2024 No. 297

Police, England And Wales

The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024

Made

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55(1) and (2) and 154(5) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 20111, and with the consent of the Treasury2.

PART 1Introduction

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

This Order may be cited as the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2024 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, as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with rule 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 20123, is on or before 1st May 2024.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

  • the 2012 Order” means the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012;

  • police area” means a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London)4, other than Greater Manchester5, North Yorkshire6 and West Yorkshire7;

  • 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 20118 (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 for which the date of poll is on or after 2ndMay 2024;

  • voting area” has the meaning given by article 2(2) of the 2012 Order.

Meaning of “specified services” and “specified expenses”3

1

In this Order the “specified services” are—

a

making arrangements for the election;

b

discharging the relevant officer’s duties at that election.

2

In this Order the “specified expenses” are—

a

in the case of a local returning officer, those described in paragraphs (3) and (4);

b

in the case of a police area returning officer, those described in paragraphs (3) and (5).

3

The expenses are those incurred in—

a

the appointment and payment of persons to assist the relevant officer;

b

any travel and overnight subsistence for the relevant officer and any person appointed to assist the relevant officer;

c

printing or otherwise producing the ballot paper;

d

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

e

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

f

providing and transporting equipment;

g

conducting the verification of ballot paper accounts and the count;

h

providing and receiving training;

i

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

4

The expenses are those incurred in—

a

printing, or otherwise producing, or buying the postal vote stationery;

b

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

c

providing information and communications technology, equipment and software, and associated costs;

d

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.

5

The expenses are those incurred in—

a

discharging the police area returning officer’s functions in relation to the nomination process;

b

obtaining legal advice or any translations required in connection with candidates’ election addresses;

c

providing security;

d

discharging the police area returning officer’s functions under regulation 7 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Functions of Returning Officers) Regulations 20129 (encouraging participation in a police and crime commissioner election).

6

In this article, “the relevant officer” means the local returning officer or police area returning officer (as the case may be).

PART 2Charges for services and expenses of local returning officers

Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses4

1

In relation to an ordinary election, the maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1—

a

in respect of specified services, is the corresponding amount in column 2 of that table;

b

in respect of specified expenses, is the corresponding amount in column 3 of that table.

2

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, the maximum amount recoverable by a local returning officer for a voting area listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2—

a

in respect of specified services, is the corresponding amount in column 2 of that table;

b

in respect of specified expenses, is the corresponding amount in column 3 of that table.

Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount5

1

In relation to an ordinary election, 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.

2

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, 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.

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

Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses6

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—

a

in respect of the specified services, must not exceed the corresponding amount specified in column 2 of that table;

b

in respect of the specified expenses, must not exceed the corresponding amount specified in column 3 of that table.

Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount7

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.

PART 4Charges at uncontested elections

Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election8

Parts 2 and 3 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.

PART 5Consequential amendments, revocations and savings

Consequential amendments9

1

In the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 201710, in Schedule 2 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraphs 34 and 38.

2

In the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 202111, in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the combined authority mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraphs 34 and 38.

3

In the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 202312, in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the Combined Authority Mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraph 34.

Revocations and savings10

1

Subject to paragraph (2)—

a

the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 202113 is revoked;

b

omit articles 1 and 4 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations etc.) (Amendment) Order 202214.

2

The Order revoked by paragraph (1)(a) and the articles omitted by paragraph (1)(b) continue to have effect in respect of any election for which the date of poll, as specified in the notice of election published in accordance with rule 4 in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012, is on or before 1st May 2024.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Simon HoareParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

We consent to this Order

Joy MorrisseyAmanda MillingTwo of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

SCHEDULE 1Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas reflecting the level of poll combination at ordinary elections on 2nd May 2024

Articles 4(1), 5(1)

(1) Voting area

(2) Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

(3) Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

(4) Overall maximum recoverable amount

Adur

£2,750

£94,050

£96,800

Amber Valley

£5,193

£155,042

£160,235

Arun

£6,117

£372,214

£378,331

Ashfield

£4,869

£178,891

£183,760

Ashford

£2,795

£301,552

£304,346

Babergh

£3,445

£204,541

£207,986

Barnsley

£9,666

£333,365

£343,031

Basildon

£7,258

£176,113

£183,371

Basingstoke and Deane

£7,142

£225,240

£232,382

Bassetlaw

£4,676

£191,625

£196,301

Bath and North East Somerset

£6,547

£493,934

£500,481

Bedford

£6,638

£446,555

£453,193

Birmingham

£39,626

£1,072,945

£1,112,571

Blaby

£3,681

£214,171

£217,853

Blackburn with Darwen

£5,461

£208,572

£214,033

Blackpool

£4,866

£345,474

£350,340

Blaenau Gwent

£2,500

£217,060

£219,560

Bolsover

£2,909

£250,493

£253,402

Boston

£2,500

£145,547

£148,047

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

£14,013

£883,642

£897,655

Bracknell Forest

£4,350

£209,024

£213,374

Braintree

£5,611

£360,178

£365,789

Breckland

£5,186

£373,936

£379,122

Brentwood

£3,135

£146,759

£149,894

Bridgend

£5,178

£410,043

£415,220

Brighton and Hove

£9,761

£517,175

£526,936

Bristol, City of

£17,690

£907,205

£924,895

Broadland

£5,473

£167,907

£173,379

Bromsgrove

£3,588

£229,693

£233,281

Broxbourne

£3,724

£113,766

£117,489

Broxtowe

£4,399

£175,109

£179,508

Buckinghamshire

£20,106

£1,054,425

£1,074,530

Burnley

£3,446

£118,621

£122,067

Caerphilly

£6,294

£378,591

£384,885

Cambridge

£4,673

£167,676

£172,349

Cannock Chase

£3,945

£135,206

£139,151

Canterbury

£5,177

£330,116

£335,293

Cardiff

£12,047

£1,002,847

£1,014,894

Carmarthenshire

£7,033

£686,051

£693,084

Castle Point

£3,622

£101,884

£105,506

Central Bedfordshire

£10,612

£629,950

£640,562

Ceredigion

£2,701

£294,424

£297,125

Charnwood

£6,229

£409,385

£415,614

Chelmsford

£6,223

£434,364

£440,586

Cheltenham

£4,781

£156,974

£161,755

Cherwell

£6,109

£278,885

£284,994

Cheshire East

£14,809

£995,841

£1,010,649

Cheshire West and Chester

£12,596

£730,336

£742,932

Chesterfield

£4,023

£147,077

£151,100

Chichester

£5,287

£284,486

£289,773

Chorley

£4,512

£204,174

£208,686

Colchester

£7,132

£297,525

£304,657

Conwy

£3,262

£387,858

£391,119

Cornwall

£20,254

£1,384,092

£1,404,346

Cotswold

£3,311

£353,641

£356,952

County Durham

£20,562

£706,601

£727,163

Coventry

£12,109

£353,439

£365,549

Crawley

£4,349

£156,603

£160,951

Cumberland

£10,151

£788,889

£799,040

Dacorum

£5,320

£365,616

£370,936

Darlington

£4,165

£149,865

£154,030

Dartford

£4,019

£314,352

£318,371

Denbighshire

£3,617

£298,405

£302,023

Derby

£9,414

£285,090

£294,504

Derbyshire Dales

£3,018

£145,974

£148,992

Doncaster

£10,414

£801,469

£811,884

Dorset

£15,454

£433,804

£449,258

Dover

£4,167

£297,774

£301,941

Dudley

£11,769

£231,752

£243,522

East Cambridgeshire

£3,183

£216,075

£219,257

East Devon

£7,773

£396,737

£404,510

East Hampshire

£4,580

£326,408

£330,988

East Hertfordshire

£2,500

£352,356

£354,856

East Lindsey

£5,225

£347,614

£352,839

East Riding of Yorkshire

£12,798

£808,753

£821,551

East Staffordshire

£4,287

£264,628

£268,915

East Suffolk

£9,190

£537,536

£546,726

Eastbourne

£3,560

£254,830

£258,390

Eastleigh

£5,436

£242,285

£247,721

Elmbridge

£5,280

£295,896

£301,176

Epping Forest

£5,046

£125,724

£130,770

Epsom and Ewell

£2,811

£217,529

£220,340

Erewash

£4,546

£152,518

£157,064

Exeter

£4,703

£213,164

£217,867

Fareham

£4,648

£164,099

£168,747

Fenland

£3,611

£345,741

£349,352

Flintshire

£5,724

£387,808

£393,532

Folkestone and Hythe

£4,022

£362,621

£366,643

Forest of Dean

£3,268

£254,638

£257,906

Fylde

£3,040

£203,047

£206,087

Gateshead

£7,231

£167,709

£174,940

Gedling

£4,683

£171,563

£176,246

Gloucester

£4,825

£161,102

£165,927

Gosport

£3,242

£102,974

£106,217

Gravesham

£3,610

£238,016

£241,626

Great Yarmouth

£3,547

£201,488

£205,035

Guildford

£4,940

£390,925

£395,865

Gwynedd

£4,133

£332,338

£336,470

Halton

£4,787

£102,913

£107,701

Harborough

£3,483

£229,270

£232,752

Harlow

£3,302

£87,679

£90,981

Hart

£3,867

£166,510

£170,377

Hartlepool

£3,556

£73,615

£77,172

Hastings

£3,381

£127,396

£130,777

Havant

£4,928

£123,322

£128,250

Herefordshire, County of

£7,041

£519,125

£526,166

Hertsmere

£3,693

£345,320

£349,012

High Peak

£3,761

£169,295

£173,056

Hinckley and Bosworth

£4,175

£283,865

£288,039

Horsham

£5,368

£365,356

£370,724

Huntingdonshire

£6,474

£483,703

£490,178

Hyndburn

£3,152

£140,669

£143,822

Ipswich

£5,188

£201,547

£206,735

Isle of Anglesey

£2,500

£238,222

£240,722

Isle of Wight

£5,193

£277,434

£282,627

Isles of Scilly

£2,500

£16,002

£18,502

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

£5,581

£371,483

£377,064

Kingston upon Hull, City of

£9,550

£284,382

£293,932

Knowsley

£6,102

£134,373

£140,475

Lancaster

£5,190

£246,528

£251,718

Leicester

£11,464

£845,479

£856,944

Lewes

£3,658

£312,037

£315,694

Lichfield

£3,930

£348,107

£352,037

Lincoln

£3,275

£175,700

£178,975

Liverpool

£17,295

£499,574

£516,869

Luton

£6,864

£365,620

£372,484

Maidstone

£6,694

£192,832

£199,525

Maldon

£2,500

£188,649

£191,149

Malvern Hills

£2,987

£237,280

£240,267

Mansfield

£4,219

£183,919

£188,138

Medway

£11,671

£578,676

£590,346

Melton

£2,500

£203,447

£205,947

Merthyr Tydfil

£2,500

£179,352

£181,852

Mid Devon

£3,088

£237,421

£240,509

Mid Suffolk

£3,948

£220,563

£224,511

Mid Sussex

£5,595

£398,528

£404,122

Middlesbrough

£5,175

£196,389

£201,564

Milton Keynes

£10,403

£324,175

£334,578

Mole Valley

£3,548

£149,045

£152,593

Monmouthshire

£3,515

£329,752

£333,267

Neath Port Talbot

£5,343

£409,896

£415,239

New Forest

£6,821

£422,449

£429,270

Newark and Sherwood

£4,834

£159,900

£164,734

Newcastle under Lyme

£4,351

£326,705

£331,057

Newcastle upon Tyne

£9,607

£308,415

£318,022

Newport

£5,165

£361,116

£366,280

North Devon

£3,657

£270,655

£274,312

North East Derbyshire

£4,224

£187,954

£192,178

North East Lincolnshire

£6,158

£257,087

£263,245

North Hertfordshire

£5,068

£189,050

£194,118

North Kesteven

£4,433

£413,070

£417,503

North Lincolnshire

£6,131

£363,606

£369,737

North Norfolk

£3,854

£278,609

£282,464

North Northamptonshire

£12,855

£898,135

£910,990

North Somerset

£7,900

£435,071

£442,972

North Tyneside

£7,853

£250,098

£257,951

North Warwickshire

£2,500

£196,934

£199,434

North West Leicestershire

£3,882

£280,134

£284,016

Northumberland

£13,208

£574,232

£587,439

Norwich

£5,219

£167,857

£173,076

Nottingham

£10,422

£296,169

£306,591

Nuneaton and Bedworth

£5,356

£191,434

£196,790

Oadby and Wigston

£2,500

£139,603

£142,103

Oxford

£5,486

£201,584

£207,070

Pembrokeshire

£4,578

£507,435

£512,013

Pendle

£3,553

£109,606

£113,159

Peterborough

£7,369

£348,992

£356,361

Plymouth

£10,144

£324,568

£334,712

Portsmouth

£7,733

£204,929

£212,662

Powys

£5,035

£420,935

£425,970

Preston

£5,486

£173,228

£178,714

Reading

£6,124

£275,279

£281,403

Redcar and Cleveland

£5,309

£170,156

£175,465

Redditch

£3,346

£113,415

£116,761

Reigate and Banstead

£5,602

£236,729

£242,330

Rhondda Cynon Taf

£8,426

£561,438

£569,865

Ribble Valley

£2,500

£184,096

£186,596

Rochford

£3,348

£75,341

£78,689

Rossendale

£2,750

£65,930

£68,680

Rother

£3,487

£278,579

£282,066

Rotherham

£10,034

£398,176

£408,210

Rugby

£4,349

£207,971

£212,321

Runnymede

£3,154

£165,338

£168,492

Rushcliffe

£4,801

£216,083

£220,884

Rushmoor

£3,454

£137,201

£140,655

Rutland

£2,500

£96,906

£99,406

Sandwell

£11,832

£314,080

£325,912

Sefton

£10,893

£327,192

£338,086

Sevenoaks

£4,292

£354,572

£358,864

Sheffield

£20,498

£668,726

£689,224

Shropshire

£12,038

£835,260

£847,298

Slough

£4,802

£397,575

£402,376

Solihull

£8,208

£211,212

£219,420

Somerset

£20,628

£1,460,660

£1,481,287

South Cambridgeshire

£5,909

£452,434

£458,343

South Derbyshire

£4,337

£101,296

£105,633

South Gloucestershire

£10,252

£664,844

£675,097

South Hams

£3,298

£311,608

£314,906

South Holland

£3,428

£232,373

£235,801

South Kesteven

£6,200

£301,689

£307,889

South Norfolk

£5,855

£200,328

£206,183

South Oxfordshire

£6,410

£462,891

£469,301

South Ribble

£4,141

£284,523

£288,664

South Staffordshire

£4,097

£338,660

£342,757

South Tyneside

£5,805

£153,420

£159,225

Southampton

£8,400

£255,579

£263,979

Southend-on-Sea

£6,870

£196,153

£203,023

Spelthorne

£3,685

£296,711

£300,396

St Albans

£5,946

£259,715

£265,661

St Helens

£7,259

£184,991

£192,250

Stafford

£4,831

£341,995

£346,826

Staffordshire Moorlands

£3,715

£295,354

£299,070

Stevenage

£3,416

£158,653

£162,069

Stockton-on-Tees

£7,523

£222,399

£229,922

Stoke-on-Trent

£8,449

£447,423

£455,873

Stratford on Avon

£4,940

£438,343

£443,283

Stroud

£4,878

£179,417

£184,295

Sunderland

£10,554

£346,419

£356,973

Surrey Heath

£3,214

£210,434

£213,648

Swale

£5,320

£336,592

£341,912

Swansea

£8,685

£507,769

£516,454

Swindon

£8,673

£209,504

£218,177

Tamworth

£3,078

£143,683

£146,760

Tandridge

£3,408

£143,293

£146,701

Teignbridge

£5,066

£330,158

£335,223

Telford and The Wrekin

£6,326

£450,414

£456,741

Tendring

£5,572

£342,648

£348,220

Test Valley

£4,719

£319,973

£324,693

Tewkesbury

£3,448

£220,421

£223,869

Thanet

£4,791

£230,075

£234,866

Three Rivers

£3,579

£135,716

£139,295

Thurrock

£6,481

£197,930

£204,411

Tonbridge and Malling

£4,701

£289,533

£294,234

Torbay

£4,903

£346,694

£351,596

Torfaen

£3,467

£282,263

£285,730

Torridge

£2,500

£277,551

£280,051

Tunbridge Wells

£4,413

£183,943

£188,356

Uttlesford

£3,296

£255,083

£258,379

Vale of Glamorgan

£5,001

£589,679

£594,680

Vale of White Horse

£5,010

£444,770

£449,779

Walsall

£10,056

£240,977

£251,033

Warrington

£8,275

£210,569

£218,844

Warwick

£5,249

£447,163

£452,412

Watford

£3,825

£143,868

£147,693

Waverley

£4,540

£331,289

£335,829

Wealden

£6,128

£501,344

£507,472

Welwyn Hatfield

£4,252

£173,327

£177,579

West Berkshire

£5,748

£326,081

£331,828

West Devon

£2,500

£223,808

£226,308

West Lancashire

£4,624

£198,699

£203,323

West Lindsey

£3,505

£254,744

£258,249

West Northamptonshire

£14,335

£1,023,462

£1,037,797

West Oxfordshire

£4,589

£146,707

£151,297

West Suffolk

£5,985

£429,403

£435,388

Westmorland and Furness

£10,036

£636,678

£646,714

Wiltshire

£18,174

£1,340,957

£1,359,131

Winchester

£5,129

£222,003

£227,132

Windsor and Maidenhead

£5,201

£333,320

£338,521

Wirral

£12,701

£292,228

£304,929

Woking

£3,957

£209,645

£213,602

Wokingham

£7,014

£213,167

£220,180

Wolverhampton

£9,368

£263,250

£272,618

Worcester

£4,002

£162,023

£166,025

Worthing

£4,432

£130,332

£134,764

Wrexham

£4,792

£338,158

£342,949

Wychavon

£4,886

£307,381

£312,266

Wyre

£4,094

£286,670

£290,764

Wyre Forest

£4,237

£193,129

£197,366

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

Articles 4(2), 5(2)

(1) Voting area

(2) Maximum recoverable amount for specified services

(3) Maximum recoverable amount for specified expenses

(4) Overall maximum recoverable amount

Adur

£2,500

£175,393

£177,893

Amber Valley

£4,721

£268,107

£272,828

Arun

£6,117

£372,214

£378,331

Ashfield

£4,426

£326,155

£330,581

Ashford

£2,795

£301,552

£304,346

Babergh

£3,445

£204,541

£207,986

Barnsley

£8,788

£597,504

£606,291

Basildon

£6,598

£327,217

£333,815

Basingstoke and Deane

£6,525

£433,770

£440,295

Bassetlaw

£4,251

£320,148

£324,399

Bath and North East Somerset

£6,547

£493,934

£500,481

Bedford

£6,638

£446,555

£453,193

Birmingham

£36,024

£1,902,491

£1,938,515

Blaby

£3,681

£214,171

£217,853

Blackburn with Darwen

£4,964

£375,779

£380,744

Blackpool

£4,866

£345,474

£350,340

Blaenau Gwent

£2,500

£217,060

£219,560

Bolsover

£2,909

£250,493

£253,402

Boston

£2,500

£145,547

£148,047

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

£14,013

£883,642

£897,655

Bracknell Forest

£4,350

£209,024

£213,374

Braintree

£5,611

£360,178

£365,789

Breckland

£5,186

£373,936

£379,122

Brentwood

£2,850

£273,885

£276,735

Bridgend

£5,178

£410,043

£415,220

Brighton and Hove

£9,761

£517,175

£526,936

Bristol, City of

£16,082

£1,695,724

£1,711,806

Broadland

£4,975

£308,950

£313,925

Bromsgrove

£3,588

£229,693

£233,281

Broxbourne

£3,385

£209,642

£213,028

Broxtowe

£3,999

£319,539

£323,538

Buckinghamshire

£20,106

£1,054,425

£1,074,530

Burnley

£3,132

£219,126

£222,259

Caerphilly

£6,294

£378,591

£384,885

Cambridge

£4,248

£316,004

£320,253

Cannock Chase

£3,586

£253,710

£257,296

Canterbury

£5,177

£330,116

£335,293

Cardiff

£12,047

£1,002,847

£1,014,894

Carmarthenshire

£7,033

£686,051

£693,084

Castle Point

£3,293

£189,171

£192,464

Central Bedfordshire

£10,612

£629,950

£640,562

Ceredigion

£2,701

£294,424

£297,125

Charnwood

£6,229

£409,385

£415,614

Chelmsford

£6,223

£434,364

£440,586

Cheltenham

£4,346

£286,563

£290,909

Cherwell

£5,606

£549,007

£554,613

Cheshire East

£14,809

£995,841

£1,010,649

Cheshire West and Chester

£12,596

£730,336

£742,932

Chesterfield

£3,658

£270,500

£274,158

Chichester

£4,432

£292,538

£296,970

Chorley

£4,122

£392,596

£396,719

Colchester

£6,491

£558,326

£564,817

Conwy

£3,262

£387,858

£391,119

Cornwall

£20,254

£1,384,092

£1,404,346

Cotswold

£3,311

£353,641

£356,952

County Durham

£18,693

£1,282,807

£1,301,500

Coventry

£11,353

£888,506

£899,858

Crawley

£3,938

£281,837

£285,774

Cumberland

£10,151

£788,889

£799,040

Dacorum

£5,320

£365,616

£370,936

Darlington

£3,787

£274,387

£278,173

Dartford

£4,019

£314,352

£318,371

Denbighshire

£3,617

£298,405

£302,023

Derby

£8,558

£512,743

£521,301

Derbyshire Dales

£2,743

£262,693

£265,436

Doncaster

£10,414

£801,469

£811,884

Dorset

£14,144

£721,937

£736,081

Dover

£4,167

£297,774

£301,941

Dudley

£11,034

£577,893

£588,927

East Cambridgeshire

£3,183

£216,075

£219,257

East Devon

£7,773

£396,737

£404,510

East Hampshire

£4,580

£326,408

£330,988

East Hertfordshire

£2,500

£352,356

£354,856

East Lindsey

£5,225

£347,614

£352,839

East Riding of Yorkshire

£12,798

£808,753

£821,551

East Staffordshire

£4,287

£264,628

£268,915

East Suffolk

£9,190

£537,536

£546,726

Eastbourne

£3,560

£254,830

£258,390

Eastleigh

£4,916

£408,085

£413,002

Elmbridge

£4,800

£543,783

£548,584

Epping Forest

£4,659

£253,525

£258,184

Epsom and Ewell

£2,811

£217,529

£220,340

Erewash

£4,133

£270,446

£274,579

Exeter

£4,275

£403,432

£407,707

Fareham

£4,225

£301,391

£305,617

Fenland

£3,611

£345,741

£349,352

Flintshire

£5,724

£387,808

£393,532

Folkestone and Hythe

£4,022

£362,621

£366,643

Forest of Dean

£3,268

£254,638

£257,906

Fylde

£3,040

£203,047

£206,087

Gateshead

£6,779

£386,013

£392,792

Gedling

£4,257

£285,582

£289,839

Gloucester

£4,405

£312,834

£317,239

Gosport

£2,948

£191,727

£194,674

Gravesham

£3,610

£238,016

£241,626

Great Yarmouth

£3,547

£210,175

£213,723

Guildford

£4,940

£390,925

£395,865

Gwynedd

£4,133

£332,338

£336,470

Halton

£4,493

£253,678

£258,171

Harborough

£3,483

£229,270

£232,752

Harlow

£3,002

£159,929

£162,930

Hart

£3,531

£319,318

£322,850

Hartlepool

£3,334

£169,503

£172,837

Hastings

£3,074

£238,110

£241,184

Havant

£4,480

£225,998

£230,478

Herefordshire, County of

£7,041

£519,125

£526,166

Hertsmere

£3,693

£345,320

£349,012

High Peak

£3,419

£278,766

£282,185

Hinckley and Bosworth

£4,175

£283,865

£288,039

Horsham

£5,368

£365,356

£370,724

Huntingdonshire

£6,474

£483,703

£490,178

Hyndburn

£2,813

£225,660

£228,472

Ipswich

£4,717

£378,715

£383,432

Isle of Anglesey

£2,500

£238,222

£240,722

Isle of Wight

£5,193

£277,434

£282,627

Isles of Scilly

£2,500

£16,002

£18,502

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

£5,581

£371,483

£377,064

Kingston upon Hull, City of

£8,617

£487,517

£496,134

Knowsley

£5,721

£319,665

£325,386

Lancaster

£5,190

£246,528

£251,718

Leicester

£11,464

£845,479

£856,944

Lewes

£3,658

£312,037

£315,694

Lichfield

£3,930

£348,107

£352,037

Lincoln

£2,977

£329,558

£332,535

Liverpool

£15,723

£925,294

£941,017

Luton

£6,864

£365,620

£372,484

Maidstone

£6,213

£444,796

£451,009

Maldon

£2,500

£188,649

£191,149

Malvern Hills

£2,987

£237,280

£240,267

Mansfield

£3,835

£335,785

£339,620

Medway

£9,760

£588,193

£597,953

Melton

£2,500

£203,447

£205,947

Merthyr Tydfil

£2,500

£179,352

£181,852

Mid Devon

£3,088

£237,421

£240,509

Mid Suffolk

£3,948

£220,563

£224,511

Mid Sussex

£5,595

£398,528

£404,122

Middlesbrough

£4,705

£355,374

£360,079

Milton Keynes

£9,500

£606,636

£616,136

Mole Valley

£3,225

£271,028

£274,253

Monmouthshire

£3,515

£329,752

£333,267

Neath Port Talbot

£5,343

£409,896

£415,239

New Forest

£6,821

£422,449

£429,270

Newark and Sherwood

£4,395

£291,073

£295,468

Newcastle under Lyme

£4,351

£326,705

£331,057

Newcastle upon Tyne

£9,006

£725,018

£734,025

Newport

£5,165

£361,116

£366,280

North Devon

£3,657

£270,655

£274,312

North East Derbyshire

£3,840

£339,220

£343,060

North East Lincolnshire

£5,490

£397,762

£403,252

North Hertfordshire

£4,608

£346,202

£350,810

North Kesteven

£4,433

£413,070

£417,503

North Lincolnshire

£6,131

£363,606

£369,737

North Norfolk

£3,854

£278,609

£282,464

North Northamptonshire

£12,855

£898,135

£910,990

North Somerset

£7,900

£435,071

£442,972

North Tyneside

£7,363

£630,207

£637,569

North Warwickshire

£2,500

£196,934

£199,434

North West Leicestershire

£3,882

£280,134

£284,016

Northumberland

£12,007

£1,014,228

£1,026,235

Norwich

£4,893

£444,707

£449,600

Nottingham

£9,474

£515,380

£524,855

Nuneaton and Bedworth

£4,869

£360,287

£365,156

Oadby and Wigston

£2,500

£139,603

£142,103

Oxford

£4,988

£376,443

£381,431

Pembrokeshire

£4,578

£507,435

£512,013

Pendle

£3,230

£201,191

£204,421

Peterborough

£6,745

£692,476

£699,221

Plymouth

£9,500

£810,512

£820,012

Portsmouth

£7,030

£366,624

£373,654

Powys

£5,035

£420,935

£425,970

Preston

£4,988

£320,390

£325,377

Reading

£5,567

£498,002

£503,569

Redcar and Cleveland

£4,826

£308,050

£312,875

Redditch

£3,041

£208,460

£211,502

Reigate and Banstead

£5,092

£435,615

£440,708

Rhondda Cynon Taf

£8,426

£561,438

£569,865

Ribble Valley

£2,500

£184,096

£186,596

Rochford

£3,088

£158,271

£161,359

Rossendale

£2,500

£120,602

£123,102

Rother

£3,487

£278,579

£282,066

Rotherham

£9,274

£833,155

£842,430

Rugby

£3,931

£371,275

£375,206

Runnymede

£2,867

£304,845

£307,712

Rushcliffe

£4,365

£393,181

£397,546

Rushmoor

£3,140

£251,189

£254,330

Rutland

£2,500

£96,906

£99,406

Sandwell

£11,093

£794,319

£805,412

Sefton

£10,213

£815,255

£825,467

Sevenoaks

£4,292

£354,572

£358,864

Sheffield

£18,634

£1,232,240

£1,250,875

Shropshire

£12,038

£835,260

£847,298

Slough

£4,802

£397,575

£402,376

Solihull

£7,695

£529,941

£537,636

Somerset

£20,628

£1,460,660

£1,481,287

South Cambridgeshire

£5,909

£452,434

£458,343

South Derbyshire

£3,943

£173,087

£177,030

South Gloucestershire

£10,252

£664,844

£675,097

South Hams

£3,298

£311,608

£314,906

South Holland

£3,428

£232,373

£235,801

South Kesteven

£5,244

£338,999

£344,242

South Norfolk

£5,323

£369,290

£374,613

South Oxfordshire

£5,354

£468,055

£473,409

South Ribble

£4,141

£284,523

£288,664

South Staffordshire

£4,097

£338,660

£342,757

South Tyneside

£5,442

£372,186

£377,628

Southampton

£7,636

£457,095

£464,731

Southend-on-Sea

£6,245

£355,272

£361,517

Spelthorne

£3,685

£296,711

£300,396

St Albans

£5,368

£455,141

£460,509

St Helens

£6,599

£334,263

£340,862

Stafford

£4,831

£341,995

£346,826

Staffordshire Moorlands

£3,715

£295,354

£299,070

Stevenage

£3,105

£291,455

£294,560

Stockton-on-Tees

£6,840

£394,802

£401,641

Stoke-on-Trent

£8,449

£447,423

£455,873

Stratford on Avon

£4,940

£438,343

£443,283

Stroud

£4,575

£503,901

£508,476

Sunderland

£9,894

£809,563

£819,458

Surrey Heath

£3,214

£210,434

£213,648

Swale

£5,320

£336,592

£341,912

Swansea

£8,685

£507,769

£516,454

Swindon

£7,857

£366,298

£374,155

Tamworth

£2,798

£271,401

£274,199

Tandridge

£3,120

£262,265

£265,385

Teignbridge

£5,066

£330,158

£335,223

Telford and The Wrekin

£6,326

£450,414

£456,741

Tendring

£5,572

£342,648

£348,220

Test Valley

£4,719

£319,973

£324,693

Tewkesbury

£3,448

£220,421

£223,869

Thanet

£4,791

£230,075

£234,866

Three Rivers

£3,254

£250,937

£254,190

Thurrock

£5,833

£330,344

£336,177

Tonbridge and Malling

£4,701

£289,533

£294,234

Torbay

£4,903

£346,694

£351,596

Torfaen

£3,467

£282,263

£285,730

Torridge

£2,500

£277,551

£280,051

Tunbridge Wells

£4,012

£344,362

£348,374

Uttlesford

£3,296

£255,083

£258,379

Vale of Glamorgan

£5,001

£589,679

£594,680

Vale of White Horse

£5,010

£444,770

£449,779

Walsall

£9,428

£593,230

£602,658

Warrington

£7,684

£453,110

£460,794

Warwick

£5,249

£447,163

£452,412

Watford

£3,477

£265,770

£269,247

Waverley

£4,540

£331,289

£335,829

Wealden

£6,128

£501,344

£507,472

Welwyn Hatfield

£3,866

£325,342

£329,208

West Berkshire

£5,748

£326,081

£331,828

West Devon

£2,500

£223,808

£226,308

West Lancashire

£4,204

£365,213

£369,417

West Lindsey

£3,505

£254,744

£258,249

West Northamptonshire

£14,335

£1,023,462

£1,037,797

West Oxfordshire

£4,085

£232,473

£236,558

West Suffolk

£5,985

£429,403

£435,388

Westmorland and Furness

£8,395

£673,035

£681,429

Wiltshire

£18,174

£1,340,957

£1,359,131

Winchester

£4,608

£368,912

£373,520

Windsor and Maidenhead

£5,201

£333,320

£338,521

Wirral

£11,546

£526,035

£537,581

Woking

£3,597

£386,392

£389,990

Wokingham

£6,413

£394,283

£400,696

Wolverhampton

£8,783

£664,684

£673,467

Worcester

£3,638

£298,160

£301,798

Worthing

£4,029

£242,076

£246,106

Wrexham

£4,792

£338,158

£342,949

Wychavon

£4,886

£307,381

£312,266

Wyre

£4,094

£286,670

£290,764

Wyre Forest

£3,658

£247,297

£250,955

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

Articles 6, 7

(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

£27,698

£35,698

Bedfordshire

£8,000

£4,916

£12,916

Cambridgeshire

£8,000

£4,500

£12,500

Cheshire

£8,000

£9,279

£17,279

Cleveland

£8,000

£5,662

£13,662

Cumbria

£8,000

£10,520

£18,520

Derbyshire

£8,000

£12,508

£20,508

Devon and Cornwall

£8,000

£56,368

£64,368

Dorset

£8,000

£6,122

£14,122

Durham

£8,000

£14,211

£22,211

Dyfed-Powys

£8,000

£20,333

£28,333

Essex

£8,000

£23,509

£31,509

Gloucestershire

£8,000

£12,002

£20,002

Gwent

£8,000

£17,316

£25,316

Hampshire

£8,000

£80,742

£88,742

Hertfordshire

£8,000

£14,661

£22,661

Humberside

£8,000

£7,763

£15,763

Kent

£8,000

£38,121

£46,121

Lancashire

£8,000

£36,781

£44,781

Leicestershire

£8,000

£16,022

£24,022

Lincolnshire

£8,000

£27,375

£35,375

Merseyside

£8,000

£19,337

£27,337

Norfolk

£8,000

£22,599

£30,599

North Wales

£8,000

£20,784

£28,784

Northamptonshire

£8,000

£30,601

£38,601

Northumbria

£8,000

£43,870

£51,870

Nottinghamshire

£8,000

£19,828

£27,828

South Wales

£8,000

£45,505

£53,505

South Yorkshire

£8,000

£15,632

£23,632

Staffordshire

£8,000

£17,188

£25,188

Suffolk

£8,000

£11,997

£19,997

Surrey

£8,000

£23,985

£31,985

Sussex

£8,000

£37,482

£45,482

Thames Valley

£8,000

£45,455

£53,455

Warwickshire

£8,000

£36,225

£44,225

West Mercia

£8,000

£14,476

£22,476

West Midlands

£8,000

£54,517

£62,517

Wiltshire and Swindon

£8,000

£18,158

£26,158

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, 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 Secretary of State, with the consent of the 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 4 and 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 elections scheduled for 2nd May 2024, some of which are combined with other elections.

Articles 4 and 5, and Schedule 2, provide maximum recoverable amounts for PCC elections taken alone following 2nd May 2024 to fill a vacancy in the office of police and crime commissioner.

Articles 6 and 7 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 8 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.