2.—(1) The Fixed Fee for Police Station Telephone Advice is—
(a)[F1£33.00] per claim in London; and
(b)[F2£31.74] per claim outside London (“National”)
(2) The Criminal Defence Direct Fixed Acceptance Fee is [F3£8.40] 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 | £58.97 | £54.57 |
| Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours) | £72.46 | £72.46 |
| Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate | £68.21 | £62.96 |
| Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate (Unsocial Hours) | £83.95 | £83.95 |
| Travel and waiting hourly rates | ||
| Own Solicitor | £30.22 | £30.22 |
| Duty Solicitor | £58.97 | £54.57 |
| Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours) | £72.46 | £72.46] |
(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 [F52022 Standard Crime Contract] Guidance for reporting crime lower work M1.
| Criminal Justice System Area | Scheme | Fixed Fee (£) | Escape Fee Threshold (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | Hartlepool | 151.11 | 466.21 |
| Teesside | 156.35 | 479.58 | |
| Durham | Darlington | 177.72 | 533.16 |
| South Durham | 175.25 | 538.52 | |
| Durham | 204.63 | 637.65 | |
| Derwentside | 197.37 | 592.14 | |
| Easington | 192.04 | 589.42 | |
| Northumbria | South East Northumberland | 170.58 | 511.73 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 158.46 | 487.61 | |
| Gateshead | 164.34 | 492.99 | |
| North Tyneside | 161.61 | 495.67 | |
| South Tyneside | 153.21 | 471.56 | |
| Sunderland/Houghton Le Spring | 171.05 | 527.82 | |
| Berwick & Alnwick | 203.58 | 626.95 | |
| Tynedale & Hexham | 177.34 | 546.57 | |
| Avon & Somerset | Avon North & Thornbury | 204.63 | 645.71 |
| Bath | 222.38 | 667.12 | |
| Mendip & South Somerset | 249.17 | 747.52 | |
| Bristol | 183.98 | 551.93 | |
| Sedgemore/Taunton Deane | 208.83 | 707.32 | |
| Weston-Super-Mare | 209.09 | 624.28 | |
| Dorset | Central Dorset | 209.88 | 629.63 |
| Bournemouth & Christchurch | 167.00 | 501.02 | |
| Poole East Dorset | 176.30 | 541.19 | |
| Bridport/West Dorset | 167.90 | 503.70 | |
| Wiltshire | Salisbury | 200.43 | 616.22 |
| Chippenham/Trowbridge | 216.13 | 648.39 | |
| Swindon | 197.28 | 608.19 | |
| Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | 181.54 | 559.96 |
| Gloucester | 178.40 | 549.25 | |
| Stroud | 204.63 | 629.63 | |
| Devon & Cornwall | Barnstaple | 200.05 | 600.16 |
| Exeter | 177.72 | 533.16 | |
| Plymouth | 206.31 | 618.92 | |
| East Cornwall | 228.77 | 776.99 | |
| Carrick/Kerrier (Cambourne) / Penwith | 204.63 | 648.39 | |
| Teignbridge / Torbay | 187.65 | 562.64 | |
| Staffordshire | Stoke on Trent / Leek | 204.63 | 648.39 |
| Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley | 204.63 | 629.63 | |
| Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent /.Uttoxeter | 198.33 | 610.86 | |
| Warwickshire | Leamington / Nuneaton / Rugby | 205.40 | 616.22 |
| West Mercia | Hereford / Leominster | 178.62 | 535.84 |
| Kidderminster / Redditch | 228.63 | 685.88 | |
| Shrewsbury | 190.99 | 586.75 | |
| Telford | 198.33 | 610.86 | |
| Worcester | 208.09 | 624.28 | |
| West Midlands | Sandwell | 202.53 | 621.60 |
| Wolverhampton & Seisdon | 202.53 | 621.60 | |
| Dudley & Halesowen | 199.16 | 597.48 | |
| Walsall | 204.63 | 632.30 | |
| Birmingham | 204.63 | 651.06 | |
| Solihull | 215.23 | 645.71 | |
| Coventry | 176.84 | 530.50 | |
| Dyfed Powys | Amman Valley | 204.63 | 656.42 |
Carmarthen East Dyfed | 232.21 | 696.61 | |
| Llanelli | [F7204.63] | [F8656.42] | |
| Brecon & Radnor | 233.99 | 701.97 | |
| Mid Wales | 178.62 | 535.84 | |
| North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion | 234.88 | 704.64 | |
| Pembrokeshire | 192.04 | 592.14 | |
| Gwent | East Gwent | 195.19 | 600.16 |
| Newport | 192.04 | 589.42 | |
| Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty / South Bedwellty | 204.63 | 640.33 | |
| North Wales | Bangor & Caernarfon | 217.91 | 653.74 |
| Colwyn Bay | 199.39 | 613.54 | |
| Denbighshire | 217.02 | 651.06 | |
| Dolgellau | 217.02 | 651.06 | |
| Mold & Hawarden | 204.63 | 637.65 | |
| North Anglesey | 226.85 | 680.54 | |
| Pwllheli | 153.61 | 460.83 | |
| Wrexham | 185.76 | 557.28 | |
| South Wales | Cardiff | 204.63 | 675.18 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 239.35 | 718.06 | |
| Cynon Valley | 204.63 | 648.39 | |
| Mid Glamorgan & Miskin | 204.63 | 675.18 | |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 204.63 | 669.83 | |
| Port Talbot | 251.85 | 852.01 | |
| Newcastle & Ogmore | 204.63 | 685.88 | |
| Neath | 207.78 | 704.64 | |
| Swansea | 197.28 | 608.19 | |
| Merseyside | Bootle & Crosby | 186.79 | 573.37 |
| Southport | 156.30 | 468.88 | |
| Liverpool | 206.31 | 618.92 | |
| St Helens | 176.30 | 543.90 | |
| Knowsley | 189.93 | 584.07 | |
| Wirral | 181.54 | 557.28 | |
| Cheshire | Crewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield | 202.53 | 621.60 |
| Warrington / Halton | 177.72 | 533.16 | |
| Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich) | 184.87 | 554.61 | |
| Cumbria | Barrow in Furness | 176.84 | 530.50 |
| Kendal & Windermere | 210.77 | 632.30 | |
| Penrith / Carlisle | 199.16 | 597.48 | |
| Whitehaven / Workington | 165.22 | 495.67 | |
| Greater Manchester | Manchester | 204.63 | 675.18 |
| Stockport | 192.90 | 578.71 | |
| Trafford | 204.63 | 643.03 | |
| Salford | 204.63 | 656.42 | |
| Bolton | 189.34 | 568.02 | |
| Bury | 183.98 | 551.93 | |
| Wigan | 195.58 | 586.75 | |
| Rochdale / Middleton | 194.70 | 584.07 | |
| Tameside | 179.45 | 551.93 | |
| Oldham | 158.08 | 474.24 | |
| Lancashire | Burnley / Rossendale | 186.66 | 559.96 |
| Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley | 204.63 | 667.12 | |
| Blackpool | 145.57 | 436.71 | |
| Fleetwood | 149.14 | 447.44 | |
| Lancaster | 183.08 | 549.25 | |
| Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland | 200.94 | 602.83 | |
| Preston | 164.34 | 492.99 | |
| Kent | Dartford & Gravesend | 267.93 | 803.78 |
| Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone | 236.11 | 801.10 | |
| Medway | 235.77 | 707.32 | |
| Swale | 279.53 | 838.60 | |
| Maidstone & West Malling | 249.17 | 747.52 | |
| Canterbury / Thanet | 204.63 | 693.94 | |
| West Kent (Tonbridge) | 239.35 | 718.06 | |
| Surrey | Guildford & Farnham | 206.72 | 701.97 |
| North West Surrey (Woking) | 225.62 | 766.26 | |
| South East Surrey | 238.21 | 809.13 | |
| Epsom | 241.36 | 819.87 | |
| Staines | 277.04 | 937.73 | |
| Sussex | Brighton & Hove & Lewes | 210.92 | 715.35 |
| Chichester & District | 186.79 | 573.37 | |
| Crawley / Horsham | 262.57 | 787.69 | |
| Hastings | 163.70 | 503.70 | |
| Worthing | 188.89 | 581.39 | |
| Eastbourne | 199.16 | 597.48 | |
| Derbyshire | East Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston | 237.56 | 712.68 |
| Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton) | 218.81 | 656.42 | |
| Chesterfield | 204.52 | 613.54 | |
| Derby / Swadlincote | 204.63 | 656.42 | |
| Leicestershire | Ashby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray | 208.98 | 626.95 |
| Leicester | 204.63 | 634.97 | |
| Hinckley / Market Harborough | 232.21 | 696.61 | |
| Lincolnshire | Boston, Bourne, Stamford | 199.39 | 613.54 |
| Skegness | 179.50 | 538.52 | |
| Lincoln / Gainsborough | 185.76 | 557.28 | |
| Grantham & Sleaford | 183.64 | 565.31 | |
| Nottinghamshire | Mansfield | 184.69 | 568.02 |
| Newark | 207.20 | 621.60 | |
| Nottingham | 206.31 | 618.92 | |
| Worksop & East Retford | 196.24 | 602.83 | |
| Northamptonshire | Corby (Kettering) / Wellingborough | 181.30 | 543.90 |
| Northampton | 196.48 | 589.42 | |
| Bedfordshire | Bedford | 193.09 | 594.80 |
| Luton | 204.63 | 691.23 | |
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridge | 186.79 | 576.05 |
| Ely | 204.63 | 661.77 | |
| Huntingdon | 199.16 | 597.48 | |
| March & Wisbech | 197.37 | 592.14 | |
| Peterborough | 164.34 | 492.99 | |
| Essex | Basildon | 204.63 | 632.30 |
| Brentwood | 286.48 | 972.58 | |
| Braintree | 228.77 | 774.32 | |
| Clacton & Harwich / Colchester | 204.63 | 648.39 | |
| Grays | 267.59 | 908.27 | |
| Harlow & Loughton | 267.59 | 908.27 | |
| Stansted | 295.93 | 1004.72 | |
| Rayleigh / Southend on Sea | 192.02 | 576.05 | |
| Chelmsford / Witham | 202.53 | 624.28 | |
| Hertfordshire | Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead) | 241.36 | 817.16 |
| Bishopʼs Stortford / East Hertfordshire | 292.78 | 993.99 | |
| Stevenage & North Hertfordshire | 271.79 | 921.68 | |
| St. Albans | 246.61 | 807.59 | |
| Watford | 242.41 | 822.54 | |
| Norfolk | Cromer & North Walsham | 211.98 | 718.06 |
| Great Yarmouth | 193.80 | 581.39 | |
| Kings Lynn & West Norfolk | 189.34 | 568.02 | |
| Norwich & District | 194.70 | 584.07 | |
| Diss / Thetford | 201.48 | 618.92 | |
| Dereham | 227.71 | 771.64 | |
| Suffolk | Lowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh | 194.70 | 584.07 |
| Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge | 198.27 | 594.80 | |
| Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket | 204.63 | 634.97 | |
| Thames Valley | Abingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire) | 240.30 | 814.49 |
| Aylesbury | 228.63 | 685.88 | |
| High Wycombe & Amersham | 219.32 | 744.84 | |
| Milton Keynes | 189.93 | 584.07 | |
| Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury) | 223.51 | 758.23 | |
| Oxford | 223.51 | 758.23 | |
| Reading | 217.02 | 651.06 | |
| Slough (East Berkshire) | 240.30 | 814.49 | |
| West Berkshire (Newbury etc) | 200.94 | 602.83 | |
| Hampshire | Aldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire) | 229.82 | 779.67 |
| Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire) | 242.03 | 726.09 | |
| Isle of Wight | 197.37 | 592.14 | |
| Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire) | 202.73 | 608.19 | |
| Gosport & Fareham | 247.38 | 742.14 | |
| Southampton (South West Hampshire) | 228.63 | 685.88 | |
| Humberside | Grimsby & Cleethorpes | 154.50 | 463.50 |
| Scunthorpe | 165.81 | 511.73 | |
| Hull | 176.30 | 541.19 | |
| Beverley / Bridlington | 204.63 | 675.18 | |
| Goole | 209.88 | 710.00 | |
| North Yorkshire | Northallerton & Richmond | 220.59 | 661.77 |
| Harrogate & Ripon | 211.66 | 634.97 | |
| Skipton, Settle & Ingleton | 204.63 | 629.63 | |
| Scarborough / Whitby | 175.25 | 538.52 | |
| Malton & Ryedale | 168.80 | 506.38 | |
| York / Selby | 183.64 | 565.31 | |
| South Yorkshire | Barnsley | 182.60 | 562.64 |
| Doncaster | 176.30 | 541.19 | |
| Rotherham | 186.79 | 576.05 | |
| Sheffield | 192.04 | 592.14 | |
| West Yorkshire | Halifax | 200.05 | 600.16 |
| Huddersfield | 168.80 | 506.38 | |
| Dewsbury | 183.08 | 549.25 | |
| Bradford | 156.35 | 482.26 | |
| Keighley & Bingley | 176.30 | 541.19 | |
| Leeds | 165.81 | 509.05 | |
| Pontefract & Castleford | 162.54 | 487.61 | |
| Wakefield | 160.55 | 492.99 | |
| London | Barking | 258.15 | 876.13 |
| Bexley | 230.86 | 782.35 | |
| Bishopsgate | 269.69 | 913.62 | |
| Brent | 251.85 | 852.01 | |
| Brentford | 256.05 | 868.07 | |
| Bromley | 243.46 | 825.22 | |
| Camberwell Green | 251.85 | 854.68 | |
| Central London | 272.84 | 924.35 | |
| Clerkenwell / Hampstead | 255.00 | 862.71 | |
| Croydon | 248.70 | 841.27 | |
| Ealing | 264.44 | 897.77 | |
| Enfield | 250.80 | 849.33 | |
| Greenwich / Woolwich | 240.30 | 814.49 | |
| Haringey | 259.20 | 878.80 | |
| Harrow | 251.85 | 854.68 | |
| Havering | 235.06 | 795.75 | |
| Heathrow | 315.86 | 1071.72 | |
| Hendon / Barnet | 253.95 | 860.04 | |
| Highbury Corner | 264.44 | 894.88 | |
| Kingston-Upon-Thames | 262.35 | 889.50 | |
| Newham | 252.90 | 857.36 | |
| Old Street | 251.85 | 854.68 | |
| Redbridge | 259.20 | 878.80 | |
| Richmond-Upon-Thames | 277.04 | 937.73 | |
| South London | 264.44 | 894.88 | |
| Sutton | 250.80 | 849.33 | |
| Thames | 250.80 | 849.33 | |
| Tower Bridge | 267.59 | 908.27 | |
| Uxbridge | 242.41 | 822.54 | |
| Waltham Forest | 235.06 | 798.42 | |
| West London | 270.74 | 918.97 | |
| Wimbledon | 257.09 | 870.77] |
Textual Amendments
F1Sum in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))
F2Sum in Sch. 4 para. 2(1)(b) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(3) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))
F3Sum in Sch. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(4) (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))
F4Sch. 4 para. 2(3) table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 2 (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))
F5Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(8) substituted (1.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Standard Crime Contract) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/995), regs. 1, 4(3) (with reg. 6)
F6Sch. 4 para. 2(8) table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 3 (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1))
F7Sum in Sch. 4 para. 2 table substituted (16.11.2023) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1140), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a) (with reg. 3)
F8Sum in Sch. 4 para. 2 table substituted (16.11.2023) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1140), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b) (with reg. 3)
Marginal Citations
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.