Decision details

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Government (“the Minister”) in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2003, determined the Electoral Integrity New Burdens Funding – Grant Determination (2024/25): No. 31/7321. That order provided the sum of £21,346 to Tendring District Council. The grant is a specific revenue grant for 2024/25 financial year.

The new burden costs to be met by way of the grant are:
* Administrative costs for processing Voter Authority Certificate applications
* Staff processing costs for On-line Absent Vote Applications
* Staff processing costs for overseas electors
* Staff costs for EU Voter and Candidacy Requirements
* Communication costs for EU Voter and Candidacy Requirements

Other new burden costs may be claimed through a justification led bid and, at the point of this decision, it is intended to submit such a bid.

To accept the grant funding of the sum of £21,346 from Government and to apply this grant to the relevant new burdens arising as a consequence of the Elections Act 2022 including specifically costs arising in respect of the delivery of the United Kingdom Parliamentary General Election.

The option of not accepting the grant funding was considered and discounted as otherwise the cost of the new burdens arising on the Electoral Registration Officer by virtue of the provisions of the Elections Act 2022 would then need to be funded from the Council's own resources.