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The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

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Work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance.E+W

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2.—(1) The Fixed Fee for Police Station Telephone Advice is—

(a)[F1£28.70] per claim in London; and

(b)[F2£27.60] per claim outside London (“National”).

(2) The Criminal Defence Direct Fixed Acceptance Fee is [F3£7.30] per Matter.

(3) The hourly rates for Police Station attendance (for recording time and to determine whether the Escape Fee Threshold has been reached) are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.

[F4London (£)National (£)
Police Station attendance hourly rates
Own or Duty Solicitor£51.28£47.45
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)£63.01£63.01
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate£59.31£54.75
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate (Unsocial Hours)£73.00£73.00
Travel and waiting hourly rates
Own Solicitor£26.28£26.28
Duty Solicitor£51.28£47.45
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)£63.01£63.01]

(4) The table following sub-paragraph (8) sets out—

(a)the Police Station Attendance Fixed Fees; and

(b)the Escape Fee Thresholds applicable to Police Station attendance.

(5) The figures in columns 3 and 4 of the table following sub-paragraph (8) apply to attendance at a police station listed as being within the corresponding Scheme referred to in column 2.

(6) Where attendance is at a place where an interviewing Constable is present, and that place is not a police station listed as being within a Scheme, the relevant Scheme in column 2 is—

(a)the Scheme within which the police station at which the interviewing Constable is normally based is listed; or

(b)where the interviewing Constable is not normally based at a police station listed as being within a Scheme, the Scheme within which the police station nearest to the place of attendance is listed.

(7) Where attendance is at a place where a Services Person is assisting with an investigation by Services Police, the relevant Scheme in column 2 is the Scheme within which the police station nearest to the place of attendance is listed.

(8) In sub-paragraphs (5), (6) and (7), “listed” means listed in the table set out in Annex A to the 2010 Standard Crime Contract Guidance for reporting crime lower work M1.

Police Station Attendance – Fixed Fees and Escape Fee Thresholds

[F5Criminal Justice System AreaSchemeFixed Fee (£)Escape Fee Threshold (£)
ClevelandHartlepool131.40405.40
Teesside135.96417.03
DurhamDarlington154.54463.62
South Durham152.39468.28
Durham177.94554.48
Derwentside171.63514.90
Easington166.99512.54
NorthumbriaSouth East Northumberland148.33444.98
Newcastle upon Tyne137.79424.01
Gateshead142.90428.69
North Tyneside140.53431.02
South Tyneside133.23410.05
Sunderland / Houghton Le Spring148.74458.97
Berwick & Alnwick177.03545.17
Tynedale & Hexham154.21475.28
Avon & SomersetAvon North & Thornbury177.94561.49
Bath193.37580.10
Mendip & South Somerset216.67650.02
Bristol159.98479.94
Sedgemore / Taunton Deane181.59615.06
Weston-Super-Mare180.95542.85
DorsetCentral Dorset182.50547.50
Bournemouth & Christchurch145.22435.67
Poole East Dorset153.30470.60
Bridport / West Dorset146.00438.00
WiltshireSalisbury174.29535.84
Chippenham / Trowbridge187.94563.82
Swindon171.55528.86
GloucestershireCheltenham157.86486.92
Gloucester155.13477.61
Stroud177.94547.50
Devon & CornwallBarnstaple173.96521.88
Exeter154.54463.62
Plymouth179.40538.19
East Cornwall198.93675.64
Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith177.94563.82
Teignbridge / Torbay163.17489.25
StaffordshireStoke on Trent / Leek177.94563.82
Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley177.94547.50
Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter172.46531.18
WarwickshireLeamington / Nuneaton / Rugby178.61535.84
West MerciaHereford / Leominster155.32465.95
Kidderminster / Redditch198.81596.42
Shrewsbury166.08510.22
Telford172.46531.18
Worcester180.95542.85
West MidlandsSandwell176.11540.52
Wolverhampton & Seisdon176.11540.52
Dudley & Halesowen173.18519.55
Walsall177.94549.83
Birmingham177.94566.14
Solihull187.16561.49
Coventry153.77461.30
Dyfed PowysAmman Valley177.94570.80
Carmarthen East Dyfed201.92605.75
Llanelli138.70426.34
Brecon & Radnor203.47610.41
Mid Wales155.32465.95
North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion204.24612.73
Pembrokeshire166.99514.90
GwentEast Gwent169.73521.88
Newport166.99512.54
Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty/ South Bedwellty177.94556.81
North WalesBangor & Caernarfon189.49568.47
Colwyn Bay173.38533.51
Denbighshire188.71566.14
Dolgellau188.71566.14
Mold & Hawarden177.94554.48
North Anglesey197.26591.77
Pwllheli133.57400.72
Wrexham161.53484.59
South WalesCardiff177.94587.11
Vale of Glamorgan208.13624.40
Cynon Valley177.94563.82
Mid Glamorgan & Miskin177.94587.11
Merthyr Tydfil177.94582.46
Port Talbot219.00740.88
Newcastle & Ogmore177.94596.42
Neath180.68612.73
Swansea171.55528.86
MerseysideBootle & Crosby162.43498.58
Southport135.91407.72
Liverpool179.40538.19
St Helens153.30472.96
Knowsley165.16507.89
Wirral157.86484.59
CheshireCrewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield176.11540.52
Warrington / Halton154.54463.62
Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich)160.76482.27
CumbriaBarrow in Furness153.77461.30
Kendal & Windermere183.28549.83
Penrith / Carlisle173.18519.55
Whitehaven / Workington143.67431.02
Greater ManchesterManchester177.94587.11
Stockport167.74503.23
Trafford177.94559.16
Salford177.94570.80
Bolton164.64493.93
Bury159.98479.94
Wigan170.07510.22
Rochdale / Middleton169.30507.89
Tameside156.04479.94
Oldham137.46412.38
LancashireBurnley / Rossendale162.31486.92
Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley177.94580.10
Blackpool126.58379.75
Fleetwood129.69389.08
Lancaster159.20477.61
Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland174.73524.20
Preston142.90428.69
KentDartford & Gravesend232.98698.94
Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone205.31696.61
Medway205.02615.06
Swale243.07729.22
Maidstone & West Malling216.67650.02
Canterbury / Thanet177.94603.43
West Kent (Tonbridge)208.13624.40
SurreyGuildford & Farnham179.76610.41
North West Surrey (Woking)196.19666.31
South East Surrey207.14703.59
Epsom209.88712.93
Staines240.90815.42
SussexBrighton & Hove & Lewes183.41622.04
Chichester & District162.43498.58
Crawley / Horsham228.32684.95
Hastings142.35438.00
Worthing164.25505.56
Eastbourne173.18519.55
DerbyshireEast Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston206.57619.72
Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)190.27570.80
Chesterfield177.84533.51
Derby / Swadlincote177.94570.80
LeicestershireAshby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray181.72545.17
Leicester177.94552.15
Hinckley / Market Harborough201.92605.75
LincolnshireBoston, Bourne, Stamford173.38533.51
Skegness156.09468.28
Lincoln / Gainsborough161.53484.59
Grantham & Sleaford159.69491.57
NottinghamshireMansfield160.60493.93
Newark180.17540.52
Nottingham179.40538.19
Worksop & East Retford170.64524.20
NorthamptonshireCorby (Kettering) / Wellingborough157.65472.96
Northampton170.85512.54
BedfordshireBedford167.90517.22
Luton177.94601.07
CambridgeshireCambridge162.43500.91
Ely177.94575.45
Huntingdon173.18519.55
March & Wisbech171.63514.90
Peterborough142.90428.69
EssexBasildon177.94549.83
Brentwood249.11845.72
Braintree198.93673.32
Clacton & Harwich / Colchester177.94563.82
Grays232.69789.80
Harlow & Loughton232.69789.80
Stansted257.33873.67
Rayleigh / Southend on Sea166.97500.91
Chelmsford / Witham176.11542.85
HertfordshireDacorum (Hemel Hempstead)209.88710.57
Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire254.59864.34
Stevenage & North Hertfordshire236.34801.46
St. Albans214.44702.25
Watford210.79715.25
NorfolkCromer & North Walsham184.33624.40
Great Yarmouth168.52505.56
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk164.64493.93
Norwich & District169.30507.89
Diss / Thetford175.20538.19
Dereham198.01670.99
SuffolkLowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh169.30507.89
Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge172.41517.22
Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket177.94552.15
Thames ValleyAbingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)208.96708.25
Aylesbury198.81596.42
High Wycombe & Amersham190.71647.69
Milton Keynes165.16507.89
Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury)194.36659.33
Oxford194.36659.33
Reading188.71566.14
Slough (East Berkshire)208.96708.25
West Berkshire (Newbury etc.)174.73524.20
HampshireAldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)199.84677.97
Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire)210.46631.38
Isle of Wight171.63514.90
Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)176.29528.86
Gosport & Fareham215.11645.34
Southampton (South West Hampshire)198.81596.42
HumbersideGrimsby & Cleethorpes134.35403.04
Scunthorpe144.18444.98
Hull153.30470.60
Beverley / Bridlington177.94587.11
Goole182.50617.39
North YorkshireNorthallerton & Richmond191.82575.45
Harrogate & Ripon184.05552.15
Skipton, Settle & Ingleton177.94547.50
Scarborough / Whitby152.39468.28
Malton & Rydale146.78440.33
York / Selby159.69491.57
South YorkshireBarnsley158.78489.25
Doncaster153.30470.60
Rotherham162.43500.91
Sheffield166.99514.90
West YorkshireHalifax173.96521.88
Huddersfield146.78440.33
Dewsbury159.20477.61
Bradford135.96419.36
Keighley & Bingley153.30470.60
Leeds144.18442.65
Pontefract & Castleford141.34424.01
Wakefield139.61428.69
LondonBarking224.48761.85
Bexley200.75680.30
Bishopsgate234.51794.45
Brent219.00740.88
Brentford222.65754.84
Bromley211.70717.58
Camberwell Green219.00743.20
Central London237.25803.78
Clerkenwell / Hampstead221.74750.18
Croydon216.26731.54
Ealing229.95780.67
Enfield218.09738.55
Greenwich / Woolwich208.96708.25
Haringey225.39764.17
Harrow219.00743.20
Havering204.40691.96
Heathrow274.66931.93
Hendon / Barnet220.83747.86
Highbury Corner229.95778.16
Kingston-Upon-Thames228.13773.48
Newham219.91745.53
Old Street219.00743.20
Redbridge225.39764.17
Richmond-Upon-Thames240.90815.42
South London229.95778.16
Sutton218.09738.55
Thames218.09738.55
Tower Bridge232.69789.80
Uxbridge210.79715.25
Waltham Forest204.40694.28
West London235.43799.10
Wimbledon223.56757.19]

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M1A copy of the guidance is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid/submit-claim/cwa-online-claims/codes-guidance. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office), 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.

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