Travel and subsistence claims
If you currently provide a car or alternative transport to do your job - you still need to.
For journeys exceeding 110 miles round trip you should make every effort to use a hire car.
Managers should pre−authorise any use of own cars in these circumstances.
All existing allowances will be replaced with a single rate which − over two years −will be reduced to come into line with the HMRC rate. The rates from April 2010 will be 50p per mile for the first 8,500 miles, 12.2p per mile thereafter.
From April 2011, this will reduce to 45p for the first 8,500 miles/12.2p per mile thereafter, and from April 2012, to 40p per mile for the first 10,000 miles/25p per mile thereafter. Also from April 2012, an extra 5p per mile can be claimed for approved passengers.
Existing Essential and Casual user allowances will end.
Rail travel is by second class only.
There will no longer be a Public Transport rate − except for specific post entry training and individuals attending for interview which managers should note.
Excess travel
Where employees are transferred to another work base at the request of the council. this will be paid where the move is outside of a 5 mile radius of their existing base and will be paid for a maximum period of up to 3 years. The allowance will be based on the standard mileage rate for the additional mileage involved in the change of workplace. Anyone in receipt of an existing arrangement will continue to receive this for the remainder of the agreed period, but this remainder will not exceed three years maximum.
Excess travel time allowances are also payable for a period not exceeding three years provided that the additional daily travelling time exceeds half an hour. The allowances are (will be paid pro-rata for part time employees):
Up to half hour a day - Nil
Up to 1 hour per day - £302 per year
Up to 1 hour to 1.5 hours per day - £419 per year
Over 1.5 hours per day - £523 per year
Travel time
The qualifying period after which excess travel will be paid − for employees who have a notional base eg Home Helps, Craft Workers - will be 60 minutes per day for all employees.
Subsistence
No subsistence will be paid except in exceptional circumstances − you must have chief officer approval beforehand