{ "name": "calibrationcost.co.uk Calibration Duties and Public Rates", "title": "Calibration Duties and Public Rates", "url": "https://calibrationcost.co.uk/datasets/calibration-duties-and-public-rates/", "csv": "https://calibrationcost.co.uk/datasets/calibration-duties-and-public-rates.csv", "markdown": "https://calibrationcost.co.uk/datasets/calibration-duties-and-public-rates/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-29", "license": "https://calibrationcost.co.uk/terms", "headline": "The Calibration Duties and Public Rates carries 11 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 8.28 to 99 GBP, read 28 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Calibration Duties and Public Rates carries 11 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 8.28 to 99 GBP, read 28 October 2026.", "4 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty officer hourly rate (Essex): median 99 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty inspector hourly rate (Manchester): median 90 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty assistant hourly rate (Manchester): median 64 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty weight under 25kg (Manchester): median 18 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty weight 25kg or more (Manchester): median 35 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty weight adjustment (Manchester): median 14 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty minimum charge (Manchester): median 45 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty separate certificate (Manchester): median 15 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty hourly rate (Shetland): median 57.85 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty weight up to 25kg (Shetland): median 8.28 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty NAWI up to 6kg (Shetland): median 48.55 GBP across 1 source, read 28 October 2026.", "Calibration Duties and Public Rates, duty LEV examination records kept (HSE g406): median 5 year across 1 source, read 28 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"calibrationcost.co.uk Calibration Duties and Public Rates\", updated 2026-10-29, https://calibrationcost.co.uk/datasets/calibration-duties-and-public-rates/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "GBP", "n": 11, "median": 45, "min": 8.28, "max": 99, "p25": 15, "p75": 64, "mean": 44.9709, "units": { "GBP": 11, "year": 1 }, "published_sources": 4, "named_sources": 14, "read_sources": 12, "not_published": 8, "published_share": 0.333 }, "by_axis": { "duty": { "officer hourly rate (Essex)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 99, "min": 99, "max": 99, "p25": 99, "p75": 99, "mean": 99 } }, "inspector hourly rate (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 90, "min": 90, "max": 90, "p25": 90, "p75": 90, "mean": 90 } }, "assistant hourly rate (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 64, "min": 64, "max": 64, "p25": 64, "p75": 64, "mean": 64 } }, "weight under 25kg (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 18, "min": 18, "max": 18, "p25": 18, "p75": 18, "mean": 18 } }, "weight 25kg or more (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 35, "min": 35, "max": 35, "p25": 35, "p75": 35, "mean": 35 } }, "weight adjustment (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 14, "min": 14, "max": 14, "p25": 14, "p75": 14, "mean": 14 } }, "minimum charge (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 45, "min": 45, "max": 45, "p25": 45, "p75": 45, "mean": 45 } }, "separate certificate (Manchester)": { "GBP": { "n": 1, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 15, "p25": 15, "p75": 15, "mean": 15 } }, "hourly rate 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"source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "e6e5bff03e4c11f5a65168d8900202a52bba41503b516bbbbb1181524890061f" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£90", "value": 90, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "inspector hourly rate (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Role Cost Weights and Measurements Inspector £90", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£64", "value": 64, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "assistant hourly rate (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Assistant £64", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£18", "value": 18, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "weight under 25kg (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Weight Cost Less than 25kg £18", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£35", "value": 35, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "weight 25kg or more (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "More than or equal to 25kg £35", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£14", "value": 14, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "weight adjustment (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Adjustment fee £14", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£45", "value": 45, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "minimum charge (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Minimum charge – half hour officer time (£45)", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "figure": "£15 ", "value": 15, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "separate certificate (Manchester)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "If separate certificates are required, they will be charged at the rate of £15 each.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b771291355756fb1d714361bffdf67d16efb876c0309f140fe1565f49a07f4dd" }, { "source": "Shetland Islands Council: weights and measures charges", "url": "https://shetland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1216/weights-and-measures-charges", "figure": "£ 57.85", "value": 57.85, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "hourly rate (Shetland)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Hourly rate for any equipment not specified in the following list £ 57.85", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "367975695b5c24fb02a48d802ec08f11628f564cdc1f080c571ff074af076abf" }, { "source": "Shetland Islands Council: weights and measures charges", "url": "https://shetland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1216/weights-and-measures-charges", "figure": "£ 8.28", "value": 8.28, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "weight up to 25kg (Shetland)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Weight not exceeding 25 kg nominal value - calibration or verification £ 8.28", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "367975695b5c24fb02a48d802ec08f11628f564cdc1f080c571ff074af076abf" }, { "source": "Shetland Islands Council: weights and measures charges", "url": "https://shetland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1216/weights-and-measures-charges", "figure": "£ 48.55", "value": 48.55, "unit": "GBP", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "NAWI up to 6kg (Shetland)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "(20% surcharge applicable to initial assessment of conformity under NAWI) Range not exceeding 6 kg £ 48.55", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "367975695b5c24fb02a48d802ec08f11628f564cdc1f080c571ff074af076abf" }, { "source": "HSE g406: LEV examination (PDF)", "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/g406.pdf", "figure": "five years", "value": 5, "unit": "year", "vat": null, "axis": { "duty": "LEV examination records kept (HSE g406)" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "✓ Keep all records for at least five years.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "baf3314bbc23f5f5c5ce695ea77bb71af48e44ef2588f271a8292d168a8c4d8f" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "OPSS: national regulation of weights and measures", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-weights-and-measures", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "gov.uk: enforcement of the Weights and Measures Act 1985", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/enforcement-of-the-weights-and-measures-act-1985", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Weights and Measures Act 1985", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/contents", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/contents", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1152/contents", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Department for the Economy NI: UKAS mass calibration service", "url": "https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/articles/ukas-accredited-mass-calibration-service", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1643/contents", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Business Companion (CTSI): weighing equipment for legal use", "url": "https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/weights-and-measures/weighing-equipment-for-legal-use", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-regulation-weights-and-measures", "label": "OPSS: national regulation of weights and measures", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/enforcement-of-the-weights-and-measures-act-1985", "label": "gov.uk: enforcement of the Weights and Measures Act 1985", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72/contents", "label": "Weights and Measures Act 1985", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1153/contents", "label": "Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1152/contents", "label": "Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.essex.gov.uk/business/trading-standards/trading-standards-businesses/weights-and-measures-calibration/costs", "label": "Essex Trading Standards: calibration costs", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.manchester.gov.uk/business-and-investment/trading-standards/calibrations-and-verification-charges-202324", "label": "Manchester Trading Standards: calibration charges 2023/24", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://shetland.gov.uk/downloads/file/1216/weights-and-measures-charges", "label": "Shetland Islands Council: weights and measures charges", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/articles/ukas-accredited-mass-calibration-service", "label": "Department for the Economy NI: UKAS mass calibration service", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/welding/maintenance-examination-testing-control-measures.htm", "label": "HSE: maintenance, examination and testing of LEV", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/g406.pdf", "label": "HSE g406: LEV examination (PDF)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2306/regulation/6", "label": "PUWER 1998 regulation 6 (inspection)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1643/contents", "label": "Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/weights-and-measures/weighing-equipment-for-legal-use", "label": "Business Companion (CTSI): weighing equipment for legal use", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 12 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 11 figures, never sentences; 48 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per legal duty (trade weighing and measuring equipment under the Weights and Measures Act 1985 and the 2016 NAWI and measuring instruments regulations, LEV thorough examination at least every 14 months under COSHH, PUWER inspection, noise measurement) with its authority, interval and who may perform it; beside it the hourly and per-item charges councils' trading standards metrology services publish, as the public comparator to private labs", "embed": "

8.28 to 99 GBP

11 published figures, Calibration Duties and Public Rates, across 3 sources, read 28 October 2026

Source: calibrationcost.co.uk Calibration Duties and Public Rates
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