The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

	London (£)	National (£)
Police Station attendance hourly rates	Police Station attendance hourly rates	Police Station attendance hourly rates
Own or Duty Solicitor	46.37	42.90
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	56.97	56.97
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate	53.63	49.50
Duty Solicitor – serious offence rate (Unsocial Hours)	66.00	66.00
Travel and waiting hourly rates	Travel and waiting hourly rates	Travel and waiting hourly rates
Own Solicitor	23.76	23.76
Duty Solicitor	46.37	42.90
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	56.97	56.97

and

• (d) for the table following sub-paragraph (8) (Police station attendance – fixed fees and escape fee thresholds), substitute the following—

Criminal Justice System Area	Scheme	Fixed Fee (£)	Escape Fee Threshold (£)
Cleveland	Hartlepool	118.80	366.52
Cleveland	Teesside	122.93	377.04
Durham	Darlington	139.72	419.17
Durham	South Durham	137.78	423.37
Durham	Durham	160.88	501.31
Durham	Derwentside	155.17	465.52
Durham	Easington	150.98	463.39
Northumbria	South East Northumberland	134.10	402.31
Northumbria	Newcastle upon Tyne	124.58	383.35
Northumbria	Gateshead	129.20	387.59
Northumbria	North Tyneside	127.05	389.69
Northumbria	South Tyneside	120.45	370.73
Northumbria	Sunderland / Houghton Le Spring	134.48	414.96
Northumbria	Berwick & Alnwick	160.05	492.90
Northumbria	Tynedale & Hexham	139.43	429.71
Avon & Somerset	Avon North & Thornbury	160.88	507.65
Avon & Somerset	Bath	174.83	524.48
Avon & Somerset	Mendip & South Somerset	195.90	587.69
Avon & Somerset	Bristol	144.64	433.92
Avon & Somerset	Sedgemoor / Taunton Deane	164.18	556.08
Avon & Somerset	Weston-Super-Mare	163.60	490.79
Dorset	Central Dorset	165.00	495.00
Dorset	Bournemouth & Christchurch	131.30	393.90
Dorset	Poole East Dorset	138.60	425.48
Dorset	Bridport / West Dorset	132.00	396.00
Wiltshire	Salisbury	157.58	484.46
Wiltshire	Chippenham / Trowbridge	169.92	509.75
Wiltshire	Swindon	155.10	478.15
Gloucestershire	Cheltenham	142.73	440.23
Gloucestershire	Gloucester	140.25	431.81
Gloucestershire	Stroud	160.88	495.00
Devon & Cornwall	Barnstaple	157.28	471.83
Devon & Cornwall	Exeter	139.72	419.17
Devon & Cornwall	Plymouth	162.20	486.59
Devon & Cornwall	East Cornwall	179.85	610.85
Devon & Cornwall	Carrick / Kerrier (Camborne) / Penwith	160.88	509.75
Devon & Cornwall	Teignbridge / Torbay	147.53	442.33
Staffordshire	Stoke on Trent / Leek	160.88	509.75
Staffordshire	Stafford / Cannock & Rugeley	160.88	495.00
Staffordshire	Lichfield & Tamworth / Burton Upon Trent / Uttoxeter	155.93	480.25
Warwickshire	Leamington / Nuneaton / Rugby	161.49	484.46
West Mercia	Hereford / Leominster	140.42	421.27
West Mercia	Kidderminster / Redditch	179.74	539.23
West Mercia	Shrewsbury	150.15	461.29
West Mercia	Telford	155.93	480.25
West Mercia	Worcester	163.60	490.79
West Midlands	Sandwell	159.23	488.69
West Midlands	Wolverhampton & Seisdon	159.23	488.69
West Midlands	Dudley & Halesowen	156.58	469.73
West Midlands	Walsall	160.88	497.10
West Midlands	Birmingham	160.88	511.85
West Midlands	Solihull	169.22	507.65
West Midlands	Coventry	139.02	417.06
Dyfed Powys	Amman Valley	160.88	516.06
Dyfed Powys	Carmarthen East Dyfed	182.56	547.67
Dyfed Powys	Llanelli	125.40	385.46
Dyfed Powys	Brecon & Radnor	183.96	551.88
Dyfed Powys	Mid Wales	140.42	421.27
Dyfed Powys	North Ceredigion / South Ceredigion	184.66	553.98
Dyfed Powys	Pembrokeshire	150.98	465.52
Gwent	East Gwent	153.45	471.83
Gwent	Newport	150.98	463.39
Gwent	Lower Rhymney Valley / North Bedwellty / South Bedwellty	160.88	503.42
North Wales	Bangor & Caernarfon	171.32	513.96
North Wales	Colwyn Bay	156.75	482.35
North Wales	Denbighshire	170.62	511.85
North Wales	Dolgellau	170.62	511.85
North Wales	Mold & Hawarden	160.88	501.31
North Wales	North Anglesey	178.34	535.02
North Wales	Pwllheli	120.76	362.29
North Wales	Wrexham	146.04	438.12
South Wales	Cardiff	160.88	530.81
South Wales	Vale of Glamorgan	188.17	564.52
South Wales	Cynon Valley	160.88	509.75
South Wales	Mid Glamorgan & Miskin	160.88	530.81
South Wales	Merthyr Tydfil	160.88	526.61
South Wales	Port Talbot	198.00	669.83
South Wales	Newcastle & Ogmore	160.88	539.23
South Wales	Neath	163.35	553.98
South Wales	Swansea	155.10	478.15
Merseyside	Bootle & Crosby	146.85	450.77
Merseyside	Southport	122.88	368.63
Merseyside	Liverpool	162.20	486.59
Merseyside	St Helens	138.60	427.61
Merseyside	Knowsley	149.33	459.19
Merseyside	Wirral	142.73	438.12
Cheshire	Crewe & Nantwich / Sandbach & Congleton / Macclesfield	159.23	488.69
Cheshire	Warrington / Halton	139.72	419.17
Cheshire	Chester / Vale Royal (Northwich)	145.34	436.02
Cumbria	Barrow in Furness	139.02	417.06
Cumbria	Kendal & Windermere	165.70	497.10
Cumbria	Penrith / Carlisle	156.58	469.73
Cumbria	Whitehaven / Workington	129.90	389.69
Greater Manchester	Manchester	160.88	530.81
Greater Manchester	Stockport	151.66	454.98
Greater Manchester	Trafford	160.88	505.54
Greater Manchester	Salford	160.88	516.06
Greater Manchester	Bolton	148.85	446.56
Greater Manchester	Bury	144.64	433.92
Greater Manchester	Wigan	153.76	461.29
Greater Manchester	Rochdale / Middleton	153.06	459.19
Greater Manchester	Tameside	141.08	433.92
Greater Manchester	Oldham	124.28	372.83
Lancashire	Burnley / Rossendale	146.74	440.23
Lancashire	Blackburn / Accrington / Ribble Valley	160.88	524.48
Lancashire	Blackpool	114.44	343.33
Lancashire	Fleetwood	117.26	351.77
Lancashire	Lancaster	143.94	431.81
Lancashire	Chorley / Ormskirk / South Ribble & Leyland	157.98	473.94
Lancashire	Preston	129.20	387.59
Kent	Dartford & Gravesend	210.64	631.92
Kent	Ashford & Tenterden / Dover / Folkestone	185.63	629.81
Kent	Medway	185.36	556.08
Kent	Swale	219.76	659.29
Kent	Maidstone & West Malling	195.90	587.69
Kent	Canterbury / Thanet	160.88	545.56
Kent	West Kent (Tonbridge)	188.17	564.52
Surrey	Guildford & Farnham	162.53	551.88
Surrey	North West Surrey (Woking)	177.38	602.42
Surrey	South East Surrey	187.28	636.12
Surrey	Epsom	189.75	644.56
Surrey	Staines	217.80	737.23
Sussex	Brighton & Hove & Lewes	165.83	562.39
Sussex	Chichester & District	146.85	450.77
Sussex	Crawley / Horsham	206.42	619.27
Sussex	Hastings	128.70	396.00
Sussex	Worthing	148.50	457.08
Sussex	Eastbourne	156.58	469.73
Derbyshire	East Derbyshire (Ripley) / Ilkeston	186.76	560.29
Derbyshire	Ashbourne / Matlock / High Peak (Buxton)	172.02	516.06
Derbyshire	Chesterfield	160.78	482.35
Derbyshire	Derby / Swadlincote	160.88	516.06
Leicestershire	Ashby & Coalville / Loughborough / Melton Mowbray	164.30	492.90
Leicestershire	Leicester	160.88	499.21
Leicestershire	Hinckley / Market Harborough	182.56	547.67
Lincolnshire	Boston, Bourne, Stamford	156.75	482.35
Lincolnshire	Skegness	141.12	423.37
Lincolnshire	Lincoln / Gainsborough	146.04	438.12
Lincolnshire	Grantham & Sleaford	144.38	444.44
Nottinghamshire	Mansfield	145.20	446.56
Nottinghamshire	Newark	162.90	488.69
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	162.20	486.59
Nottinghamshire	Worksop & East Retford	154.28	473.94
Northamptonshire	Corby (Kettering) / Wellingborough	142.54	427.61
Northamptonshire	Northampton	154.46	463.39
Bedfordshire	Bedford	151.80	467.63
Bedfordshire	Luton	160.88	543.44
Cambridgeshire	Cambridge	146.85	452.88
Cambridgeshire	Ely	160.88	520.27
Cambridgeshire	Huntingdon	156.58	469.73
Cambridgeshire	March & Wisbech	155.17	465.52
Cambridgeshire	Peterborough	129.20	387.59
Essex	Basildon	160.88	497.10
Essex	Brentwood	225.23	764.63
Essex	Braintree	179.85	608.75
Essex	Clacton & Harwich / Colchester	160.88	509.75
Essex	Grays	210.38	714.06
Essex	Harlow & Loughton	210.38	714.06
Essex	Stansted	232.65	789.90
Essex	Rayleigh / Southend on Sea	150.96	452.88
Essex	Chelmsford / Witham	159.23	490.79
Hertfordshire	Dacorum (Hemel Hempstead)	189.75	642.44
Hertfordshire	Bishop’s Stortford / East Hertfordshire	230.18	781.46
Hertfordshire	Stevenage & North Hertfordshire	213.68	724.61
Hertfordshire	St. Albans	193.88	634.91
Hertfordshire	Watford	190.58	646.67
Norfolk	Cromer & North Walsham	166.65	564.52
Norfolk	Great Yarmouth	152.36	457.08
Norfolk	Kings Lynn & West Norfolk	148.85	446.56
Norfolk	Norwich & District	153.06	459.19
Norfolk	Diss / Thetford	158.40	486.59
Norfolk	Dereham	179.03	606.65
Suffolk	Lowestoft / Beccles & Halesworth / Aldeburgh	153.06	459.19
Suffolk	Felixstowe / Ipswich & District / Woodbridge	155.88	467.63
Suffolk	Sudbury & Hadleigh / Bury St. Edmunds / Haverhill / Newmarket	160.88	499.21
Thames Valley	Abingdon, Didcot & Witney (South Oxfordshire)	188.93	640.33
Thames Valley	Aylesbury	179.74	539.23
Thames Valley	High Wycombe & Amersham	172.43	585.59
Thames Valley	Milton Keynes	149.33	459.19
Thames Valley	Bicester / North Oxon (Banbury)	175.73	596.10
Thames Valley	Oxford	175.73	596.10
Thames Valley	Reading	170.62	511.85
Thames Valley	Slough (East Berkshire)	188.93	640.33
Thames Valley	West Berkshire (Newbury etc.)	157.98	473.94
Hampshire	Aldershot / Petersfield (North East Hampshire)	180.68	612.96
Hampshire	Andover / Basingstoke / Winchester (North West Hampshire)	190.28	570.83
Hampshire	Isle of Wight	155.17	465.52
Hampshire	Portsmouth / Waterlooville (South East Hampshire)	159.38	478.15
Hampshire	Gosport & Fareham	194.49	583.46
Hampshire	Southampton (South West Hampshire)	179.74	539.23
Humberside	Grimsby & Cleethorpes	121.46	364.39
Humberside	Scunthorpe	130.35	402.31
Humberside	Hull	138.60	425.48
Humberside	Beverley / Bridlington	160.88	530.81
Humberside	Goole	165.00	558.19
North Yorkshire	Northallerton & Richmond	173.42	520.27
North Yorkshire	Harrogate & Ripon	166.40	499.21
North Yorkshire	Skipton, Settle & Ingleton	160.88	495.00
North Yorkshire	Scarborough / Whitby	137.78	423.37
North Yorkshire	Malton & Rydale	132.70	398.10
North Yorkshire	York / Selby	144.38	444.44
South Yorkshire	Barnsley	143.55	442.33
South Yorkshire	Doncaster	138.60	425.48
South Yorkshire	Rotherham	146.85	452.88
South Yorkshire	Sheffield	150.98	465.52
West Yorkshire	Halifax	157.28	471.83
West Yorkshire	Huddersfield	132.70	398.10
West Yorkshire	Dewsbury	143.94	431.81
West Yorkshire	Bradford	122.93	379.15
West Yorkshire	Keighley & Bingley	138.60	425.48
West Yorkshire	Leeds	130.35	400.21
West Yorkshire	Pontefract & Castleford	127.78	383.35
West Yorkshire	Wakefield	126.23	387.59
London	Barking	202.95	688.79
London	Bexley	181.50	615.06
London	Bishopsgate	212.03	718.27
London	Brent	198.00	669.83
London	Brentford	201.30	682.46
London	Bromley	191.40	648.77
London	Camberwell Green	198.00	671.94
London	Central London	214.50	726.71
London	Clerkenwell / Hampstead	200.48	678.25
London	Croydon	195.53	661.39
London	Ealing	207.90	705.81
London	Enfield	197.18	667.73
London	Greenwich / Woolwich	188.93	640.33
London	Haringey	203.78	690.90
London	Harrow	198.00	671.94
London	Havering	184.80	625.61
London	Heathrow	248.33	842.56
London	Hendon / Barnet	199.65	676.15
London	Highbury Corner	207.90	703.54
London	Kingston-Upon-Thames	206.25	699.31
London	Newham	198.83	674.04
London	Old Street	198.00	671.94
London	Redbridge	203.78	690.90
London	Richmond-Upon-Thames	217.80	737.23
London	South London	207.90	703.54
London	Sutton	197.18	667.73
London	Thames	197.18	667.73
London	Tower Bridge	210.38	714.06
London	Uxbridge	190.58	646.67
London	Waltham Forest	184.80	627.71
London	West London	212.85	722.48
London	Wimbledon	202.13	684.59

3

In paragraph 3 (work conducted outside the Police Station)—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “£273.75” substitute “£247.50”;

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (free standing advice and assistance), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item	3.18	3.05
Preparation hourly rate	41.00	38.69
Travel and waiting hourly rate	21.70	21.70

• (c) for the tables following sub-paragraph (2) (Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – Magistrates’ Court or judicial authority and Advocacy Assistance on a warrant of further detention – High Court or a senior judge), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)	Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)	Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	3.18	3.05
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	4.21	4.04
Preparation hourly rate	Preparation hourly rate	Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	41.00	38.69
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	54.70	51.56
Advocacy hourly rate	Advocacy hourly rate	Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	48.68	48.68
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	64.89	64.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	Travelling and waiting hourly rate	Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	21.70	21.70
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	28.92	28.92
	London (£)	National (£)
---	---	---
Routine letter out per item	6.19	6.19
Routine telephone calls per item	3.42	3.42
All other preparation work, hourly rate	65.59	61.88
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment, hourly rate	30.53	30.53
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or application at court, or other appointment, hourly rate	61.88	61.88
Travelling and waiting, hourly rate	27.43	27.43

• (d) for the table following sub-paragraph (3) (Advocacy Assistance for armed forces custody hearings), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)	Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)	Routine letters written and telephone calls (per item)
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	3.18	3.05
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	4.21	4.04
Preparation hourly rate	Preparation hourly rate	Preparation hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	41.00	38.69
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	54.70	51.56
Advocacy hourly rate	Advocacy hourly rate	Advocacy hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	48.68	48.68
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	64.89	64.89
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	Travelling and waiting hourly rate	Travelling and waiting hourly rate
Own Solicitor and Duty Solicitor	21.70	21.70
Duty Solicitor (Unsocial Hours)	28.92	28.92

and

• (e) for the table following sub-paragraph (4) (Advocacy Assistance in the magistrates’ court in connection with an application to vary police bail conditions), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	3.34	3.22
Preparation hourly rate	43.35	41.00
Advocacy hourly rate	51.44	51.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	21.70	21.70

4

In paragraph 4 (Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor and Advocacy Assistance at the Virtual Court)—

• (a) for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Standard hourly rate (attendance and waiting at a magistrates’ court)	45.50	44.43
Enhanced hourly rate (only payable in respect of work done on a day which is not a Business Day)	56.84	55.52
Travelling hourly rate (only payable where the Duty Solicitor is called out (including being called to return) to the court from the Office or attends on a day that is not a Business Day. Reasonable travel expenses may also be claimed (where relevant)).	21.70	21.70

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (Advocacy Assistance at the Virtual Court), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Business Hours	165.00	123.75
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Unsocial hours	198.00	148.50

5

In paragraph 5 (representation in the magistrates’ court)—

• (a) for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation in a magistrates’ court), substitute the following—

	All Areas
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	£3.22
Preparation hourly rate	£41.00
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)	£51.44
Hourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)	£28.05
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only claimable where the undesignated area fees apply)	£21.70

and

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (Higher and Lower Standard Fees Table), substitute the following—

	Lower Standard Fee (£)	Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)	Higher Standard Fee (£)	Higher Standard Fee Limit (£)
Designated Area Standard Fees	Designated Area Standard Fees	Designated Area Standard Fees	Designated Area Standard Fees	Designated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A	224.86	246.22	426.57	426.61
Category 1B	182.81	246.22	393.86	426.61
Category 2	312.23	422.98	653.99	704.88
Category 3	295.24	373.07	606.01	651.34
Undesignated Area Standard Fees	Undesignated Area Standard Fees	Undesignated Area Standard Fees	Undesignated Area Standard Fees	Undesignated Area Standard Fees
Category 1A	176.01	246.22	372.77	426.61
Category 1B	143.10	246.22	344.19	426.61
Category 2	252.66	422.98	579.48	704.88
Category 3	228.11	373.07	516.86	651.34

6

In paragraph 5A[^f00028] (representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court)—

• (a) for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court), substitute the following—

	All Areas
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	£3.22
Preparation hourly rate	£41.00
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)	£51.44
Hourly rate for attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with Counsel at court)	£28.05

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (3) (Higher and Lower Fees Table), substitute the following—

	Lower fee (£)	Lower fee limit (£)	Higher fee (£)	Higher fee limit (£)
Uncontested	143.10	246.22	344.19	426.61
Contested	252.66	422.98	579.48	704.88

and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (4) for “£24.00” substitute “£21.70”.

7

In paragraph 6 (own client work)—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (2)—

• (i) in paragraph (a) for “£47.95” substitute “£43.35”, and

• (ii) in paragraph (b) for “£45.35” substitute “£41.00”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “£68.44” substitute “£61.88”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (4), for “£22.81” substitute “£20.63”, and

• (d) for the table following sub-paragraph (4) (own client work), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	3.34	3.22
Preparation hourly rate	43.35	41.00
Advocacy (including applications for bail and other applications to the court) hourly rate	51.44	51.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (only applicable where the Undesignated Area fees apply)	N/A	21.70

8

In paragraph 7[^f00029] (representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act)—

• (a) for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation in Prescribed Proceedings in a Crown Court), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	3.34	3.22
Preparation hourly rate	43.35	41.00
Advocacy hourly rate	51.44	51.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	21.70	21.70

and

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (representation in Prescribed Proceedings in the High Court or a county court), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters out per item	6.19	5.45
Routine telephone calls per item	3.42	3.01
All other preparation work hourly rate	£61.88 (£65.59 where Provider’s office is in London)	£54.45 (£57.75 where Provider’s office is in London)
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate	30.53	26.81
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate	61.88	54.45
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	27.43	24.09

9

In paragraph 8[^f00030] (Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission)—

• (a) in paragraph (a), for “£273.75” substitute “£247.50”;

• (b) in paragraph (b), for “£456.25” substitute “£412.50”, and

• (c) for the table following paragraph 8 (Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item	3.18	3.05
Preparation hourly rate	41.00	38.69
Travel and waiting hourly rate	21.70	21.70

10

In paragraph 9[^f00031] (representation on an appeal by way of case stated), for the table following sub-paragraph (1) (representation on an appeal by way of case stated in the High Court), substitute the following—

	High Court (£)
Routine letters out per item	6.19
Routine telephone calls per item	3.42
All other preparation work – hourly rate	61.88 (65.59 where the Provider’s office is in London)
Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate	30.53
Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate	61.88
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	27.43

11

For the table following paragraph 10[^f00032] (representation in the Crown Court on an appeal from a magistrates’ court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act), substitute the following—

	London (£)	National (£)
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	3.34	3.22
Preparation hourly rate	43.35	41.00
Advocacy hourly rate	51.44	51.44
Travelling and waiting hourly rate	21.70	21.70

12

In paragraph 11[^f00033] (Advice and Assistance provided pursuant to a determination made under section 15 of the Act in Prison Law cases)—

• (a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

• (i) for “£200.75” substitute “£181.50”, and

• (ii) for “£602.25” substitute “£544.50”;

• (b) for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (hourly rates for determining whether Escape Fee Threshold reached), substitute the following—

	All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item	3.05
Preparation hourly rate	38.69
Travel and waiting hourly rate	21.70

• (c) for the tables following sub-paragraph (3) (hourly rates in Disciplinary Cases for determining application of Standard Fees and Higher and Lower Standard Fees Table for Disciplinary Cases), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

	All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item	3.34
Preparation hourly rate	46.32
Advocacy hourly rate	56.31
Travel and waiting hourly rate	21.70
Lower Standard Fee (£)	Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)
---	---
184.37	322.82

and

• (d) for the tables following sub-paragraph (4) (hourly rates in Parole Board Cases for determining application of Standard Fees and Higher and Lower Standard Fees Table for Parole Board Cases), including the headings to the tables, substitute the following—

	All areas (£)
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls per item	3.34
Preparation hourly rate	46.32
Advocacy hourly rate	56.31
Travel and waiting hourly rate	21.70
Lower Standard Fee (£)	Lower Standard Fee Limit (£)
---	---
395.28	844.37

13

In paragraph 12[^f00034] (payment for Assigned Counsel), for the table following sub-paragraph (2) (payment for Assigned Counsel), substitute the following—

	Junior Counsel (£)	Queen’s Counsel (£)
Basic fee for preparation, including for a pre-trial review and, where appropriate, the first day’s hearing including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation).	maximum amount: 386.10	maximum amount: 3,667.95
Refresher daily fee (for any day or part of a day during which a hearing continued, including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation).	maximum amount: 133.65	maximum amount: 245.03
Subsidiary fees:	Subsidiary fees:	Subsidiary fees:
Attendance at consultations, conferences and views not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee.	24.13 per hour – minimum amount: 11.96	44.96 per hour – minimum amount: 23.10
Written work (on evidence, plea, appeal, case stated or other written work).	maximum amount: 42.28	maximum amount: 86.63
Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances (including bail applications and adjournments for sentence) not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee.	maximum amount: 77.55	maximum amount: 169.13

SCHEDULE 4 — Substitution for regulation 17A(11) to (13) to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 5 — Insertion of new Part 1A in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 6 — Substitution for paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 7 — Substitution for tables following paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 8 — Substitution for tables following paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 9 — Substitution for paragraph 21(2) to (6) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 10 — Substitution for paragraph 23(2) of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 11 — Substitution for paragraph 25 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 12 — Substitution for paragraphs 2(4) to (7) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

SCHEDULE 13 — Substitution for paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations

Signed

Shailesh Vara — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 9th June 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This instrument amends the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/435) (“the Criminal Remuneration Regulations”), which make provision for the remuneration of criminal legal aid (advice and assistance or representation made available under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) (“the Act”)).

Part 2 of and Schedules 1 to 3 to this instrument reduce the fees payable for representation in the Crown Court to which Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations applies (litigators’ graduated fee scheme), representation in the Court of Appeal to which Schedule 3 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations applies (proceedings in the Court of Appeal) and certain categories of work to which Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations applies (advice and assistance, representation in the magistrates’ court, representation for proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) or prescribed as criminal under section 14(h) of the Act, representation in certain other appeals and payment for Assigned Counsel). The fees introduced represent a 17.5% reduction from the rates applicable in April 2013.

Part 3 of and Schedules 4 to 13 to this instrument introduce new fee schemes for representation in the Crown Court under Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations and certain advice and assistance and magistrates’ court representation under Schedule 4 of those regulations. Regulation 6(7)(c) of and Schedule 5 to this instrument inserts a new Part 1A in Schedule 2 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations, introducing fixed fees for guilty pleas, cracked trials and trials for cases in which the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to 500. Regulation 6(8) of and Schedules 12 and 13 to this instrument amend Schedule 4 to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations to introduce a new fixed fee structure for Police Station advice and assistance and standard fee structure for representation in magistrates’ courts.

This instrument also makes amendments to the Criminal Remuneration Regulations, the Criminal Legal Aid (General) Regulations (S.I. 2013/9), Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/422) and the Criminal Legal Aid (Financial Resources) Regulations (S.I. 2013/471) consequential on the 2015 Duty Provider Crime Contract and Own Client Crime Contract which replace the 2010 Standard Crime Contract (regulations 4, 5, 6(3) and (8)(b) and 7). The remaining provisions make consequential amendments or minor clarifications.

The amendments made by Part 2 of this instrument apply to matters in which a determination under section 13, 15 or 16 of the Act is made on or after 1st July 2015. The amendments made by Part 3 apply to matters in which a determination under section 13, 15 or 16 is made on or after 11th January 2016.

The contracts referred to in this instrument are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=legal-aid-agency. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.

A full impact assessment of the effect that Part 2 of this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Ministry of Justice, 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ and is published with an Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk. A full impact assessment of the effect that Part 3 of this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector was produced with the Government’s response to the Transforming Legal Aid: Next Stepsconsultation, published on 27th February 2014, and is available at https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/transforming-legal-aid-next-steps.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: Section 42(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10) provides that in Part 1 of that Act “regulations” means regulations made by the Lord Chancellor.

[^f00002]: 2012 c. 10.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2013/435.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2013/9.

[^f00005]: Amended by S.I. 2013/2790.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2013/422.

[^f00007]: Amended by S.I. 2014/7, 2014/586, 2014/1389, 2014/1824 and 2015/325.

[^f00008]: Inserted by S.I. 2015/898. S.I. 2014/607 first inserted regulation 5A but was quashed by the High Court by order dated 19th March 2015 in R (on the application of Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors and Others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin).

[^f00009]: Inserted by S.I. 2014/2422.

[^f00010]: Amended by S.I. 2014/2422 and 2015/882.

[^f00011]: Amended by S.I. 2015/882.

[^f00012]: Substituted by S.I. 2014/2422.

[^f00013]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00014]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00015]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00016]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00017]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00018]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00019]: Amended by S.I. 2015/325.

[^f00020]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00021]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00022]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415 and 2015/325.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2013/471, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00024]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00025]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00026]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00027]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00028]: Inserted by S.I. 2015/325.

[^f00029]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415, 2015/325.

[^f00030]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00031]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00032]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415, 2015/325.

[^f00033]: Amended by S.I. 2013/2803, 2014/415.

[^f00034]: Amended by S.I. 2014/415.

[^f00035]: 1985 c. 23. Section 23A was inserted by paragraph 64 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) and amended by paragraph 57(7)(b) of Schedule 3 and Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44).

[^f00036]: S.I. 2005/902. Amended by S.I. 2012/1345.

[^f00037]: 1998 c. 37. Amended by paragraphs 20(10)(a), (b) and (d) and 20(13)(a) and (b) of Schedule 3 and Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

[^f00038]: Amended by paragraph 20(3)(a)(i) and (ii) of Schedule 3, paragraph 73 of Part 4 of Schedule 36 and Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and S.I. 2004/2035.

[^f00039]: 1987 c. 38. Repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, subject to savings specified in article 5 of S.I. 2012/1320 and articles 3 and 4 of S.I. 2012/2574 and SI 2013/1103.

[^f00040]: 1991 c. 53. Repealed by Part 4 of Schedule 37 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, subject to savings specified in article 5 of S.I. 2012/1320 and articles 3 and 4 of S.I. 2012/2574 and SI 2013/1103.

[^f00041]: 1964 c. 84. Section 4A was inserted by section 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25) and amended by section 22(4) and (5) of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28).

Editorial notes

[^key-50b386c07257903322bdf961a6334a64]: Reg. 1 in force at made date, see reg. 1

[^key-011b4208890d149b239b018b908071dd]: Reg. 2 in force at made date, see reg. 1

[^key-48c4cbc0b5abf18ef9f3e227605ac46d]: Reg. 3 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-34d51a4e6b3e63efbe05968544433233]: Reg. 4 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-ffe487052be0ede3293741bb734e7268]: Reg. 5 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-32a55ae45b47cd8c769f5aef9f9dcfed]: Reg. 6 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-5ecff062075f7dfda2aa9fcf70a90ef9]: Reg. 7 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-17f85e245b3673a8d745ed030ba7a763]: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-3ac1efd489cd073a3c5ec72534269074]: Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-921b50fcd020466c1e2556ab2a9d1346]: Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-2c2a46959563558b24e7d19d999fcb38]: Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-0454a5df3f0718ef1e5bf35fb39c7bc9]: Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-966a6815b8722e853a63c834bad1ace3]: Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-82761296f48b97d4da877c1d99bca3e3]: Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-4a89b0eabfef93f63686902a46c88e7b]: Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-a3369c9547c4336fe97865b67496d1b7]: Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-851b440a9b435e595498308c84930e05]: Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-27403552d81ce9e0942dcfe0a6959b7d]: Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-c0a2f5d6966af55c698018b713972c26]: Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-c97eac9a5dd1bf370196278280fbda01]: Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-4167d1f6599f19b45464b736a3ac986e]: Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-67e58395353372728e7dcf1d6ce96c48]: Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-2a5fc9f1bef8dfa85b74a0789ed36a02]: Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-0dd0db5e1ca10b547e407b546bdd441a]: Sch. 3 para. 9 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-4fe073b2445f9e6867efdb2d34d956af]: Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-e91ccbae4a642fd9a02dceec073d7953]: Sch. 3 para. 11 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-af872df90a4c8eebd366a09b580c96cf]: Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-c940b8be1ffddcdfe44dc5eaa4ac8cd7]: Sch. 3 para. 13 in force at 1.7.2015, see reg. 1(2)(a)

[^key-1340b7d9e34b0f28c550abba87cdf61e]: Sch. 4 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-0b97347866dbbb74e0f8c650dbb13757]: Sch. 5 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-46de1baff1b2d8b92b34888d9c74436d]: Sch. 6 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-75193a008f40786031d68ca5fde58af3]: Sch. 7 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-223b110eb659da2129e5001b5a06288f]: Sch. 8 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-9fa30f43e0499b9a6798c2f88987c102]: Sch. 9 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-d26e88a4b116345f460ebfa9a1c83e84]: Sch. 10 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-247a77794ee9d6842d85b1fe0d82cd15]: Sch. 11 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-18158a5b0a619a84f9e0773de7fac4d6]: Sch. 12 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)

[^key-707b0fdd529639db0d4ff1041badc7f3]: Sch. 13 in force at 11.1.2016, see reg. 1(2)(b)