Royal Mail
Royal Mail Group Limited
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED SCHEME IL1/2009
[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 6th April 2009, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1.
End of Note
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT NO 26) SCHEME 2009
Made……………………………………………….………………23 March 2009
Coming into operation…………………………….……………… 6 April 2009
Royal Mail Group Ltd (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 6 April 2009 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Limited Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.26) 2009.
- 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 previously 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)
the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.22) 2006, (y)
the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.23) 2007, (z)
the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.24) 2008, (aa)
the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.25) 2008, (bb)
SCHEDULE 1 Postage Rates and Fees
Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted respectively
1. ADMAIL
|
Number of Days (Duration of Agreement) |
Fee |
| 30 | £138 |
| 60 | £240 |
| 90 | £312 |
| 180 | £545 |
| 365 | £820 |
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 | £12.50 |
| b | Daily collection (Monday to Friday only) from a specific site if spending less than £15000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site | £500 per annum |
| c | Daily collection from a specific site if spending more than £15000 or more on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site | Free |
| d | Regular Saturday collection | £150 per annum |
4. BUSINESS KEEPSAFE
The fee for the Business Keepsafe service is £29.40 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.
7. DIVERSION
The fee is £305 per annum per address
8. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES
FIRST CLASS
|
Payment Channel (p) |
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| 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 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 36 | 36 |
|
Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick |
0-100 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 50 | |
| 101 – 250 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 72 | 72 | ||
| 251 – 500 | 124 | 124 | 124 | 104 | 104 | ||
| 501 –750 | 177 | 177 | 177 | 151 | 151 | ||
| Packets | Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick | 0-100 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 120 | 120 |
| 101 – 250 | 162 | 162 | 162 | 149 | 149 | ||
| 251 – 500 | 214 | 214 | 214 | 180 | 180 | ||
| 501 – 750 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 223 | 223 | ||
| 751 – 1000 | 325 | 325 | 325 | 270 | 270 | ||
| 1001 – 1250 | 445 | 445 | 445 | 376 | 376 | ||
| 1251 – 1500 | 515 | 515 | 515 | 442 | 442 | ||
| 1501 – 1750 | 585 | 585 | 585 | 507 | 507 | ||
| 1751 – 2000 | 655 | 655 | 655 | 566 | 566 | ||
| 2001 – 4000 | 822 | 822 | 822 | 739 | 739 | ||
| Each additional 2kg or part thereof | 280 | 280 | 280 | 252 | 252 |
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 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 25 |
| Large Letters |
Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick |
0–100 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 40 | 40 |
| 101 – 250 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 59 | 59 | ||
| 251 – 500 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 85 | 85 | ||
| 501 – 750 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 123 | 123 | ||
| Packets | Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick | 0-100 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 100 | 100 |
| 101 – 250 | 141 | 141 | 141 | 130 | 130 | ||
| 251 – 500 | 185 | 185 | 185 | 150 | 150 | ||
| 501 – 750 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 182 | 182 | ||
| 751 – 1000 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 218 | 218 |
Please note that items heavier than 1000g cannot be sent Second Class
9. FLOOR FEES
The fee is £125 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 £15000 per year at that site.
10. KEEPSAFE
| Retention Period | Fee (per household) |
| Up to 17 days | £8.95 |
| 18 to 24 days | £12.60 |
| 25 to 31 days | £15.75 |
| 32 to 66 days | £29.40 |
11. PO BOXES
| Box Fee | Delivery of letters | Transfer of street address letters to PO Box (collection) | |
| 6 months | £51.00 | +£51.05 | +£51.05 |
| 12 months | £62.85 | +£62.90 | +£62.90 |
15. RECORDED
The fee is 75p 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 | £15.50 | £7.65 |
| 3 months | £26.00 | £16.85 |
| 6 months | £52.05 | £26.00 |
| 12 months | £78.10 | £39.05 |
18. RESPONSE SERVICES
| Service | Annual Licence Fee | Postage | Handling Charge |
| Response Services | £76.70 | Applicable First or Second Class | 2.5p |
| Bar-coded Response Services | £76.70 | Applicable First or Second Class | None |
| Freepost Name | £185.85 | Applicable First Class | 10p |
| Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £500) | £79.70 | Applicable Special Delivery Charge | None |
| Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £1000) | £79.70 | Applicable Special Delivery Charge | None |
| Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £2500) | £79.70 | Applicable Special Delivery Charge | None |
The £76.70 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and the £79.70 (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 | £28.85 | £28.85 |
| Per 1000 Letters | £18.50 | £19.15 |
| Per 1000 Large Letters | £27.75 | £28.40 |
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 |
| 100g | £4.95 | £5.80 | £7.40 |
| 500g | £5.40 | £6.25 | £7.85 |
| 1kg | £6.70 | £7.55 | £9.15 |
| 2kg | £8.65 | £9.50 | £11.10 |
| 10kg | £21.65 | £22.50 | £24.10 |
| 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 | £4.80 | £5.65 | £7.25 |
| 500g | £5.20 | £6.05 | £7.65 |
| 1kg | £6.35 | £7.20 | £8.80 |
| 2kg | £8.15 | £9.00 | £10.60 |
| 10kg | £20.65 | £21.50 | £23.10 |
The Saturday guaranteed delivery service is £2.20 in addition to the fees shown above.
Signed by: Richard Hopwood for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group Ltd.
Date: 23rd March 2009
(a) Royal Mail Group Ltd (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 Ltd 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 to Royal Mail Group plc and to Royal Mail Group Ltd on 2nd April 2007.
(b) 2000 c26
(c) The Post Office Inland Letter Scheme 2000 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001 and treated as made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 by the article 37(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148(C37))
(d) London Gazette 29 June 2001, issue number 56259
(e) London Gazette 6 July 2001, issue number 56266
(f) London Gazette 23 November 2001, issue number 56397
(g) London Gazette, 28 June 2002, issue number 56618
(h) London Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 56822
(i) London Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 56924
(j) London Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 57120
(k) London Gazette, 24 December 2003, issue number 57151
(l) London Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 57244
(m) London Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 57262
(n) London Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 57419
(o) London Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 57432
(p) London Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 57445
(q) London Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 57500
(r) London Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 57563
(s) London Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 57601
(t) London Gazette, 5th April 2005, issue number 57604
(u) London Gazette, 21st July 2005. issue number 57708
(v) London Gazette, 24th March 2006, issue number 57937
(w) London Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 57963
(x) London Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 58006
(y) London Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 58056
(z) London Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 58275
(aa) London Gazette, 14th March 2008, issue number 58640