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National Objectives for Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice System: Standards - Supervised Attendance Orders
ANNEX 4 : OFFENDERS' TRAVEL EXPENSES
1.Offenders subject to a Supervised Attendance Order who necessarily incur travel costs in order to comply with the instructions of their Supervising Officer (or person acting on his/her behalf) concerning attendance at a specified time, date and place may be reimbursed these expenses as described below.
2.Offenders who are elderly and inform or who have a disability or temporary impairment requiring the use of public transport and who are not otherwise entitled to free transport may be refunded the full cost of them of public transport by direct route from their home to the place at which they have been instructed to report and back to their home. In cases where offenders in this category could not reasonably use public transport but have access to a motor vehicle, the costs of using the vehicle for both the inward and return journeys may be refunded at the rate of 30p per mile for cars and 20p per mile for motorcycles.
3.All offenders not covered by paragraph 2 may be refunded for each single journey that part of their public transport travel costs by the shortest practical route between their home and the place at which they have been instructed to attend which exceeds 3 miles. In cases where offenders in this category could not reasonably use public but have access to a motor vehicle, the costs of using the vehicle for both the inward and return journeys in excess of 3 miles may be refunded at the rate of 30p per mile for cars and 20p per mile for motorcycles.
4.In 'exceptional circumstances' Supervising Officers may exercise discretion and refund all or part of the travel expenses of offenders described in paragraph 3 above. Any payments made in exercise of this discretion should be recorded and the reasons which gave rise to the payment specified.
5.To avoid administrative difficulties in assessing the cost in each individual case of the 3 mile transport fare, authorities may alternatively set an amount for each financial year which represents the average cost in each area of a 3 mile return journey and deduct that amount from each offender's travel costs to and from home to the reporting point. Where an offender is authorised to use a motor vehicle, the deduction is to be calculated by multiplying the mileage rate by 6.
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