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

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Contents: 14 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Interpretation
  4. 3 Meaning of “specified services” and “specified expenses”
  5. 4 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses
  6. 5 Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount
  7. 6 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amount for specified services and specified expenses
  8. 7 Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount
  9. 8 Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election
  10. 9 Consequential amendments
  11. 10 Revocations and savings
  12. SCHEDULE 1 Local returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for voting areas reflecting the level of poll combination at ordinary elections on 2nd May 2024
  13. 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
  14. SCHEDULE 3 Police area returning officers: maximum recoverable amounts for police areas

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Title and introductory text

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, and with the consent of the Treasury.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(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, is on or before 1st May 2024.

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2 Interpretation

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), other than Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire; “police area returning officer” means, in relation to a police area, the person for the time being designated by an order made under section 54(1)(b) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (returning officers etc) as the police area returning officer for that area, so far as such an order applies for the purposes of an election 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.

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

(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 (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).

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

(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.

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5 Local returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

(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.

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

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.

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7 Police area returning officers: overall maximum recoverable amount

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.

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8 Overall maximum recoverable amount at an uncontested election

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.

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9 Consequential amendments

(1) In the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions to the Mayor) Order 2017, 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, 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, in Schedule 6 (exclusion of legislation from application to the Combined Authority Mayor with policing and crime functions) omit paragraph 34.

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10 Revocations and savings

(1) Subject to paragraph (2)— (a) the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2021 is revoked; (b) omit articles 1 and 4 of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designations etc.) (Amendment) Order 2022. (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.

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SCHEDULE 1 Local 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

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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

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

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SCHEDULE 3 Police 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

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