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

Statutory Instruments

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

5th March 2024

Coming into force

6th March 2024

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 2011(1), and with the consent of the Treasury(2).

PART 1 Introduction

Citation, commencement and extent

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.

Interpretation

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.

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 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).

PART 2 Charges for services and expenses of local returning officers

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

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.

Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

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.

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

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

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.

Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

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.

PART 4 Charges at uncontested elections

Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election

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.

PART 5 Consequential amendments, revocations and savings

Consequential amendments

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.

Revocations and savings

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)

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

(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)

SCHEDULE 2 Local 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

(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

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

(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.

(1)

2011 c. 13. Sections 55(1) and 154(5) were amended by S.I. 2021/1265.

(2)

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

(3)

S.I. 2012/1917, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(4)

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.

(5)

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.

(6)

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.

(7)

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.

(8)

Section 54(1)(b) was amended by S.I.s 2015/1526 and 2021/1265.

(9)

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

(10)

S.I. 2017/470, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(11)

S.I. 2021/112, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.

(12)

S.I. 2023/1432.

(13)

S.I. 2021/390, amended by S.I. 2022/1079.

(14)

S.I. 2022/1079.