# The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, Regulation 2: Amendments to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

Extent: E+W

(1) Schedule 4 to the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 is amended as follows.
(2) For the table following paragraph 2(8) (work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance), substitute—
Police Station Attendance – Fixed Fees and Escape Fee Thresholds
Criminal Justice System AreaSchemeFixed Fee (£)Escape Threshold (£)
ClevelandHartlepool223.52588.99
Teeside223.52588.99
DurhamDarlington223.52588.99
South Durham223.52588.99
Durham223.52588.99
Derwentside223.52588.99
Easington223.52588.99
NorthumbriaSouth East Northumberland223.52588.99
Newcastle upon Tyne223.52588.99
Gateshead223.52588.99
North Tyneside223.52588.99
South Tyneside223.52588.99
Sunderland / Houghton Le Spring223.52588.99
Berwick & Alnwick223.52588.99
Tynedale & Hexham223.52588.99
Avon & SomersetAvon North & Thornbury223.52588.99
Bath223.52588.99
Mendip & South Somerset249.17747.52
Bristol223.52588.99
Sedgemore / Taunton Deane223.52588.99
Weston-Super-Mare223.52588.99
DorsetCentral Dorset223.52588.99
Bournemouth & Christchurch223.52588.99
Poole East Dorset223.52588.99
Bridport / West Dorset223.52588.99
WiltshireSalisbury223.52588.99
Chippenham / Trowbridge223.52588.99
Swindon223.52588.99
GloucestershireCheltenham223.52588.99
Gloucester223.52588.99
Stroud223.52588.99
Devon & CornwallBarnstaple223.52588.99
Exeter223.52588.99
Plymouth223.52588.99
East Cornwall228.77776.99
Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith223.52588.99
Teignbridge / Torbay223.52588.99
StaffordshireStoke on Trent / Leek223.52588.99
Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley223.52588.99
Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter223.52588.99
WarwickshireLeamington / Nuneaton / Rugby223.52588.99
West MerciaHereford / Leominster223.52588.99
Kidderminster / Redditch228.63685.88
Shrewsbury223.52588.99
Telford223.52588.99
Worcester223.52588.99
West MidlandsSandwell223.52588.99
Wolverhampton & Seisdon223.52588.99
Dudley & Halesowen223.52588.99
Walsall223.52588.99
Birmingham223.52588.99
Solihull223.52588.99
Coventry223.52588.99
Dyfed PowysAmman Valley223.52588.99
Carmarthen East Dyfed232.21696.61
Llanelli223.52588.99
Brecon & Radnor233.99701.97
Mid Wales223.52588.99
North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion234.88704.64
Pembrokeshire223.52588.99
GwentEast Gwent223.52588.99
Newport223.52588.99
Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty / South Bedwellty223.52588.99
North WalesBangor & Caernarfon223.52588.99
Colwyn Bay223.52588.99
Denbighshire223.52588.99
Dolgellau223.52588.99
Mold & Hawarden223.52588.99
North Anglesey226.85680.54
Pwllheli223.52588.99
Wrexham223.52588.99
South WalesCardiff223.52588.99
Vale of Glamorgan239.35718.06
Cynon Valley223.52588.99
Mid Glamorgan & Miskin223.52588.99
Merthyr Tydfil223.52588.99
Port Talbot251.85852.01
Newcastle & Ogmore223.52588.99
Neath223.52588.99
Swansea223.52588.99
MerseysideBootle & Crosby223.52588.99
Southport223.52588.99
Liverpool223.52588.99
St Helens223.52588.99
Knowsley223.52588.99
Wirral223.52588.99
CheshireCrewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield223.52588.99
Warrington / Halton223.52588.99
Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich)223.52588.99
CumbriaBarrow In Furness223.52588.99
Kendal & Windermere223.52588.99
Penrith / Carlisle223.52588.99
Whitehaven / Workington223.52588.99
Greater ManchesterManchester223.52588.99
Stockport223.52588.99
Trafford223.52588.99
Salford223.52588.99
Bolton223.52588.99
Bury223.52588.99
Wigan223.52588.99
Rochdale / Middleton223.52588.99
Tameside223.52588.99
Oldham223.52588.99
LancashireBurnley / Rossendale223.52588.99
Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley223.52588.99
Blackpool223.52588.99
Fleetwood223.52588.99
Lancaster223.52588.99
Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland223.52588.99
Preston223.52588.99
KentDartford & Gravesend267.93803.78
Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone236.11801.10
Medway235.77707.32
Swale279.53838.60
Maidstone & West Malling249.17747.52
Canterbury / Thanet223.52588.99
West Kent (Tonbridge)239.35718.06
SurreyGuildford & Farnham223.52588.99
North West Surrey (Woking)225.62766.26
South East Surrey238.21809.13
Epsom241.36819.87
Staines277.04937.73
SussexBrighton & Hove & Lewes223.52588.99
Chichester & District223.52588.99
Crawley / Horsham262.57787.69
Hastings223.52588.99
Worthing223.52588.99
Eastbourne223.52588.99
DerbyshireEast Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston237.56712.68
Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)223.52588.99
Chesterfield223.52588.99
Derby / Swadlincote223.52588.99
LeicestershireAshby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray223.52588.99
Leicester223.52588.99
Hinckley / Market Harborough232.21696.61
LincolnshireBoston / Bourne / Stamford223.52588.99
Skegness223.52588.99
Lincoln / Gainsborough223.52588.99
Grantham & Sleaford223.52588.99
NottinghamshireMansfield223.52588.99
Newark223.52588.99
Nottingham223.52588.99
Worksop & East Retford223.52588.99
NorthamptonshireCorby (Kettering) / Wellingborough223.52588.99
Northampton223.52588.99
BedfordshireBedford223.52588.99
Luton223.52588.99
CambridgeshireCambridge223.52588.99
Ely223.52588.99
Huntingdon223.52588.99
March & Wisbech223.52588.99
Peterborough223.52588.99
EssexBasildon223.52588.99
Brentwood286.48972.58
Braintree228.77774.32
Clacton & Harwich / Colchester223.52588.99
Grays267.59908.27
Harlow & Loughton267.59908.27
Stansted295.931,004.72
Rayleigh / Southend On Sea223.52588.99
Chelmsford / Witham223.52588.99
HertfordshireDacorum (Hemel Hempstead)241.36817.16
Bishop's Stortford / East Hertfordshire292.78993.99
Stevenage & North Hertfordshire271.79921.68
St Albans246.61807.59
Watford242.41822.54
NorfolkCromer & North Walsham223.52588.99
Great Yarmouth223.52588.99
Kings Lynn & West Norfolk223.52588.99
Norwich & District223.52588.99
Diss / Thetford223.52588.99
Dereham227.71771.64
SuffolkLowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh223.52588.99
Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge223.52588.99
Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket223.52588.99
Thames ValleyAbingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)240.30814.49
Aylesbury228.63685.88
High Wycombe & Amersham223.52588.99
Milton Keynes223.52588.99
Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury)223.52588.99
Oxford223.52588.99
Reading223.52588.99
Slough (East Berkshire)240.30814.49
West Berkshire (Newbury Etc)223.52588.99
HampshireAldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)229.82779.67
Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (NW Hants)242.03726.09
Isle Of Wight223.52588.99
Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)223.52588.99
Gosport & Fareham247.38742.14
Southampton (South West Hampshire)228.63685.88
HumbersideGrimsby & Cleethorpes223.52588.99
Scunthorpe223.52588.99
Hull223.52588.99
Beverley / Bridlington223.52588.99
Goole223.52588.99
North YorkshireNorthallerton & Richmond223.52588.99
Harrogate & Ripon223.52588.99
Skipton, Settle & Ingleton223.52588.99
Scarborough / Whitby223.52588.99
Malton & Ryedale223.52588.99
York / Selby223.52588.99
South YorkshireBarnsley223.52588.99
Doncaster223.52588.99
Rotherham223.52588.99
Sheffield223.52588.99
West YorkshireHalifax223.52588.99
Huddersfield223.52588.99
Dewsbury223.52588.99
Bradford223.52588.99
Keighley & Bingley223.52588.99
Leeds223.52588.99
Pontefract & Castleford223.52588.99
Wakefield223.52588.99
LondonBarking264.45852.79
Bexley264.45852.79
Bishopsgate269.69913.62
Brent264.45852.79
Brentford264.45852.79
Bromley264.45852.79
Camberwell Green264.45852.79
Central London272.84924.35
Clerkenwell/Hampstead264.45852.79
Croydon264.45852.79
Ealing264.45852.79
Enfield264.45852.79
Greenwich/Woolwich264.45852.79
Haringey264.45852.79
Harrow264.45852.79
Havering264.45852.79
Heathrow315.861,071.72
Hendon/Barnet264.45852.79
Highbury Corner264.45852.79
Kingston-Upon-Thames264.45852.79
Newham264.45852.79
Old Street264.45852.79
Redbridge264.45852.79
Richmond-Upon-Thames277.04937.73
South London264.45852.79
Sutton264.45852.79
Thames264.45852.79
Tower Bridge267.59908.27
Uxbridge264.45852.79
Waltham Forest264.45852.79
West London270.74918.97
Wimbledon264.45852.79
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(3) After paragraph 2, insert—
Police station attendance: travel fee for the purposes of attendance at a Destination Police Station
2A (1) The fees listed in the table following sub-paragraph (2) are payable in addition to any other fee which is payable under this Schedule.
(2) The hourly rates for travel for the purposes of attendance to which sub-paragraph (3) applies are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.
Travel hourly ratesHourly rate (£)
Own Solicitor30.22
Duty Solicitor54.57
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)72.46
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to attendance at a Destination Police Station by an Attending Duty Scheme Solicitor or an Attending Own Solicitor.
(4) Destination Duty Schemes and Attending Duty Schemes for the purposes of this paragraph are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.
Travel Scheme TableDestination Duty SchemeAttending Duty Scheme
SkegnessSkegness
Lincoln
Boston
North & North East Lincolnshire
BarnstapleBarnstaple
Exeter
Bridgwater (Weston-Super-Mare / Sedgemoor / Taunton Deane combined)
East Cornwall
Plymouth
Berwick & AlnwickBerwick & Alnwick
South East Northumberland
Tynedale & Hexham
DolgellauDolgellau
Anglesey, Bangor & Caernarfon
North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion
Newtown (Mid Wales)
Pwllheli
Denbighshire
Colwyn Bay
Wrexham
NewarkNewark
Mansfield
Worksop & East Retford
Nottingham
Loughborough
Grantham
Lincoln
Isle of WightIsle of Wight
Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)
South West Hants (Southampton)
(5) In this paragraph—
“Destination Police Station” means a police station listed in the Police Station Table as being within a Duty Scheme listed in column 1 of the Travel Scheme Table.
In relation to a particular Destination Police Station—
the “Destination Duty Scheme” is the Duty Scheme listed in the Police Station Table as including that Destination Police Station;
an “Attending Duty Scheme” is a Duty Scheme listed in column 2 of the Travel Scheme Table as corresponding to the Destination Duty Scheme;
an “Attending Duty Scheme Solicitor” is a Duty Solicitor who is a member of an Attending Duty Scheme;
an “Attending Own Solicitor” is an Own Solicitor whose Office(s) are situated within the area covered by an Attending Duty Scheme (as set out in the October 2021 version of the Duty Solicitor Postcode Tool);
“the Police Station Table” is the table set out in Annex A to version 16 (December 2023) of the 2022 Standard Crime Contract Guidance for reporting crime lower work;
“the Travel Scheme Table” is the table following sub-paragraph (4).
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(4) In paragraph 5 (Representation in the Magistrates’ Court)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (A1), after “5A”, insert “or paragraph 5B”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (2), after “5A”, insert “or paragraph 5B”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (3)(a)—
(i) after “is a reference to the following proceedings”, insert “other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), after “guilty pleas”, insert “(other than in proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii));
(iii) omit sub-paragraph (ii);
(iv) in sub-paragraph (iii)—
(aa) after “either way offences”, insert “(other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii))”; and
(bb) at the end, omit “and”;
(v) in sub-paragraph (iv)—
(aa) after “either way offences”, insert “(other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii))”; and
(bb) at the end, insert “and”; and
(vi) after sub-paragraph (iv), insert—
(v) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to—
(aa) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(bb) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);
;
(d) in sub-paragraph (3)(b)—
(i) after “(a)(ia)”, insert “or paragraph (c)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (v), for “Code;”, substitute “Code relating to summary offences (other than low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence))”;
(5) After paragraph 5A (Representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 or related parenting order in any court), insert—
Representation in the youth court
5B (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this paragraph applies to—
(a) proceedings in the youth court;
(b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), proceedings in a magistrates’ court which is not a youth court—
(i) to which sections 46(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the 1933 Act (assignment of certain matters to youth courts) apply; or
(ii) to which section 18 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in certain cases involving children and young persons) applies; and
(c) proceedings relating to bail or remand—
(i) which fall within the jurisdiction conferred on the youth court; and
(ii) are heard in a magistrates’ court which is not a youth court.
(2) This paragraph does not apply where paragraph 5A applies.
(3) (a) This paragraph does not apply to claims for fees by a litigator who is acting in proceedings referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b), where the condition in paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph is met.
(b) The condition is that if the charge were brought solely against the assisted person(s)—
(i) the proceedings would not fall within the jurisdiction conferred on the youth court;
(ii) section 46(1) of the 1933 Act (assignment of certain matters to youth courts) would not apply to the proceedings; and
(iii) section 18 of the Child and Young Persons Act 1963 (jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in certain cases involving children and young persons) would not apply to the proceedings.
(4) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for representation in proceedings to which this paragraph applies for—
(a) recording time and to determine whether the Lower or Higher Standard Fee Limit has been reached; and
(b) claiming costs in cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment schemes,
are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.
Representation in the youth court
All Areas (£)
Routine letter written and telephone calls per item4.09
Preparation hourly rate52.15
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)65.42
Hourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)35.68
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only claimable where the undesignated area fees apply)27.60
Additional fee for cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment schemes (only claimable in cases falling under Category 1A or 2A in the table following sub-paragraph (5))598.59
(5) The fees and fee limits for the Standard Fee payment scheme for representation in proceedings to which this paragraph applies are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.
Higher and Lower Standard Fees tableLower Standard Fee (£)Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)Higher Standard Fee (£)Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
Designated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A884.61313.191,141.17542.63
Category 1B232.53313.19500.99542.63
Category 2A995.73538.021,430.44896.59
Category 2B397.14538.02831.85896.59
Undesignated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A 822.47 313.191,072.74542.63
Category 1B182.01313.19437.81542.63
Category 2A919.96538.021,335.67896.59
Category 2B321.37538.02737.08896.59
(6) In the table following sub-paragraph (5)—
(a) the reference to “Category 1A” cases is a reference to the following proceedings (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c))—
(i) guilty pleas in proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);
(ii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),
which are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence;
(iii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),
which result in a bind over; and
(iv) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low-value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);
(b) the reference to “Category 1B” cases is a reference to the following proceedings (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (d))—
(i) summary only guilty pleas (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(i)(cc));
(ii) uncontested proceedings arising out of a breach of an order of a magistrates’ court;
(iii) proceedings relating to summary offences which are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)(cc));
(iv) proceedings relating to summary offences which result in a bind over (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(iii)(cc));
(v) proceedings arising out of a deferment of sentence (including any subsequent sentence hearing) under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code relating to summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (a)(iv)(cc));
(vi) proceedings prescribed under regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013, except where the case was listed and fully prepared for a contested hearing to decide whether an order should be made; and
(vii) proceedings relating to either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small);
(c) the reference to “Category 2A” cases is a reference to the following proceedings —
(i) contested trials relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence);
(ii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),
which were listed and fully prepared for trial but disposed of by a guilty plea on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case;
(iii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),
which were listed and fully prepared for trial in the magistrates’ court but are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence or which result in a bind over on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case; and
(iv) proceedings relating to—
(aa) indictable only offences;
(bb) either way offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (b)(vii)); or
(cc) low value shoplifting as defined in section 22A(3) of the 1980 Act (low-value shoplifting to be a summary offence),
where mixed pleas are entered;
(d) the reference to “Category 2B” cases is a reference to—
(i) contested trials relating to—
(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(i)(cc)); or
(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small);
(ii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(ii)(cc)); or
(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),
which were listed and fully prepared for trial in a magistrates’ court but are disposed of by a guilty plea on the day of the trial before the opening of the prosecution case;
(iii) proceedings relating to—
(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(iii)(cc)); or
(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),
which were listed and fully prepared for trial in the magistrates’ court but are discontinued or withdrawn or where the prosecution offers no evidence or which result in a bind over on the day of trial before the opening of the prosecution case;
(iv) proceedings relating to—
(aa) summary offences (other than proceedings referred to in paragraph (c)(iv)(cc)); or
(bb) either way offences which must be tried summarily in accordance with section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small),
where mixed pleas are entered;
(v) contested proceedings relating to a breach of an order of a magistrates’ court; and
(vi) proceedings prescribed under regulation 9 of the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations 2013 where the case was listed and fully prepared for a contested hearing to decide whether an order should be made.
(7) The fees payable to Assigned Counsel for representation in the youth court are subject to the limits specified in the table following paragraph 12.
(8) The fixed fee payable to a litigator in respect of a case sent for trial to the Crown Court is £208.61.
(9) In this paragraph—
“the 1933 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;
“the 1980 Act” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
“youth court” has the same meaning as in section 45(1) (constitution of youth courts) of the 1933 Act.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1163/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-2/enacted
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