Royal Mail Group Limited

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED SCHEME IL1/2011

[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 4th April 2011, provides notification of VAT changes to some services.

End of Note

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 32) SCHEME 2011

Made 1st April 2011

Coming into operation 4th April 2011

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 4th April 2011 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Limited Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No. 32) 2011.
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)

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 26) 2009,(cc)

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 27) 2009,(dd)

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 28) 2010,(ee)

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 29) 2010,(ff).

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 30) 2010,(gg).

 the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 31) 2011.(hh).

SCHEDULE 1

Postage Rates and Fees

In paragraph 4, BUSINESS KEEPSAFE, delete ‘£35.28’ and replace with ‘£36.96

In paragraph 8, FIRST CLASS, delete the pricing table and replace with the following pricing table;

Payment Channel(p)

Format	Size	Weight	Postage	Pre-paid	Smart	Franked
(g)	Stamp	Stationery	Stamp	Mark
Mark	Mark
Letters	Maximum	0-100	46	46	46	39
240 x
165mm
5mm
thick
Large	Maximum
Letters	353 x	0-100	75	75	75	55
250mm	101–250	109	109	109	79
25mm	251 – 500	146	146	146	110
thick	501 –750	207	207	207	160
Packets	Over	0-100	158	158	158	136
353mm	101 – 250	196	196	196	169
long or	251 – 500	248	248	248	190
250mm	501 – 750	305	305	305	236
wide or	751 – 1000	371	371	371	286
over 25mm	1001 - 1250	490	490	490	398
thick	1251 – 1500	566	566	566	468
1501 – 1750	642	642	642	537
1751 – 2000	718	718	718	599
2001 – 4000	895	895	895	783
Each	305	305	305	267
additional
2kg or
part
thereof

In paragraph 8, SECOND CLASS, delete the pricing table and replace with the following pricing table;

Payment Channel(p)

Format	Size	Weight	Postage	Pre-paid	Smart	Franked
(g)	Stamp	Stationery	Stamp	Mark
Mark	Mark
Letters	Maximum	0-100	36	36	36	28
240 x
165mm
5mm
thick
Large	Maximum
Letters	353 x	0-100	58	58	58	44
250mm	101–250	92	92	92	65
25mm	251 – 500	123	123	123	90
thick	501 –750	176	176	176	130
Packets
Over	0-100	133	133	133	114
353mm	101 – 250	172	172	172	148
long or	251 – 500	216	216	216	159
250mm	501 – 750	261	261	261	192
wide or	751 – 1000	315	315	315	231
over 25mm
thick

In paragraph 10, KEEPSAFE, delete the following fees; ‘£10.74’, ‘£15.12’, ‘£18.90’, and ‘£35.28’ where they appear and replace with, ‘£11.25’, ‘£15.80’, ‘£19.80’ and ‘£36.95’ respectively.

In paragraph 11, PO BOX, delete the pricing table and replace with the following pricing table;

Box Fee	Delivery of letters	Transfer of street address letter s to PO Box (collection)
6 months	£95.00	+£15.00	+£35.00
12 months	£170.00	+£30.00	+£70.00

In paragraph 15, RECORDED, delete the fee ‘74p’ and replace with ‘77p’.

In paragraph 16, REDIRECTION, delete the fees table and replace with the following fees table;

Duration	To or from a	To or from a United Kingdom
United Kingdom	residential address per name
business address per
business name
1 month	£16.21	£8.00
3 months	£27.20	£17.62
6 months	£54.45	£27.20
12 months	£81.72	£40.85

In paragraph 20, SPECIAL DELIVERY, delete the fees tables and replace with the following pricing tables;

Stamped and Smartstamp Fees

Weight of	Fee for maximum	Fee for maximum	Fee for maximum
letter	compensation up	compensation up	compensation up
to £500	to £1,000	to £2,500
1-100g	£5.45	£6.35	£8.20
Over 100g-	£5.90	£6.80	£8.65
500g
Over 500g-
1kg	£7.00	£7.90	£9.75
Over 1kg-	£9.05	£9.95	£11.80
2kg
Over 2kg-	£22.7	£23.60	£25.45
10kg

Special Delivery Next Day with Saturday Guarantee fee

Special Delivery Next Day Stamped prices are exempt from VAT; however, when bought with Saturday Guarantee the total price is liable to VAT at the standard rate. Special Delivery Next Day Stamped with Saturday Guarantee (price incl. VAT)

Weight	Compensation for loss or damage
not over	Up to £500	Up to £1,000	Up to £2,500
100g	£9.24	£10.32	£12.54
500g	£9.78	£10.86	£13.08
1kg	£11.10	£12.18	£14.40
2kg	£13.56	£14.64	£16.86
10kg	£29.94	£31.02	£33.24
Franking Fees
Weight of	Fee for maximum	Fee for maximum	Fee for maximum
letter	compensation up	compensation up	compensation up
to £500	to £1,000	to £2,500
1-100g	£5.26	£6.16	£8.01
Over 100g-	£5.58	£6.48	£8.33
500g
Over 500g-
1kg	£6.57	£7.47	£9.32
Over 1kg-	£8.27	£9.18	£11.03
2kg
Over 2kg-	£21.65	£22.55	£24.40
10kg

Special Delivery Next Day with Saturday Guarantee

Special Delivery Next Day is exempt from VAT; however, when Special Delivery Saturday Guarantee is selected the whole price is liable to VAT at the standard rate

Franking Price (Postage and Compensation fee inclusive of VAT)
Weight	Compensation for loss or damage
not over	Up to £500	Up to £1,000	Up to £2,500
100g	£9.01	£10.09	£12.31
500g	£9.40	£10.48	£12.70
1kg	£10.56	£11.66	£13.88
2kg	£12.62	£13.72	£15.94
10kg	£28.68	£29.76	£31.98
Signed by:	Victoria Kubie for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group Ltd.
Date: 21st March 2011
(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 2001and 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)	Belfast Gazette, 29th June 2001, issue number 6257
(e)	Belfast Gazette, 6th July 2001, issue number 6259
(f)	Belfast Gazette, 23rd November 2001, issue number 6298
(g)	Belfast Gazette, 28th June 2002, issue number 6363
(h)	Belfast Gazette, 17th January 2003, issue number 6420
(i)	Belfast Gazette, 2nd May 2003, issue number 6451
(j)	Belfast Gazette, 21st November 2003, issue number 6509
(k)	Belfast Gazette, 19th December 2003, issue number 6517
(l)	Belfast Gazette, 26th March 2004, issue number 6545
(m)	Belfast Gazette, 16th April 2004, issue number 6554
(n)	Belfast Gazette, 24th September 2004, issue number 6599
(o)	Belfast Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 6603
(p)	Belfast Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 6607
(q)	Belfast Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 6623
(r)	Belfast Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 6635
(s)	Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648
(t)	Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648
(u)	Belfast Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 6681
(v)	Belfast Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 6752
(w)	Belfast Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 6760
(x)	Belfast Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 6774
(y)	Belfast Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 6788
(z)	Belfast Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 6854
(aa)	Belfast Gazette, 14th March 2008, issue number 6960
(bb)	Belfast Gazette, 25th July 2008, issue number 7000
(cc)	Belfast Gazette, 27th March 2009, issue number 7069
(dd)	Belfast Gazette, 30th October 2009, issue number 7133
(ee)	Belfast Gazette, 29th January 2010, issue number 7158
(ff)	Belfast Gazette, 19th March 2010, issue number 7172
(gg)	Belfast Gazette, 3rd December 2010, issue number 7249
(hh)	Belfast Gazette, 21st January 2011, issue number 7262