Statutory Instruments
Police, England And Wales
Made
5th March 2024
Coming into force
6th March 2024
1.—(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 2012(3), is on or before 1st May 2024.
2. 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 Manchester(5), North Yorkshire(6) and West Yorkshire(7);
“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(8) (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.
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 2012(9) (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).
4.—(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.
5.—(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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9.—(1) In the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017(10), 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 2021(11), 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 2023(12), in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the Combined Authority Mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraph 34.
10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2)—
(a)the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2021(13) is revoked;
(b)omit articles 1 and 4 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations etc.) (Amendment) Order 2022(14).
(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 Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
5th March 2024
We consent to this Order
Joy Morrissey
Amanda Milling
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
5th March 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 |
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 |
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 |
(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.
2011 c. 13. Sections 55(1) and 154(5) were amended by S.I. 2021/1265.
Consent is required by virtue of section 55(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
S.I. 2012/1917, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
1996 c. 16. Schedule 1 was amended by section 129(b) to (d) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) and by S.I.s 1997/1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1855, 1857, 2009/119 and 2022/790. It is prospectively amended by section 129(a) of the Police Act 1997 from a date and time to be appointed.
The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of Greater Manchester have been transferred to the mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority by S.I. 2017/470. See paragraph 21(b) and (d) of Schedule 2, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of North Yorkshire have been transferred to the mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority by S.I. 2023/1432. See paragraph 21 (b) and (d) of Schedule 6, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The functions of a police and crime commissioner in respect of West Yorkshire have been transferred to the mayor of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority by S.I. 2021/112. See paragraph 21(b) and (d) of Schedule 6, the effect of which is to remove the requirement to designate both a police area returning officer under section 54(1)(b) and a local authority for the purposes of section 75(1) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in respect of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
S.I. 2012/1918, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2017/470, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2021/112, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
S.I. 2021/390, amended by S.I. 2022/1079.