) The total of the charges recoverable by a Regional Counting Officer in respect of the specified expenses for the referendum shall not exceed the amount listed for each region in column 3 of the table in Schedule 2;

(2) For a Regional Counting Officer, the specified expenses are those expenses of the description specified in article 12.

Counting officers: specified expenses

11.  The specified expenses are—

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

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

(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;

(d) printing, producing or purchasing 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 any enactment for or in connection with the referendum;

(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 security, including any necessary secure storage of ballot boxes, ballot papers and verification documents;

(k) conducting the verification 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;

(n) the identification and removal of postal votes from Royal Mail Centres and delivery of them to the counting officer; and

(o) in a voting area in Scotland, the supply of copies of the register of electors for use in the conduct of the referendum.

Regional Counting Officers: specified expenses

12.  The specified expenses are—

(a) the appointment and payment of persons to assist the Regional Counting Officer;

(b) travel and overnight subsistence for the Regional Counting Officer and any person appointed to assist the Regional Counting Officer;

(c) printing or otherwise producing the ballot papers;

(d) printing or otherwise producing and, where appropriate, publishing notices and any other documents required by any enactment for or in connection with the referendum;

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

(f) providing and transporting equipment;

(g) providing training; and

(h) providing stationery and meeting postage, telephone, printing, translation and banking costs and the costs of other miscellaneous items including those which are incurred in collating the results of the referendum in voting areas within the region and submitting the regional result to the Chief Counting Officer.

Signed by authority of the Lord President of the Council

Mark Harper

Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform)

Cabinet Office

31st March 2011

We consent to this Order

4th April 2011

Angela Watkinson

Michael Fabricant

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

Articles 3, 5 and 9

SCHEDULE 1 Counting officers: overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for the specified services and the specified expenses for voting areas

1 Voting area	2 Maximum recoverable amount for the specified services	3 Maximum recoverable amount for the specified expenses	4 Overall maximum recoverable amount
ENGLAND
EAST MIDLANDS
Amber Valley	£5,032	£170,451	£175,483
Ashfield	£4,731	£132,546	£137,277
Bassetlaw	£4,451	£165,139	£169,589
Blaby	£3,796	£98,270	£102,066
Bolsover	£3,102	£83,234	£86,336
Boston	£2,750	£71,094	£73,844
Broxtowe	£4,363	£139,534	£143,896
Charnwood	£6,811	£155,967	£162,778
Chesterfield	£4,186	£125,847	£130,033
Corby	£2,750	£65,835	£68,585
Daventry	£3,119	£122,999	£126,119
Derby UA	£9,224	£222,958	£232,182
Derbyshire Dales	£2,982	£124,463	£127,446
East Lindsey	£5,585	£177,924	£183,509
East Northamptonshire	£3,427	£120,706	£124,133
Erewash	£4,393	£125,977	£130,370
Gedling	£4,573	£130,626	£135,198
Harborough	£3,392	£105,158	£108,550
High Peak	£3,747	£124,484	£128,231
Hinckley and Bosworth	£4,333	£111,946	£116,279
Kettering	£3,658	£122,249	£125,907
Leicester UA	£11,727	£285,861	£297,588
Lincoln	£3,371	£97,361	£100,732
Mansfield	£4,279	£115,401	£119,680
Melton	£2,750	£69,493	£72,243
Newark and Sherwood	£4,362	£152,786	£157,148
North East Derbyshire	£4,087	£119,708	£123,795
North Kesteven	£4,258	£202,905	£207,163
North West Leicestershire	£3,787	£108,320	£112,107
Northampton	£7,914	£256,137	£264,051
Nottingham UA	£9,874	£273,587	£283,461
Oadby and Wigston	£2,750	£57,238	£59,988
Rushcliffe	£4,415	£160,757	£165,172
Rutland UA	£2,750	£50,764	£53,514
South Derbyshire	£3,668	£115,953	£119,621
South Holland	£3,606	£99,707	£103,313
South Kesteven	£5,342	£166,809	£172,151
South Northamptonshire	£3,440	£115,414	£118,854
Wellingborough	£2,885	£84,382	£87,267
West Lindsey	£3,708	£155,975	£159,684
EASTERN
Babergh	£3,652	£116,543	£120,195
Basildon	£6,698	£169,893	£176,591
Bedford UA	£6,072	£179,287	£185,359
Braintree	£5,579	£174,965	£180,545
Breckland	£5,070	£147,886	£152,956
Brentwood	£2,883	£93,274	£96,157
Broadland	£5,027	£131,787	£136,814
Broxbourne	£3,610	£100,977	£104,587
Cambridge	£4,607	£108,185	£112,792
Castle Point	£3,509	£82,154	£85,664
Central Bedfordshire UA	£10,075	£295,588	£305,663
Chelmsford	£6,670	£159,318	£165,988
Colchester	£6,589	£190,804	£197,393
Dacorum	£5,614	£139,598	£145,212
East Cambridgeshire	£3,238	£95,182	£98,420
East Hertfordshire	£5,399	£169,190	£174,589
Epping Forest	£5,065	£176,566	£181,631
Fenland	£3,764	£96,062	£99,826
Forest Heath	£2,750	£57,165	£59,915
Great Yarmouth	£3,754	£98,997	£102,752
Harlow	£3,132	£69,067	£72,199
Hertsmere	£3,795	£118,012	£121,807
Huntingdonshire	£6,422	£194,657	£201,079
Ipswich	£5,012	£141,111	£146,123
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk	£6,029	£176,446	£182,475
Luton UA	£7,210	£169,927	£177,137
Maldon	£2,750	£79,046	£81,796
Mid Suffolk	£3,885	£129,700	£133,584
North Hertfordshire	£5,069	£164,294	£169,363
North Norfolk	£4,273	£152,054	£156,327
Norwich	£5,137	£149,106	£154,243
Peterborough UA	£6,272	£175,973	£182,245
Rochford	£3,384	£96,284	£99,668
South Cambridgeshire	£5,596	£197,536	£203,132
South Norfolk	£4,929	£162,177	£167,107
Southend-on-Sea UA	£6,635	£171,426	£178,061
St Albans	£5,341	£144,710	£150,051
St. Edmundsbury	£4,149	£138,095	£142,244
Stevenage	£3,124	£108,846	£111,970
Suffolk Coastal	£5,016	£151,895	£156,911
Tendring	£5,665	£160,147	£165,812
Three Rivers	£3,465	£115,947	£119,412
Thurrock UA	£5,822	£163,909	£169,731
Uttlesford	£3,075	£103,000	£106,075
Watford	£3,411	£101,176	£104,586
Waveney	£4,756	£134,181	£138,937
Welwyn Hatfield	£4,039	£107,648	£111,686
LONDON
Barking and Dagenham	£5,734	£263,961	£269,695
Barnet	£10,763	£480,690	£491,452
Bexley	£8,174	£351,129	£359,303
Brent	£9,504	£405,907	£415,412
Bromley	£11,158	£472,259	£483,417
Camden	£7,037	£268,417	£275,455
City of London	£2,500	£13,618	£16,118
Croydon	£11,776	£450,149	£461,925
Ealing	£10,836	£448,131	£458,968
Enfield	£9,745	£438,739	£448,484
Greenwich	£7,761	£337,532	£345,293
Hackney	£7,025	£277,039	£284,065
Hammersmith and Fulham	£5,873	£243,608	£249,481
Haringey	£7,795	£302,136	£309,932
Harrow	£8,050	£335,360	£343,410
Havering	£8,554	£353,169	£361,722
Hillingdon	£9,164	£388,433	£397,597
Hounslow	£8,403	£348,872	£357,275
Islington	£6,641	£268,766	£275,407
Kensington and Chelsea	£4,941	£233,776	£238,717
Kingston upon Thames	£5,394	£259,429	£264,823
Lambeth	£9,827	£358,779	£368,606
Lewisham	£8,606	£326,273	£334,879
Merton	£6,731	£289,321	£296,053
Newham	£8,954	£339,729	£348,682
Redbridge	£9,224	£372,384	£381,608
Richmond upon Thames	£6,376	£277,129	£283,504
Southwark	£9,019	£330,938	£339,958
Sutton	£6,483	£279,283	£285,766
Tower Hamlets	£7,441	£326,753	£334,195
Waltham Forest	£8,278	£326,695	£334,974
Wandsworth	£10,731	£460,797	£471,528
Westminster	£6,728	£295,215	£301,943
NORTH EAST
County Durham UA	£18,786	£948,814	£967,600
Darlington UA	£4,146	£133,201	£137,347
Gateshead	£7,687	£274,935	£282,621
Hartlepool UA	£3,618	£109,370	£112,988
Middlesbrough UA	£5,314	£139,383	£144,697
Newcastle upon Tyne	£10,030	£355,122	£365,152
North Tyneside	£8,170	£281,336	£289,506
Northumberland UA	£11,731	£552,416	£564,147
Redcar and Cleveland UA	£5,507	£157,738	£163,245
South Tyneside	£6,063	£221,244	£227,307
Stockton-on-Tees UA	£7,385	£234,120	£241,505
Sunderland	£11,174	£391,386	£402,560
NORTH WEST
Allerdale	£3,881	£151,195	£155,076
Barrow-in-Furness	£2,795	£64,942	£67,737
Blackburn with Darwen UA	£5,362	£174,244	£179,607
Blackpool UA	£5,344	£240,614	£245,958
Bolton	£10,524	£302,502	£313,026
Burnley	£3,509	£102,018	£105,527
Bury	£7,403	£224,648	£232,051
Carlisle	£4,379	£169,485	£173,864
Cheshire East UA	£14,983	£461,164	£476,147
Cheshire West and Chester UA	£13,129	£365,753	£378,882
Chorley	£4,157	£160,134	£164,291
Copeland	£2,916	£108,644	£111,560
Eden	£2,750	£90,493	£93,243
Fylde	£3,211	£99,643	£102,854
Halton UA	£4,803	£125,874	£130,676
Hyndburn	£3,056	£102,341	£105,396
Knowsley	£5,835	£162,504	£168,340
Lancaster	£5,665	£154,797	£160,462
Liverpool	£16,848	£423,451	£440,300
Manchester	£17,908	£498,462	£516,370
Oldham	£8,392	£228,107	£236,499
Pendle	£3,499	£113,735	£117,234
Preston	£5,231	£154,576	£159,807
Ribble Valley	£2,750	£73,790	£76,540
Rochdale	£8,260	£224,316	£232,576
Rossendale	£2,750	£74,703	£77,453
Salford	£8,779	£287,672	£296,451
Sefton	£10,950	£281,663	£292,613
South Lakeland	£4,399	£194,143	£198,542
South Ribble	£4,495	£137,565	£142,060
St. Helens	£7,185	£214,334	£221,518
Stockport	£11,478	£317,065	£328,544
Tameside	£8,648	£262,162	£270,810
Trafford	£8,745	£280,416	£289,161
Warrington UA	£8,090	£248,163	£256,253
West Lancashire	£4,494	£164,795	£169,289
Wigan	£12,380	£343,009	£355,390
Wirral	£12,666	£306,475	£319,141
Wyre	£4,501	£172,714	£177,215
SOUTH EAST
Adur	£2,500	£77,664	£80,164
Arun	£5,968	£153,288	£159,256
Ashford	£4,475	£139,835	£144,310
Aylesbury Vale	£6,840	£211,275	£218,115
Basingstoke and Deane	£6,323	£210,935	£217,258
Bracknell Forest UA	£4,351	£110,134	£114,485
Brighton and Hove UA	£10,243	£265,198	£275,440
Canterbury	£5,567	£140,393	£145,959
Cherwell	£5,406	£200,852	£206,258
Chichester	£4,660	£131,551	£136,211
Chiltern	£3,700	£99,586	£103,286
Crawley	£3,917	£105,963	£109,880
Dartford	£3,670	£124,418	£128,089
Dover	£4,361	£119,048	£123,410
East Hampshire	£4,620	£124,628	£129,248
Eastbourne	£3,813	£97,201	£101,014
Eastleigh	£4,905	£140,448	£145,353
Elmbridge	£4,858	£138,007	£142,865
Epsom and Ewell	£2,875	£77,847	£80,723
Fareham	£4,169	£145,607	£149,776
Gosport	£2,935	£101,901	£104,837
Gravesham	£3,693	£96,370	£100,063
Guildford	£5,407	£167,486	£172,893
Hart	£3,605	£95,137	£98,742
Hastings	£3,024	£99,275	£102,299
Havant	£4,846	£117,678	£122,524
Horsham	£5,235	£138,707	£143,943
Isle of Wight UA	£5,287	£178,589	£183,877
Lewes	£3,865	£116,448	£120,313
Maidstone	£6,007	£203,215	£209,222
Medway UA	£9,625	£248,785	£258,410
Mid Sussex	£5,413	£142,204	£147,617
Milton Keynes UA	£8,831	£254,225	£263,056
Mole Valley	£3,423	£124,078	£127,501
New Forest	£7,419	£194,035	£201,454
Oxford	£5,104	£187,023	£192,126
Portsmouth UA	£7,258	£173,508	£180,766
Reading UA	£5,690	£148,918	£154,608
Reigate and Banstead	£5,231	£149,059	£154,290
Rother	£3,698	£107,214	£110,912
Runnymede	£3,084	£82,163	£85,247
Rushmoor	£3,305	£85,812	£89,118
Sevenoaks	£4,151	£195,497	£199,648
Shepway	£3,906	£115,235	£119,141
Slough UA	£4,365	£116,325	£120,690
South Bucks	£2,750	£86,135	£88,885
South Oxfordshire	£5,353	£142,725	£148,079
Southampton UA	£8,998	£230,510	£239,508
Spelthorne	£3,799	£117,120	£120,919
Surrey Heath	£3,291	£90,948	£94,239
Swale	£5,049	£129,322	£134,370
Tandridge	£3,197	£107,353	£110,550
Test Valley	£4,668	£152,431	£157,098
Thanet	£4,993	£115,211	£120,204
Tonbridge and Malling	£4,556	£113,590	£118,146
Tunbridge Wells	£4,120	£111,076	£115,196
Vale of White Horse	£4,854	£140,114	£144,969
Waverley	£4,768	£130,846	£135,615
Wealden	£6,053	£176,925	£182,978
West Berkshire UA	£6,007	£195,950	£201,957
West Oxfordshire	£4,121	£132,646	£136,767
Winchester	£4,636	£158,858	£163,494
Windsor and Maidenhead UA	£5,298	£146,928	£152,226
Woking	£3,701	£102,485	£106,186
Wokingham UA	£6,239	£181,175	£187,414
Worthing	£4,183	£98,872	£103,055
Wycombe	£6,458	£166,934	£173,392
SOUTH WEST
Bath and North East Somerset UA	£7,073	£197,309	£204,382
Bournemouth UA	£6,918	£170,021	£176,939
Bristol, City of UA	£15,834	£424,552	£440,386
Cheltenham	£4,273	£148,553	£152,826
Christchurch	£2,750	£56,979	£59,729
Cornwall UA	£19,672	£919,132	£938,804
Cotswold	£3,459	£132,489	£135,948
East Devon	£5,425	£165,933	£171,358
East Dorset	£3,695	£103,961	£107,656
Exeter	£4,438	£131,063	£135,501
Forest of Dean	£3,434	£109,705	£113,138
Gloucester	£4,638	£143,108	£147,745
Isles of Scilly UA	£2,500	£6,874	£9,374
Mendip	£4,407	£150,043	£154,449
Mid Devon	£3,137	£116,082	£119,219
North Devon	£3,906	£125,113	£129,019
North Dorset	£2,750	£90,340	£93,090
North Somerset UA	£8,158	£223,804	£231,962
Plymouth UA	£9,676	£282,535	£292,212
Poole UA	£5,971	£172,317	£178,288
Purbeck	£2,750	£61,761	£64,511
Sedgemoor	£4,624	£135,146	£139,770
South Gloucestershire UA	£10,474	£295,760	£306,234
South Hams	£3,587	£118,962	£122,549
South Somerset	£6,681	£249,172	£255,852
Stroud	£4,650	£168,368	£173,018
Swindon UA	£8,005	£189,604	£197,609
Taunton Deane	£4,327	£133,400	£137,727
Teignbridge	£5,318	£168,042	£173,359
Tewkesbury	£3,313	£96,382	£99,694
Torbay UA	£5,526	£141,854	£147,381
Torridge	£2,750	£94,586	£97,336
West Devon	£2,750	£83,247	£85,997
West Dorset	£4,194	£140,461	£144,655
West Somerset	£2,750	£53,088	£55,838
Weymouth and Portland	£2,750	£74,363	£77,113
Wiltshire UA	£16,388	£726,965	£743,354
WEST MIDLANDS
Birmingham	£38,246	£911,563	£949,809
Bromsgrove	£3,852	£109,000	£112,853
Cannock Chase	£3,913	£117,098	£121,011
Coventry	£11,651	£302,001	£313,652
Dudley	£12,597	£341,397	£353,993
East Staffordshire	£4,422	£144,934	£149,356
Herefordshire, County of UA	£7,216	£230,253	£237,469
Lichfield	£4,070	£136,160	£140,230
Malvern Hills	£3,095	£97,708	£100,803
Newcastle-under-Lyme	£5,099	£147,264	£152,363
North Warwickshire	£2,750	£75,727	£78,477
Nuneaton and Bedworth	£4,256	£169,095	£173,351
Redditch	£3,303	£92,015	£95,318
Rugby	£3,887	£127,045	£130,933
Sandwell	£11,607	£315,993	£327,600
Shropshire UA	£10,932	£504,128	£515,060
Solihull	£8,136	£238,314	£246,449
South Staffordshire	£4,454	£134,414	£138,868
Stafford	£5,101	£187,956	£193,057
Staffordshire Moorlands	£4,086	£129,100	£133,187
Stoke-on-Trent UA	£9,823	£266,780	£276,603
Stratford-on-Avon	£4,936	£202,283	£207,219
Tamworth	£3,007	£92,188	£95,195
Telford and Wrekin UA	£6,332	£253,779	£260,111
Walsall	£9,872	£272,044	£281,916
Warwick	£5,245	£166,159	£171,404
Wolverhampton	£9,058	£284,577	£293,635
Worcester	£3,896	£113,368	£117,264
Wychavon	£4,762	£161,576	£166,338
Wyre Forest	£4,020	£113,053	£117,072
YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Barnsley	£9,184	£266,585	£275,769
Bradford	£17,364	£500,460	£517,824
Calderdale	£7,709	£247,819	£255,528
Craven	£2,750	£104,297	£107,047
Doncaster	£11,354	£408,677	£420,031
East Riding of Yorkshire UA	£13,902	£407,471	£421,373
Hambleton	£3,668	£128,644	£132,313
Harrogate	£6,179	£270,554	£276,733
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA	£9,526	£226,448	£235,975
Kirklees	£15,664	£426,013	£441,677
Leeds	£28,529	£806,927	£835,456
North East Lincolnshire UA	£6,092	£166,385	£172,477
North Lincolnshire UA	£6,568	£207,264	£213,832
Richmondshire	£2,750	£71,335	£74,085
Rotherham	£10,067	£326,586	£336,653
Ryedale	£2,750	£93,797	£96,547
Scarborough	£4,518	£129,488	£134,007
Selby	£3,267	£115,896	£119,163
Sheffield	£19,175	£543,112	£562,286
Wakefield	£13,200	£354,122	£367,322
York UA	£7,872	£204,970	£212,842
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen Central	£2,950	£101,266	£104,216
Aberdeen Donside	£2,935	£98,197	£101,132
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	£2,867	£97,275	£100,142
Aberdeenshire East	£2,891	£106,349	£109,239
Aberdeenshire West	£2,804	£106,624	£109,428
Airdrie and Shotts	£2,750	£86,763	£89,513
Almond Valley	£3,175	£105,425	£108,601
Angus North and Mearns	£2,750	£96,158	£98,908
Angus South	£2,872	£104,355	£107,227
Argyll and Bute	£2,750	£116,649	£119,399
Ayr	£3,237	£113,084	£116,322
Banffshire and Buchan Coast	£2,967	£104,599	£107,566
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	£2,943	£107,497	£110,440
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	£3,149	£111,976	£115,125
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	£2,750	£96,967	£99,717
Clydebank and Milngavie	£2,819	£96,885	£99,704
Clydesdale	£2,986	£100,418	£103,404
Coatbridge and Chryston	£2,750	£81,676	£84,426
Cowdenbeath	£2,837	£89,710	£92,546
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	£2,750	£78,065	£80,815
Cunninghame North	£2,968	£98,935	£101,903
Cunninghame South	£2,750	£85,827	£88,577
Dumbarton	£2,868	£104,455	£107,323
Dumfriesshire	£3,124	£116,081	£119,205
Dundee City East	£2,830	£89,596	£92,427
Dundee City West	£2,750	£87,106	£89,856
Dunfermline	£2,866	£98,410	£101,276
East Kilbride	£3,097	£91,964	£95,061
East Lothian	£2,911	£102,636	£105,547
Eastwood	£2,750	£90,881	£93,631
Edinburgh Central	£2,984	£94,731	£97,715
Edinburgh Eastern	£3,053	£89,375	£92,429
Edinburgh Northern and Leith	£2,996	£101,028	£104,024
Edinburgh Pentlands	£2,836	£100,299	£103,134
Edinburgh Southern	£2,936	£97,803	£100,739
Edinburgh Western	£3,022	£102,629	£105,651
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	£2,862	£109,678	£112,539
Falkirk East	£3,042	£86,271	£89,313
Falkirk West	£2,968	£86,835	£89,803
Galloway and West Dumfries	£2,997	£116,277	£119,274
Glasgow Anniesland	£2,827	£83,479	£86,306
Glasgow Cathcart	£3,050	£86,774	£89,824
Glasgow Kelvin	£3,083	£82,366	£85,449
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	£2,867	£81,823	£84,689
Glasgow Pollok	£2,979	£81,061	£84,040
Glasgow Provan	£2,750	£77,976	£80,726
Glasgow Shettleston	£2,752	£79,348	£82,100
Glasgow Southside	£2,750	£72,726	£75,476
Greenock and Inverclyde	£2,978	£98,411	£101,390
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	£3,031	£91,164	£94,195
Inverness and Nairn	£3,256	£121,294	£124,550
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	£3,228	£104,294	£107,522
Kirkcaldy	£3,149	£99,747	£102,896
Linlithgow	£3,320	£111,215	£114,535
Mid Fife and Glenrothes	£2,841	£91,188	£94,029
Midlothian North and Musselburgh	£3,010	£91,465	£94,474
Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale	£3,035	£105,968	£109,003
Moray	£2,966	£100,097	£103,063
Motherwell and Wishaw	£2,889	£85,076	£87,965
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	£2,750	£48,621	£51,371
North East Fife	£3,137	£103,075	£106,212
Orkney	£2,750	£29,658	£32,408
Paisley	£2,750	£93,153	£95,903
Perthshire North	£2,765	£109,532	£112,296
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	£2,952	£113,576	£116,528
Renfrewshire North and West	£2,750	£88,691	£91,441
Renfrewshire South	£2,750	£87,184	£89,934
Rutherglen	£3,084	£77,500	£80,584
Shetland	£2,750	£36,147	£38,897
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	£2,985	£110,655	£113,640
Stirling	£2,774	£100,769	£103,542
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	£3,149	£97,479	£100,628
Uddingston and Bellshill	£2,980	£86,141	£89,120
WALES
Aberavon	£2,750	£97,006	£99,756
Aberconwy	£2,750	£66,707	£69,457
Alyn and Deeside	£3,185	£84,503	£87,688
Arfon	£2,750	£67,745	£70,495
Blaenau Gwent	£2,768	£102,773	£105,541
Brecon and Radnorshire	£2,803	£109,695	£112,498
Bridgend	£3,080	£86,847	£89,927
Caerphilly	£3,233	£101,890	£105,123
Cardiff Central	£3,157	£88,080	£91,237
Cardiff North	£3,412	£109,060	£112,473
Cardiff South and Penarth	£3,835	£122,275	£126,110
Cardiff West	£3,267	£104,499	£107,766
Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	£2,750	£109,237	£111,987
Carmarthen W & S Pembrokeshire	£3,046	£104,212	£107,259
Ceredigion	£3,066	£95,982	£99,048
Clwyd South	£2,814	£95,929	£98,743
Clwyd West	£3,027	£95,394	£98,421
Cynon Valley	£2,750	£84,435	£87,185
Delyn	£2,799	£84,873	£87,673
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	£2,750	£92,620	£95,370
Gower	£3,234	£98,938	£102,172
Islwyn	£2,856	£92,956	£95,812
Llanelli	£2,918	£102,107	£105,025
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	£2,750	£98,780	£101,530
Monmouth	£3,377	£116,720	£120,097
Montgomeryshire	£2,750	£85,733	£88,483
Neath	£3,015	£109,660	£112,675
Newport East	£2,829	£83,591	£86,419
Newport West	£3,204	£99,084	£102,288
Ogmore	£2,921	£88,146	£91,066
Pontypridd	£3,037	£94,857	£97,894
Preseli Pembrokeshire	£2,949	£102,584	£105,533
Rhondda	£2,750	£91,244	£93,994
Swansea East	£3,128	£92,289	£95,417
Swansea West	£3,188	£91,719	£94,907
Torfaen	£3,219	£116,445	£119,664
Vale of Clwyd	£2,924	£81,055	£83,980
Vale of Glamorgan	£3,680	£124,177	£127,857
Wrexham	£2,750	£79,227	£81,977
Ynys Mon	£2,750	£88,663	£91,413
NORTHERN IRELAND
Northern Ireland		£2,500,000	£2,500,000

Articles 4, 6 and 10

SCHEDULE 2 Regional Counting Officers: overall maximum recoverable amounts and maximum recoverable amounts for the specified services and the specified expenses for regions

1 Region	2 Maximum recoverable amount for the specified services	3 Maximum recoverable amount for the specified expenses	4 Overall maximum recoverable amount
East Midlands	£12,000	£40,080	£52,080
Eastern	£12,000	£44,469	£56,469
London	£12,000	£35,691	£47,691
North East	£12,000	£22,524	£34,524
North West	£12,000	£39,453	£51,453
South East	£12,000	£57,009	£69,009
South West	£12,000	£38,199	£50,199
West Midlands	£12,000	£33,810	£45,810
Yorkshire and the Humber	£12,000	£28,167	£40,167
Scotland	£12,000	£35,064	£47,064
Wales	£12,000	£40,080	£52,080

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends to the whole of the United Kingdon, except articles 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12, and Schedule 2, which do not extend to Northern Ireland. This Order provides for payments for services and expenses of counting officers and Regional Counting Officers in connection with the conduct of the referendum on the voting system to be held on 5 May 2011 under Part 1 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. Under paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act, a counting officer or Regional Counting Officer may recover his charges for services and expenses provided they were necessarily rendered or incurred for the efficient and effective conduct of the referendum and the total does not exceed the overall maximum recoverable amount specified by the Secretary of State in an order. Paragraph 20(4) also enables the Secretary of State to specify by order a maximum recoverable amount for particular services or expenses.

Article 3 of this Order specifies that the overall maximum recoverable amount for each voting area is listed in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1, and article 4 specifies that the overall maximum recoverable amount for each region is listed in column 4 of the table in Schedule 2.

Article 5 of this Order specifies that the total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the services of the description specified in article 7 shall not exceed the amount listed for each voting area in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1. This total is “the maximum recoverable amount for the specified services”. Similarly, article 6 provides that the total of the charges recoverable by a Regional Counting Officer in respect of the services of the description specified in article 8 shall not exceed the amount listed for each region in column 2 of the table in Schedule 2.

Article 9 provides that the total of the charges recoverable by a counting officer in respect of the expenses of the description specified in article 11 are listed for each voting area in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1. This is the “the maximum recoverable amount for the specified expenses”. Article 10 provides that the total of the charges recoverable by a Regional Counting Officer in respect of the expenses of the description specified in article 12 are listed for each region in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1. This is the “the maximum recoverable amount for the specified expenses”.

(1)

“The Minister” is defined in s7(1) of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 to include the Lord President of the Council.

(2)

2011 c.1.

(3)

Consent of the Treasury is required by paragraph 20(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011.