SCHEDULE 3Amendments to Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations
1.
For “£1,237.50”, wherever it appears, substitute “£1,368.75”.
2.
(a)
in sub-paragraph (1)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), for “£25.95” substitute “£28.70”, and
(ii)
in paragraph (b), for “£24.96” substitute “£27.60”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (2), for “£6.60” substitute “£7.30”;
(c)
“London (£)
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”,
and
(d)
“Criminal Justice System Area
Scheme
Fixed Fee (£)
Escape Fee Threshold (£)
Cleveland
Hartlepool
131.40
405.40
Teesside
135.96
417.03
Durham
Darlington
154.54
463.62
South Durham
152.39
468.28
Durham
177.94
554.48
Derwentside
171.63
514.90
Easington
166.99
512.54
Northumbria
South East Northumberland
148.33
444.98
Newcastle upon Tyne
137.79
424.01
Gateshead
142.90
428.69
North Tyneside
140.53
431.02
South Tyneside
133.23
410.05
Sunderland / Houghton Le Spring
148.74
458.97
Berwick & Alnwick
177.03
545.17
Tynedale & Hexham
154.21
475.28
Avon & Somerset
Avon North & Thornbury
177.94
561.49
Bath
193.37
580.10
Mendip & South Somerset
216.67
650.02
Bristol
159.98
479.94
Sedgemore / Taunton Deane
181.59
615.06
Weston-Super-Mare
180.95
542.85
Dorset
Central Dorset
182.50
547.50
Bournemouth & Christchurch
145.22
435.67
Poole East Dorset
153.30
470.60
Bridport / West Dorset
146.00
438.00
Wiltshire
Salisbury
174.29
535.84
Chippenham / Trowbridge
187.94
563.82
Swindon
171.55
528.86
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
157.86
486.92
Gloucester
155.13
477.61
Stroud
177.94
547.50
Devon & Cornwall
Barnstaple
173.96
521.88
Exeter
154.54
463.62
Plymouth
179.40
538.19
East Cornwall
198.93
675.64
Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith
177.94
563.82
Teignbridge / Torbay
163.17
489.25
Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent / Leek
177.94
563.82
Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley
177.94
547.50
Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter
172.46
531.18
Warwickshire
Leamington / Nuneaton / Rugby
178.61
535.84
West Mercia
Hereford / Leominster
155.32
465.95
Kidderminster / Redditch
198.81
596.42
Shrewsbury
166.08
510.22
Telford
172.46
531.18
Worcester
180.95
542.85
West Midlands
Sandwell
176.11
540.52
Wolverhampton & Seisdon
176.11
540.52
Dudley & Halesowen
173.18
519.55
Walsall
177.94
549.83
Birmingham
177.94
566.14
Solihull
187.16
561.49
Coventry
153.77
461.30
Dyfed Powys
Amman Valley
177.94
570.80
Carmarthen East Dyfed
201.92
605.75
Llanelli
138.70
426.34
Brecon & Radnor
203.47
610.41
Mid Wales
155.32
465.95
North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion
204.24
612.73
Pembrokeshire
166.99
514.90
Gwent
East Gwent
169.73
521.88
Newport
166.99
512.54
Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty/ South Bedwellty
177.94
556.81
North Wales
Bangor & Caernarfon
189.49
568.47
Colwyn Bay
173.38
533.51
Denbighshire
188.71
566.14
Dolgellau
188.71
566.14
Mold & Hawarden
177.94
554.48
North Anglesey
197.26
591.77
Pwllheli
133.57
400.72
Wrexham
161.53
484.59
South Wales
Cardiff
177.94
587.11
Vale of Glamorgan
208.13
624.40
Cynon Valley
177.94
563.82
Mid Glamorgan & Miskin
177.94
587.11
Merthyr Tydfil
177.94
582.46
Port Talbot
219.00
740.88
Newcastle & Ogmore
177.94
596.42
Neath
180.68
612.73
Swansea
171.55
528.86
Merseyside
Bootle & Crosby
162.43
498.58
Southport
135.91
407.72
Liverpool
179.40
538.19
St Helens
153.30
472.96
Knowsley
165.16
507.89
Wirral
157.86
484.59
Cheshire
Crewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield
176.11
540.52
Warrington / Halton
154.54
463.62
Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich)
160.76
482.27
Cumbria
Barrow in Furness
153.77
461.30
Kendal & Windermere
183.28
549.83
Penrith / Carlisle
173.18
519.55
Whitehaven / Workington
143.67
431.02
Greater Manchester
Manchester
177.94
587.11
Stockport
167.74
503.23
Trafford
177.94
559.16
Salford
177.94
570.80
Bolton
164.64
493.93
Bury
159.98
479.94
Wigan
170.07
510.22
Rochdale / Middleton
169.30
507.89
Tameside
156.04
479.94
Oldham
137.46
412.38
Lancashire
Burnley / Rossendale
162.31
486.92
Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley
177.94
580.10
Blackpool
126.58
379.75
Fleetwood
129.69
389.08
Lancaster
159.20
477.61
Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland
174.73
524.20
Preston
142.90
428.69
Kent
Dartford & Gravesend
232.98
698.94
Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone
205.31
696.61
Medway
205.02
615.06
Swale
243.07
729.22
Maidstone & West Malling
216.67
650.02
Canterbury / Thanet
177.94
603.43
West Kent (Tonbridge)
208.13
624.40
Surrey
Guildford & Farnham
179.76
610.41
North West Surrey (Woking)
196.19
666.31
South East Surrey
207.14
703.59
Epsom
209.88
712.93
Staines
240.90
815.42
Sussex
Brighton & Hove & Lewes
183.41
622.04
Chichester & District
162.43
498.58
Crawley / Horsham
228.32
684.95
Hastings
142.35
438.00
Worthing
164.25
505.56
Eastbourne
173.18
519.55
Derbyshire
East Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston
206.57
619.72
Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)
190.27
570.80
Chesterfield
177.84
533.51
Derby / Swadlincote
177.94
570.80
Leicestershire
Ashby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray
181.72
545.17
Leicester
177.94
552.15
Hinckley / Market Harborough
201.92
605.75
Lincolnshire
Boston, Bourne, Stamford
173.38
533.51
Skegness
156.09
468.28
Lincoln / Gainsborough
161.53
484.59
Grantham & Sleaford
159.69
491.57
Nottinghamshire
Mansfield
160.60
493.93
Newark
180.17
540.52
Nottingham
179.40
538.19
Worksop & East Retford
170.64
524.20
Northamptonshire
Corby (Kettering) / Wellingborough
157.65
472.96
Northampton
170.85
512.54
Bedfordshire
Bedford
167.90
517.22
Luton
177.94
601.07
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge
162.43
500.91
Ely
177.94
575.45
Huntingdon
173.18
519.55
March & Wisbech
171.63
514.90
Peterborough
142.90
428.69
Essex
Basildon
177.94
549.83
Brentwood
249.11
845.72
Braintree
198.93
673.32
Clacton & Harwich / Colchester
177.94
563.82
Grays
232.69
789.80
Harlow & Loughton
232.69
789.80
Stansted
257.33
873.67
Rayleigh / Southend on Sea
166.97
500.91
Chelmsford / Witham
176.11
542.85
Hertfordshire
Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead)
209.88
710.57
Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire
254.59
864.34
Stevenage & North Hertfordshire
236.34
801.46
St. Albans
214.44
702.25
Watford
210.79
715.25
Norfolk
Cromer & North Walsham
184.33
624.40
Great Yarmouth
168.52
505.56
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk
164.64
493.93
Norwich & District
169.30
507.89
Diss / Thetford
175.20
538.19
Dereham
198.01
670.99
Suffolk
Lowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh
169.30
507.89
Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge
172.41
517.22
Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket
177.94
552.15
Thames Valley
Abingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)
208.96
708.25
Aylesbury
198.81
596.42
High Wycombe & Amersham
190.71
647.69
Milton Keynes
165.16
507.89
Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury)
194.36
659.33
Oxford
194.36
659.33
Reading
188.71
566.14
Slough (East Berkshire)
208.96
708.25
West Berkshire (Newbury etc.)
174.73
524.20
Hampshire
Aldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)
199.84
677.97
Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire)
210.46
631.38
Isle of Wight
171.63
514.90
Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)
176.29
528.86
Gosport & Fareham
215.11
645.34
Southampton (South West Hampshire)
198.81
596.42
Humberside
Grimsby & Cleethorpes
134.35
403.04
Scunthorpe
144.18
444.98
Hull
153.30
470.60
Beverley / Bridlington
177.94
587.11
Goole
182.50
617.39
North Yorkshire
Northallerton & Richmond
191.82
575.45
Harrogate & Ripon
184.05
552.15
Skipton, Settle & Ingleton
177.94
547.50
Scarborough / Whitby
152.39
468.28
Malton & Rydale
146.78
440.33
York / Selby
159.69
491.57
South Yorkshire
Barnsley
158.78
489.25
Doncaster
153.30
470.60
Rotherham
162.43
500.91
Sheffield
166.99
514.90
West Yorkshire
Halifax
173.96
521.88
Huddersfield
146.78
440.33
Dewsbury
159.20
477.61
Bradford
135.96
419.36
Keighley & Bingley
153.30
470.60
Leeds
144.18
442.65
Pontefract & Castleford
141.34
424.01
Wakefield
139.61
428.69
London
Barking
224.48
761.85
Bexley
200.75
680.30
Bishopsgate
234.51
794.45
Brent
219.00
740.88
Brentford
222.65
754.84
Bromley
211.70
717.58
Camberwell Green
219.00
743.20
Central London
237.25
803.78
Clerkenwell / Hampstead
221.74
750.18
Croydon
216.26
731.54
Ealing
229.95
780.67
Enfield
218.09
738.55
Greenwich / Woolwich
208.96
708.25
Haringey
225.39
764.17
Harrow
219.00
743.20
Havering
204.40
691.96
Heathrow
274.66
931.93
Hendon / Barnet
220.83
747.86
Highbury Corner
229.95
778.16
Kingston-Upon-Thames
228.13
773.48
Newham
219.91
745.53
Old Street
219.00
743.20
Redbridge
225.39
764.17
Richmond-Upon-Thames
240.90
815.42
South London
229.95
778.16
Sutton
218.09
738.55
Thames
218.09
738.55
Tower Bridge
232.69
789.80
Uxbridge
210.79
715.25
Waltham Forest
204.40
694.28
West London
235.43
799.10
Wimbledon
223.56
757.19”.
3.
(a)
in sub-paragraph (1), for “£247.50” substitute “£273.75”;
(b)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item
3.51
3.38
Preparation hourly rate
45.35
42.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate
24.00
24.00”;
(c)
“Table AAdvocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – magistrates’ court or judicial authority
London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
3.51
3.38
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
4.65
4.47
Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
45.35
42.80
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
60.50
57.03
Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
53.84
53.84
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
71.77
71.77
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
24.00
24.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
31.98
31.98
Table BAdvocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – High Court or a senior judge
London (£)
National (£)
Routine letter out per item
6.84
6.84
Routine telephone calls per item
3.79
3.79
All other preparation work, hourly rate
72.54
68.44
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment, hourly rate
33.76
33.76
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or application at court, or other appointment, hourly rate
68.44
68.44
Travelling and waiting, hourly rate
30.34
30.34”;
(d)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
3.51
3.38
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
4.65
4.47
Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
45.35
42.80
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
60.50
57.03
Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
53.84
53.84
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
71.77
71.77
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor
24.00
24.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)
31.98
31.98”,
and
(e)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
3.70
3.56
Preparation hourly rate
47.95
45.35
Advocacy hourly rate
56.89
56.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
24.00
24.00 ”.
4.
(a)
“London (£)
National (£)
Standard hourly rate (attendance and waiting at a magistrates’ court)
50.32
49.14
Enhanced hourly rate (only payable in respect of work done on a day which is not a Business Day)
62.87
61.41
Travelling hourly rate (only payable where the Duty Solicitor is called out (including being called to return) to the court from the Office or attends on a day that is not a Business Day. Reasonable travel expenses may also be claimed (where relevant)).
24.00
24.00”,
and
(b)
“London (£)
National (£)
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Business Hours
182.50
136.88
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Unsocial hours
219.00
164.25”.
5.
(a)
“All Areas
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
£3.56
Preparation hourly rate
£45.35
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)
£56.89
Hourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)
£31.03
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only claimable where the undesignated area fees apply)
£24.00”,
and
(b)
“Lower Standard Fee (£)
Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)
Higher Standard Fee (£)
Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
Designated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A
248.71
272.34
471.81
471.85
Category 1B
202.20
272.34
435.64
471.85
Category 2
345.34
467.84
723.35
779.64
Undesignated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A
194.68
272.34
412.30
471.85
Category 1B
158.27
272.34
380.70
471.85
Category 2
279.45
467.84
640.94
779.64”.
6.
(a)
“All Areas
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
£3.56
Preparation hourly rate
£45.35
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)
£56.89
Hourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)
£31.03”;
(b)
“Lower fee (£)
Lower fee limit (£)
Higher fee (£)
Higher fee limit (£)
Uncontested
158.27
272.34
380.70
471.85
Contested
279.45
467.84
640.94
779.64”,
and
(c)
in sub-paragraph (4) for “£21.70” substitute “£24.00”.
7.
(a)
in sub-paragraph (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), for “£43.35” substitute “£47.95”, and
(ii)
in paragraph (b), for “41.00” substitute “£45.35”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (3), for “£61.88” substitute “£68.44”;
(c)
in sub-paragraph (4) for “£20.63” substitute “£22.81”, and
(d)
“Work undertaken prior to a determination that an individual is not eligible for criminal legal aid
London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
3.70
3.56
Preparation hourly rate
47.95
45.35
Advocacy (including applications for bail and other applications to the court) hourly rate
56.89
56.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only applicable where the Undesignated Area fees apply)
N/A
24.00”.
8.
(a)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
3.70
3.56
Preparation hourly rate
47.95
45.35
Advocacy hourly rate
56.89
56.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
24.00
24.00”,
and
(b)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters out per item
6.84
6.02
Routine telephone calls per item
3.79
3.33
All other preparation work hourly rate
68.44 (72.54 where Provider’s office is in London)
60.23 (63.88 where Provider’s office is in London)
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate
33.76
29.66
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate
68.44
60.23
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
30.34
26.65”.
9.
(a)
in paragraph (a), for “£247.50” substitute “£273.75”;
(b)
in paragraph (b), for “£412.50” substitute “£456.25”, and
(c)
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item
3.51
3.38
Preparation hourly rate
45.35
42.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate
24.00
24.00”.
10.
“High Court (£)
Routine letters out per item
6.84
Routine telephone calls per item
3.79
All other preparation work – hourly rate
68.44 (72.54 where the Provider’s office is in London)
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate
33.76
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate
68.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
30.34”.
11.
“London (£)
National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item
3.70
3.56
Preparation hourly rate
47.95
45.35
Advocacy hourly rate
56.89
56.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
24.00
24.00”.
12.
(a)
in sub-paragraph (1), for—
(i)
“£181.50” substitute “£200.75”, and
(ii)
“£544.50” substitute “£602.25”;
(b)
“All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item
3.38
Preparation hourly rate
42.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate
24.00”;
(c)
“Hourly rates in Disciplinary Cases for determining application of Standard Fees
All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item
3.70
Preparation hourly rate
51.24
Advocacy hourly rate
62.28
Travel and waiting hourly rate
24.00
Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Disciplinary Cases
Lower Standard Fee (£)
Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)
Higher Standard Fee (£)
Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
203.93
357.06
564.16
1,691.69”,
and
(d)
“Hourly rates in Parole Board Cases for determining application of Standard Fees
All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item
3.70
Preparation hourly rate
51.24
Advocacy hourly rate
62.28
Travel and waiting hourly rate
24.00
Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Parole Board Cases
Lower Standard Fee (£)
Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)
Higher Standard Fee (£)
Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
437.21
933.93
1,454.44
4,362.54”.
13.
“Junior Counsel (£)
Queen’s Counsel (£)
Basic fee for preparation, including for a pre-trial review and, where appropriate, the first day’s hearing including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation).
maximum amount: 427.00
maximum amount: 4,056.00
Refresher daily fee (for any day or part of a day during which a hearing continued, including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation).
maximum amount: 147.00
maximum amount: 271.01
Subsidiary fees:
Attendance at consultations, conferences and views not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee.
26.69 per hour – minimum amount: 13.25
49.73 per hour – minimum amount 25.55
Written work (on evidence, plea, appeal, case stated or other written work).
maximum amount: 46.77
maximum amount: 95.81
Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances (including bail applications and adjournments for sentence) not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee.
maximum amount: 85.78
maximum amount: 187.06”.