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Regulation 4(4)

SCHEDULE 3Amendments to Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

1.  For “£1,237.50”, wherever it appears, substitute “£1,368.75”.

2.  In paragraph 2 (work conducted at the Police Station: Police Station advice and assistance)(1)—

(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)for the table following sub-paragraph (3), substitute the following—

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)for the table following sub-paragraph (8) (Police Station attendance – fixed fees and escape fee thresholds), substitute the following—

Criminal 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.

3.  In paragraph 3 (work conducted outside the Police Station)(2)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for “£247.50” substitute “£273.75”;

(b)for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (free standing advice and assistance), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item3.513.38
Preparation hourly rate45.3542.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate24.0024.00;

(c)for the tables following sub-paragraph (2) (Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – Magistrates’ Court or judicial authority and Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – High Court or a senior judge), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

Table A

Advocacy 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 Solicitor3.513.38
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)4.654.47
Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor45.3542.80
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)60.5057.03
Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor53.8453.84
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)71.7771.77
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor24.0024.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)31.9831.98

Table B

Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – High Court or a senior judge

London (£)National (£)
Routine letter out per item6.846.84
Routine telephone calls per item3.793.79
All other preparation work, hourly rate72.5468.44
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment, hourly rate33.7633.76
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 rate68.4468.44
Travelling and waiting, hourly rate30.3430.34;

(d)for the table following sub-paragraph (3) (Advocacy Assistance for armed forces custody hearings), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor3.513.38
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)4.654.47
Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor45.3542.80
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)60.5057.03
Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor53.8453.84
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)71.7771.77
Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor24.0024.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)31.9831.98,

and

(e)for the table following sub-paragraph (4) (Advocacy Assistance in the magistrates’ court in connection with an application to vary police bail conditions), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item3.703.56
Preparation hourly rate47.9545.35
Advocacy hourly rate56.8956.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate24.0024.00 .

4.  In paragraph 4 (Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor and Advocacy Assistance at the Virtual Court)(3)—

(a)for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Standard hourly rate (attendance and waiting at a magistrates’ court)50.3249.14
Enhanced hourly rate (only payable in respect of work done on a day which is not a Business Day)62.8761.41
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)).24.0024.00,

and

(b)for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (Advocacy Assistance at the Virtual Court), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Business Hours182.50136.88
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Unsocial hours219.00164.25.

5.  In paragraph 5 (representation in the magistrates’ court)(4)—

(a)for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation in a magistrates’ court), substitute the following—

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)for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (Higher and Lower Standard Fees table), substitute the following—

Lower Standard Fee (£)Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)Higher Standard Fee (£)Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
Designated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A248.71272.34471.81471.85
Category 1B202.20272.34435.64471.85
Category 2345.34467.84723.35779.64
Undesignated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A194.68272.34412.30471.85
Category 1B158.27272.34380.70471.85
Category 2279.45467.84640.94779.64.

6.  In paragraph 5A (representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court)(5)—

(a)for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court), substitute the following—

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)for the table following sub-paragraph (3) (Higher and Lower Fees Table), substitute the following—

Lower fee (£)Lower fee limit (£)Higher fee (£)Higher fee limit (£)
Uncontested158.27272.34380.70471.85
Contested279.45467.84640.94779.64,

and

(c)in sub-paragraph (4) for “£21.70” substitute “£24.00”.

7.  In paragraph 6 (own client work)(6)—

(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)for the table following sub-paragraph (4) (own client work), including the heading to the table, substitute the following—

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 item3.703.56
Preparation hourly rate47.9545.35
Advocacy (including applications for bail and other applications to the court) hourly rate56.8956.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only applicable where the Undesignated Area fees apply)N/A24.00.

8.  In paragraph 7 (representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act)(7)—

(a)for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation in prescribed proceedings in a Crown Court), substitute the following table—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item3.703.56
Preparation hourly rate47.9545.35
Advocacy hourly rate56.8956.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate24.0024.00,

and

(b)for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (representation in prescribed proceedings in the High Court or a county court), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters out per item6.846.02
Routine telephone calls per item3.793.33
All other preparation work hourly rate68.44 (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 rate33.7629.66
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 rate68.4460.23
Travelling and waiting hourly rate30.3426.65.

9.  In paragraph 8 (Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission)(8)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “£247.50” substitute “£273.75”;

(b)in paragraph (b), for “£412.50” substitute “£456.25”, and

(c)for the table following paragraph 8 (Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item3.513.38
Preparation hourly rate45.3542.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate24.0024.00.

10.  In paragraph 9 (representation on an appeal by way of case stated)(9), for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation on an appeal by way of case stated in the High Court), substitute the following—

High Court (£)
Routine letters out per item6.84
Routine telephone calls per item3.79
All other preparation work – hourly rate68.44 (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 rate33.76
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 rate68.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate30.34.

11.  For the table following paragraph 10 (representation in the Crown Court on an appeal from a magistrates’ court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act)(10), substitute the following—

London (£)National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item3.703.56
Preparation hourly rate47.9545.35
Advocacy hourly rate56.8956.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate24.0024.00.

12.  In paragraph 11 (Advice and Assistance provided pursuant to a determination made under section 15 of the Act in Prison Law cases)(11)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for—

(i)“£181.50” substitute “£200.75”, and

(ii)“£544.50” substitute “£602.25”;

(b)for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (hourly rates for determining whether Escape Fee Threshold reached), substitute the following—

All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item3.38
Preparation hourly rate42.80
Travel and waiting hourly rate24.00;

(c)for the tables following sub-paragraph (3) (hourly rates in Disciplinary Cases for determining application of Standard Fees and Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Disciplinary Cases), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

Hourly rates in Disciplinary Cases for determining application of Standard Fees

All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item3.70
Preparation hourly rate51.24
Advocacy hourly rate62.28
Travel and waiting hourly rate24.00

Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Disciplinary Cases

Lower Standard Fee (£)Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)Higher Standard Fee (£)Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
203.93357.06564.161,691.69,

and

(d)for the tables following sub-paragraph (4) (hourly rates in Parole Board Cases for determining application of Standard Fees and Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Parole Board Cases), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

Hourly rates in Parole Board Cases for determining application of Standard Fees

All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item3.70
Preparation hourly rate51.24
Advocacy hourly rate62.28
Travel and waiting hourly rate24.00

Higher and Lower Standard Fees table for Parole Board Cases

Lower Standard Fee (£)Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)Higher Standard Fee (£)Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
437.21933.931,454.444,362.54.

13.  In paragraph 12 (payment for Assigned Counsel)(12), for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (payment for Assigned Counsel), substitute the following—

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: 427.00maximum 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: 147.00maximum 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: 13.2549.73 per hour – minimum amount 25.55
Written work (on evidence, plea, appeal, case stated or other written work).maximum amount: 46.77maximum 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: 85.78maximum amount: 187.06.
(1)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(2)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(3)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(4)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415, 2015/325, 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations, subject to the exceptions in regulation 3) and 2015/1678.

(5)

Inserted by S.I. 2015/325. Amended by S.I. 2015/1369.

(6)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(7)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415, 2015/325 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(8)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(9)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369.

(10)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415, 2015/325 and 2015/1369 (Part 3 of which is revoked by regulation 2(a) of these Regulations).

(11)

Amended by S.I. 2013/2803, 2014/415 and 2015/1369.

(12)

Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/1369.