The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 No. 1530

PART 2 E+W Children and young people with special educational needs

Mediation E+W

Expenses E+W

41.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the body arranging the mediation shall pay the following expenses in connection with the child's parent or young person attending mediation—

Table 1

Item	Description
Travel Costs	Standard class public transport fares for the parent and their child or the young person. A mileage rate of 25p per mile for travel by car or motorcycle. Taxi fares.
Repayment for loss of earnings	Loss of earnings up to £45.
Registered child or young person care expenses	Engagement of a registered child or adult carer at £5.35 per hour, per child or young person.
Overnight expenses	Expenses up to £81 per night for inner London or £71 per night for elsewhere or £21 per night if the stay is with family or friends.

(2) The body arranging the mediation may require either or both of the following conditions before making payment of a claim for expenses under paragraph (1)—

(a) payment is made with the prior agreement of the body arranging the mediation;

(b) payment is made upon receipt of satisfactory supporting evidence of the expenses claimed.