Councillors Handbook
Section 6 (3)
Travelling Allowances for Councillors
wef. 1 April 2000
Solo motor cycle
Up to 150cc
Between 150cc and 500cc
Over 500cc
8.5p per mile
12.3p per mile
16.5p per mile
Motor car
Up to 999cc
Over 999cc but not exceeding 1119cc
Over 1199cc
34.6p per mile
39.5p per mile
48.5p per mile
The rates specified may be increased:
(a) in respect of the carriage of each passenger, not exceeding 4, to whom a travelling
allowance would otherwise be payable under any enactment, by not more that 3p
per mile for the first passenger and 2p per mile for the second and subsequent
passenger;
(b) by not more than the amount of any expenditure incurred on tolls, ferries or
parking fees, including overnight garaging.
The rate of travel by public transport shall not exceed the amount of the ordinary
fare or any available cheap fare, and where more than one class of fare is available the
rate
shall be determined, by reference to second class fares.
The rate of travel by taxi-cab or cab shall not exceed:
(a) in cases of urgency or where no public transport is reasonably available, the
amount of the actual fare and any reasonable gratuity paid, and
(b) in any other case, the amount of the fare for travel by appropriate public transport.
Subsistence Allowances for Councillors
In the case of an absence from the usual place of residence, not involving an absence
overnight, subsistence allowance is payable as follows:
For more than 4 hours before 11 am, (breakfast allowance) £4.92
For more than 4 hours including 12noon - 2pm (lunch allowance) £6.77
For more than 4 hours including the period 3pm to 6pm (tea allowance) £2.67
For more that 4 hours ending after 7 p.m. (evening meal allowance) £8.38
In the case of an absence overnight from the usual place of residence £79.82 and for
such an absence overnight in London, or for the purposes of attendance at an annual
conference (including or not including an annual meeting) of the Local Government
Councillors Handbook
Section 6 (3)
Association or such other associations of bodies as the Secretary of State may for the
time being approve for the purpose* £91.04
Where main meals (i.e. breakfast, lunch or dinner) are taken on trains during a period
for which there is an entitlement to a day subsistence allowance, the reasonable cost of
the meals (including VAT) may be reimbursed in full. This would replace the
entitlement to the day subsistence for the appropriate meal.
*The approved annual conference includes the conference of the National Association
of Local Council.
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