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<p>The responsibility for managing the funding for national referendums using monies
from the Consolidated Fund rests with the Electoral Commission. Counting Officers
are given an overall maximum recoverable amount to cover the costs of running the
poll. This is based on expenditure on the previous poll, updated for current circumstances,
and is aimed to support flexibility in use of the monies by Counting Officers to make
it work for the particular needs of their voting area.</p><p>In reference to the overall
costs of the 2016 EU Referendum, please see the following Written Statement, presented
to Parliament on 23rd March 2016 by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet
Office, John Penrose MP:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-03-23/debates/16032338000011/EUReferendum(CountingOfficers%E2%80%99Regulations)"
target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-03-23/debates/16032338000011/EUReferendum(CountingOfficers%E2%80%99Regulations)</a>
.</p><p>The European Union Referendum (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’
Charges) Regulations 2016 lists the maximum recoverable amounts (MRA) for the services
and expenses of counting officers and regional counting officers:</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/199442/The-European-Union-Referendum-Counting-Officers-and-Regional-Counting-Officers-Charges-Regulations-2016.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/199442/The-European-Union-Referendum-Counting-Officers-and-Regional-Counting-Officers-Charges-Regulations-2016.pdf</a></p>
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