Paragraph 2 Work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance.

The Fixed Fee for Police Station Telephone Advice is—

The Criminal Defence Direct Fixed Acceptance Fee is F3£8.40 per Matter.

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.

The Fixed Fee for Police Station attendance is £320 for all Police Station Schemes.

The Escape Fee Threshold for Police Station attendance is £650 for all Police Station Schemes.

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—

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).

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.