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

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

(a)£31.45 per claim in London; and

(b)£30.25 per claim outside London (“National”).

(2) The Criminal Defence Direct Fixed Acceptance Fee is £8.00 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.

LondonNational
Police Station attendance hourly rates
Own or Duty Solicitor£56.20£52.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)£69.05£69.05
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate£65.00£60.00
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate (Unsocial Hours)£80.00£80.00
Travel and waiting hourly rates
Own Solicitor£28.80£28.80
Duty Solicitor£56.20£52.00
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)£69.05£69.05

(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(1).

Police Station Attendance – Fixed Fees and Escape Fee Thresholds

Criminal Justice System AreaSchemeFixed Fee (£)Escape Fee Threshold (£)
ClevelandHartlepool144.00444.27
Teesside149.00457.02
DurhamDarlington169.36508.08
South Durham167.00513.18
Durham195.00607.65
Derwentside188.09564.27
Easington183.00561.69
NorthumbriaSouth East Northumberland162.55487.65
Newcastle upon Tyne151.00464.67
Gateshead156.60469.80
North Tyneside154.00472.35
South Tyneside146.00449.37
Sunderland / Houghton Le Spring163.00502.98
Berwick & Alnwick194.00597.45
Tynedale & Hexham169.00520.86
Avon & SomersetAvon North & Thornbury195.00615.33
Bath & Wansdyke211.91635.73
Mendip/Yeovil & South Somerset237.45712.35
Bristol175.32525.96
Sedgemore / Taunton Dane199.00674.04
Weston-Super-Mare198.30594.90
DorsetCentral Dorset200.00600.00
Bournemouth & Christchurch159.15477.45
Poole East Dorset168.00515.73
Bridport West Dorset / Weymouth & Dorchester160.00480.00
WiltshireSalisbury191.00587.22
Chippenham / Trowbridge205.96617.88
Swindon188.00579.57
GloucestershireCheltenham173.00533.61
Gloucester170.00523.41
Stroud195.00600.00
Devon & CornwallBarnstaple190.64571.92
Exeter169.36508.08
Plymouth196.60589.80
East Cornwall218.00740.43
Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith195.00617.88
Teignbridge / Torbay178.82536.16
StaffordshireStoke on Trent / Leek195.00617.88
Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley195.00600.00
Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter189.00582.12
WarwickshireLeamington / Nuneaton / Rugby195.74587.22
West MerciaHereford / Leominster170.21510.63
Kidderminster / Redditch217.87653.61
Shrewsbury182.00559.14
Telford189.00582.12
Worcester198.30594.90
West MidlandsSandwell193.00592.35
Wolverhampton & Seisdon193.00592.35
Dudley & Halesowen189.79569.37
Walsall195.00602.55
Birmingham195.00620.43
Solihull205.11615.33
Coventry168.51505.53
Dyfed PowysAmman Valley195.00625.53
Carmarthen East Dyfed221.28663.84
Llanelli152.00467.22
Brecon & Radnor222.98668.94
Mid Wales170.21510.63
North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion223.83671.49
Pembrokeshire183.00564.27
GwentEast Gwent186.00571.92
Newport183.00561.69
Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty/ South Bedwellty195.00610.20
North WalesBangor & Caernarfon207.66622.98
Colwyn Bay190.00584.67
Denbighshire206.81620.43
Dolgellau206.81620.43
Mold & Hawarden195.00607.65
North Anglesey216.17648.51
Pwllheli146.38439.14
Wrexham177.02531.06
South WalesCardiff195.00643.41
Vale of Glamorgan228.09684.27
Cynon Valley195.00617.88
Mid Glamorgan & Miskin195.00643.41
Merthyr Tydfil195.00638.31
Port Talbot240.00811.92
Newcastle & Ogmore195.00653.61
Neath198.00671.49
Swansea188.00579.57
MerseysideBootle & Crosby178.00546.39
Southport148.94446.82
Liverpool196.60589.80
St Helens168.00518.31
Knowsley181.00556.59
Wirral173.00531.06
CheshireCrewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield193.00592.35
Warrington / Halton169.36508.08
Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich)176.17528.51
CumbriaBarrow in Furness168.51505.53
Kendal & Windermere200.85602.55
Penrith / Carlisle189.79569.37
Whitehaven / Workington157.45472.35
Greater ManchesterManchester195.00643.41
Stockport183.83551.49
Trafford195.00612.78
Salford195.00625.53
Bolton180.43541.29
Bury175.32525.96
Wigan186.38559.14
Rochdale / Middleton185.53556.59
Tameside171.00525.96
Oldham150.64451.92
LancashireBurnley / Rossendale177.87533.61
Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley195.00635.73
Blackpool138.72416.16
Fleetwood142.13426.39
Lancaster174.47523.41
Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland191.49574.47
Preston156.60469.80
KentDartford & Gravesend255.32765.96
Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone225.00763.41
Medway224.68674.04
Swale266.38799.14
Maidstone & West Malling237.45712.35
Canterbury / Thanet195.00661.29
West Kent (Tonbridge)228.09684.27
SurreyGuildford & Farnham197.00668.94
North West Surrey (Woking)215.00730.20
South East Surrey227.00771.06
Epsom230.00781.29
Staines264.00893.61
SussexBrighton & Hove & Lewes201.00681.69
Chichester & District178.00546.39
Crawley / Horsham250.21750.63
Hastings156.00480.00
Worthing180.00554.04
Eastbourne189.79569.37
DerbyshireEast Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston226.38679.14
Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)208.51625.53
Chesterfield194.89584.67
Derby / Swadlincote195.00625.53
LeicestershireAshby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray199.15597.45
Leicester195.00605.10
Hinckley / Market Harborough221.28663.84
LincolnshireBoston, Bourne, Stamford190.00584.67
Skegness171.06513.18
Lincoln / Gainsborough177.02531.06
Grantham & Sleaford175.00538.71
NottinghamshireMansfield176.00541.29
Newark197.45592.35
Nottingham196.60589.80
Worksop & East Retford187.00574.47
NorthamptonshireCorby (Kettering) / Wellingborough172.77518.31
Northampton187.23561.69
BedfordshireBedford184.00566.82
Luton195.00658.71
CambridgeshireCambridge178.00548.94
Ely195.00630.63
Huntingdon189.79569.37
March & Wisbech188.09564.27
Peterborough156.60469.80
EssexBasildon195.00602.55
Brentwood273.00926.82
Braintree218.00737.88
Clacton & Harwich / Colchester195.00617.88
Grays255.00865.53
Harlow & Loughton255.00865.53
Stansted282.00957.45
Rayleigh / Southend on Sea182.98548.94
Chelmsford / Witham193.00594.90
HertfordshireDacorum (Hemel Hempstead)230.00778.71
Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire279.00947.22
Stevenage & North Hertfordshire259.00878.31
St. Albans235.00769.59
Watford231.00783.84
NorfolkCromer & North Walsham202.00684.27
Great Yarmouth184.68554.04
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk180.43541.29
Norwich & District185.53556.59
Diss / Thetford192.00589.80
Dereham217.00735.33
SuffolkLowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh185.53556.59
Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge188.94566.82
Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket195.00605.10
Thames ValleyAbingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)229.00776.16
Aylesbury217.87653.61
High Wycombe & Amersham209.00709.80
Milton Keynes181.00556.59
Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury)213.00722.55
Oxford213.00722.55
Reading206.81620.43
Slough (East Berkshire)229.00776.16
West Berkshire (Newbury etc.)191.49574.47
HampshireAldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)219.00742.98
Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire)230.64691.92
Isle of Wight188.09564.27
Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)193.19579.57
Gosport & Fareham235.74707.22
Southampton (South West Hampshire)217.87653.61
HumbersideGrimsby & Cleethorpes147.23441.69
Scunthorpe158.00487.65
Hull168.00515.73
Beverley / Bridlington195.00643.41
Goole200.00676.59
North YorkshireNorthallerton & Richmond210.21630.63
Harrogate & Ripon201.70605.10
Skipton, Settle & Ingleton195.00600.00
Scarborough / Whitby167.00513.18
Malton & Rydale160.85482.55
York / Selby175.00538.71
South YorkshireBarnsley174.00536.16
Doncaster168.00515.73
Rotherham178.00548.94
Sheffield183.00564.27
West YorkshireHalifax190.64571.92
Huddersfield160.85482.55
Dewsbury174.47523.41
Bradford149.00459.57
Keighley & Bingley168.00515.73
Leeds158.00485.10
Pontefract & Castleford154.89464.67
Wakefield153.00469.80
LondonBarking246.00834.90
Bexley220.00745.53
Bishopsgate257.00870.63
Brent240.00811.92
Brentford244.00827.22
Bromley232.00786.39
Camberwell Green240.00814.47
Central London260.00880.86
Clerkenwell / Hampstead243.00822.12
Croydon237.00801.69
Ealing252.00855.53
Enfield239.00809.37
Greenwich / Woolwich229.00776.16
Haringey247.00837.45
Harrow240.00814.47
Havering224.00758.31
Heathrow301.001,021.29
Hendon / Barnet242.00819.57
Highbury Corner252.00852.78
Kingston-Upon-Thames250.00847.65
Newham241.00817.02
Old Street240.00814.47
Redbridge247.00837.45
Richmond-Upon-Thames264.00893.61
South London252.00852.78
Sutton239.00809.37
Thames239.00809.37
Tower Bridge255.00865.53
Uxbridge231.00783.84
Waltham Forest224.00760.86
West London258.00875.73
Wimbledon245.00829.80
(1)

A 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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