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Royal Mail Group plc

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL1/2007

[This note is not part of the Scheme]

NOTE: The Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This Scheme, which comes into force on 2nd April 2007, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 23) SCHEME 2007

Made……………………………………………….………….…………….…16 March 2007

Coming into operation……………………………….……………………….. 2 April 2007

Royal Mail Group plc(a) by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section 89 of the POSTAL SERVICES ACT 2000(b) and of all other powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Commencement, citation and interpretation

1.  This Scheme shall come into operation on 2 April 2007 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.23) 2007.

2.  This Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001(c) (hereinafter called “the Scheme”) as amended by the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.1) 2001,(d) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.2) 2001,(e) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.3) 2001,(f) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.4) 2002,(g) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.5) 2002,(h) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.6) 2003,(i) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.7) 2003,(j) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.8) 2003,(k) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.9) 2004,(l) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.10) 2004.(m), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.11) 2004.(n), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.12) 2004.(o), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.13) 2004 (p), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.14) 2004(q), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.15) 2005(r), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.16) 2005(s), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.17) 2005(t), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 18) 2005(u), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 19) 2006(v), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.20) 2006(w), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.21) 2006(x) and the Royal Mail plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.22) 2006(y).

3.  A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

SCHEDULE 1 Postage Rates and Fees

Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted

1. ADMAIL

Number of Days (Duration of Agreement)	Fee
30	£114
60	£200
90	£257
180	£457
365	£686

In addition to the fees listed above, all Admail customers must have a Response Services licence (the cost of which may be found in paragraph 18 below), irrespective of whether they already hold such a licence.

3. BUSINESS COLLECTIONS

Number or value of items	Fee
a	Single collection of fewer than 1,000 items or with a postage value of less than £200	£6.00
b	Single collection of 1,000 items or more or with a postage value of more than £200	£6.00
c	Regular Daily collection before 3.00pm (Monday to Friday) from a specific site if spending less than £15,000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site	£280 per annum
d	Regular Daily collection after 3.00pm (Monday to Friday) from a specific site if spending less than £15,000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site	£480 per annum
e	Regular weekday or weekend collection from a specific site if spending less than £15,000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site	Free
f	Regular Saturday collection	£130 per annum
g	Regular Sunday collection	£135 per annum

4. BUSINESS KEEPSAFE

The fee for the Business Keepsafe service is £17.15 for any period up to a maximum of 66 days. The provision of section 23.4 may apply over the Christmas and Easter periods and on Public or Bank Holidays.

5. CALLERS SERVICE

The fee for an individual search is £1.00. The service is free in rural areas if the customer is calling for items that have missed that day’s deliveries.

The fee for withholding a letter for collection is £1.00.

A fee of £8.50 per year will be charged for a standing arrangement to call for all Special Delivery and Recorded letters.

6. CUSTOM CLEARANCE FOR AN INCOMING LETTER

£8 on any such letter which is produced to the proper officer of HM Customs and Excise.

7. DIVERSION

The fee is £185 per annum per address

8. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES

FIRST CLASS

Payment Channel (p)
Format	Size	Weight (g)	Postage Stamp	Pre-paid Stationery Mark	Smart Stamp Mark	Franked Mark	Printed Postage Impression
Letters	Maximum 240 x 165mm 5mm thick	0-100	34	34	34	32	32
Large Letters	Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick	0-100	48	48	48	44	44
101 – 250	70	70	70	65	65
251 – 500	98	98	98	90	90
501 –750	142	142	142	130	130
Packets	Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick	0-100	109	109	109	103	103
101 – 250	138	138	138	131	131
251 – 500	184	184	184	169	169
501 – 750	238	238	238	218	218
751 – 1000	292	292	292	268	268
1001 - 1250	425	425	425	391	391
Each additional 250g or part thereof	75	75	75	69	69

SECOND CLASS

Payment Channel (p)
Format	Size	Weight (g)	Postage Stamp	Pre-paid Stationery Mark	Smart Stamp Mark	Franked Mark	Printed Postage Impression
Letters	Maximum 240 x 165mm 5mm thick	0-100	24	24	24	22	22
Large Letters	Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick	0-100	40	40	40	36	36
101 – 250	60	60	60	53	53
251 – 500	83	83	83	74	74
501 –750	120	120	120	109	109
Packets	Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick	0-100	92	92	92	87	87
101 – 250	120	120	120	114	114
251 - 500	152	152	152	139	139
501 - 750	192	192	192	176	176
751 – 1000	230	230	230	211	211

Please note that items heavier than 1000g cannot be sent Second Class

9. FLOOR FEES

The fee is £55 per annum for each floor that Royal Mail has to travel up or down in addition to the number of floors it would normally travel up or down on collection and delivery.

The fee is waived if the customer spends more than £15,000 per year at that site.

10. KEEPSAFE

Retention Period	Fee (per household)
Up to 17 days	£5.70
18 to 24 days	£9.10
25 to 31 days	£11.40
32 to 66 days	£17.15

11. PO BOXES

Box Fee	Early & Late Access	Delvery of letters	Diversion of letters to PO Box
6 months	£46.90	+£46.95	+£46.95	+£46.95
12 months	£57.85	+£57.85	+£57.85	+£57.85

15. RECORDED

The fee is 70p per letter in addition to the First and Second Class postage.

16. REDIRECTION

Duration	To or from a United Kingdom business address per business name	To or from a United Kingdom residential address per name
1 month	£14.30	£7.10
3 months	£23.95	£15.55
6 months	£47.90	£23.95
12 months	£71.90	£35.95

18. RESPONSE SERVICES

Service	Annual Licence Fee	Postage	Handling Charge
Response Services	£70.55	Applicable First or Second Class	1.5p
Bar-coded Response Services	£70.55	Applicable First or Second Class	None
Freepost Name	£171.00	Applicable First Class	10p
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £500)	£73.70	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £1000)	£73.70	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £2500)	£73.70	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None

The £70.55 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and the £73.70 (Special Delivery) licence fees listed above apply where the total number of licences held by a person does not exceed 10. Thereafter, each additional licence will carry a fee of £36.50.

19. SELECTAPOST

Fees
If delivered to a single point	If delivered to multiple points
Quarterly charge per selection	£26.50	£26.50
Per 1000 Letters	£17.00	£17.56
Per 1000 Large Letters	£25.50	£26.06

20. SPECIAL DELIVERY

Postage Stamp & SmartStamp Fees
Weight not over	Fee for maximum compensation up to £500	Fee for maximum compensation up to £1,000	Fee for maximum compensation up to £2,500
Franked Mail & Printed Postage Impression
Weight not over	Fee for maximum compensation up to £500	Fee for maximum compensation up to £1,000	Fee for maximum compensation up to £2,500
100g	£4.30	£4.85	£5.85
500g	£4.75	£5.30	£6.30
1kg	£6.00	£6.55	£7.55
2kg	£7.75	£8.30	£9.30
10kg	£19.45	£20.00	£21.00
100g	£4.25	£4.80	£5.80
500g	£4.70	£5.25	£6.25
1kg	£5.90	£6.45	£7.45
2kg	£7.65	£8.20	£9.20
10kg	£19.35	£19.90	£20.90

The Saturday guaranteed delivery service is £2 in addition to the fees shown above.

Signed by: John Rowley for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc.

Date: 16th March 2007

(a) Royal Mail Group plc (a company registered in England and Wales under number 4138203) is a universal service provider as defined in section 4(3)(a) of the Postal Services Act 2000. Royal Mail Group plc is the successor postal services company referred to in article 37(1) of the Postal Service Act 2000. (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37)). It changed its name from Consignia plc on 4 November 2002.

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(c) The Post Office Inland Letter Scheme 2000 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001and treated as made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 by the article 37 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148(C37))

(d) Edinburgh Gazette, 29th June 2001, issue number 25040

(e) Edinburgh Gazette, 6th July 2001,issue number 25044

(f) Edinburgh Gazette, 23rd November, issue number 25124

(g) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th June 2002, issue number 25246

(h) Edinburgh Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 25358

(i) Edinburgh Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 25419

(j) Edinburgh Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 25535

(k) Edinburgh Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 25551

(l) Edinburgh Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 25603

(m) Edinburgh Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 25616

(n) Edinburgh Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 25708

(o) Edinburgh Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 25716

(p) Edinburgh Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 25724

(q) Edinburgh Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 25756

(r) Edinburgh Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 25788

(s) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812

(t) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812

(u) Edinburgh Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 25873

(v) Edinburgh Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 26014

(w) Edinburgh Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 26030

(x) Edinburgh Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 26058

(y) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 26086