# The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 2: Work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance.

Extent: E+W

(1) The Fixed Fee for Police Station Telephone Advice is—
(a) £33.00 per claim in London; and
(b) £31.74 per claim outside London (“National”)
(2) The Criminal Defence Direct Fixed Acceptance Fee is £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.
London
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 Fixed Fee for Police Station attendance is £320 for all Police Station Schemes.
(5) The Escape Fee Threshold for Police Station attendance is £650 for all Police Station Schemes.
(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 Police Station Scheme, the attendance will be taken as being at—
(a) the Police Station Scheme within which the interviewing Constable is normally based, or
(b) the Police Station Scheme nearest to the place of attendance, where the interviewing Constable is not normally based within a Police Station Scheme.
(7) Where attendance is at a place where a Services Person is assisting with an investigation by Services Police, the relevant Police Station Scheme is the Police Station Scheme within which the police station nearest to the place of attendance is listed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8).
(8) In this paragraph, “Police Station Scheme” means a Police Station Scheme listed in the table set out in Annex A to version 19 (October 2025) of the Standard Crime Contract Guidance for Reporting Crime Lower Work.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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