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CURRENT ALLOWANCES FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Travelling Allowance |
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Description | Motor Mileage Allowance in Pence Per Mile |
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Up to 1100cc | 1101-1400cc | Over 1400cc |
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MMA up to 5000 miles | 27.4 | 36.8 | 44.7 |
MMA after 5000 miles | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 |
Passenger travelling allowance | 1p per passenger (up to a maximum of 4 passengers, who would otherwise be entitled to claim motor mileage allowance in their own right) |
Bicycle | 6.9 |
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Subsistence Allowance |
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Allowance Type | Allowance Rate |
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Night subsistence: outside London | £77.43 |
Night subsistence: within London | £88.31 |
Day subsistence: 4 to 8 hours absence | £6.57 |
Day subsistence: 8 to 12 hours absence | £9.16 |
Day subsistence: over 12 hours absence | £17.29 |
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Financial Loss Allowance |
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Gross FLA Rate (self employed justices who are liable to pay tax on FLA) |
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Up to 4 hours | £39.41 |
Over 4 hours | £78.82 |
Net FLA Rate (other justices) |
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Up to 4 hours | £30.35 |
Over 4 hours | £60.69 |
THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION PROCESS
Consultation is an essential and important aspect of Scottish Government working methods. Given the wide-ranging areas of work of the Scottish Government, there are many varied types of consultation. However, in general, Scottish Government consultation exercises aim to provide opportunities for all those who wish to express their opinions on a proposed area of work to do so in ways which will inform and enhance that work.
The Scottish Government encourages consultation that is thorough, effective and appropriate to the issue under consideration and the nature of the target audience. Consultation exercises take account of a wide range of factors, and no two exercises are likely to be the same.
Typically Scottish Government consultations involve a written paper inviting answers to specific questions or more general views about the material presented. Written papers are distributed to organisations and individuals with an interest in the issue, and they are also placed on the Scottish Government web site enabling a wider audience to access the paper and submit their responses. 5 Consultation exercises may also involve seeking views in a number of different ways, such as through public meetings, focus groups or questionnaire exercises. Copies of all the written responses received to a consultation exercise (except those where the individual or organisation requested confidentiality) are placed in the Scottish Government library at Saughton House, Edinburgh (K Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD, telephone 0131 244 4565).
All Scottish Government consultation papers and related publications (eg, analysis of response reports) can be accessed at: Scottish Government consultations ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations).
The views and suggestions detailed in consultation responses are analysed and used as part of the decision making process, along with a range of other available information and evidence. Depending on the nature of the consultation exercise the responses received may:
- indicate the need for policy development or review
- inform the development of a particular polic
- help decisions to be made between alternative policy proposal
- be used to finalise legislation before it is implemented
Final decisions on the issues under consideration will also take account of a range of other factors, including other available information and research evidence.
While details of particular circumstances described in a response to a consultation exercise may usefully inform the policy process, consultation exercises cannotaddress individual concerns and comments, which should be directed to the relevant public body.
Consultation Questions Response Sheet
It would be helpful if you could provide reasons for your answers
| Yes | No | Don't Know | Comment |
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Q1 Do you consider that the current allowance rates for motor mileage are reasonable? | | | | |
Q2 If adjusted, do you consider the travel allowance rates should be made more consistent with the rates payable to magistrates in England and Wales? | | | | |
Q3 Do you think motor vehicle rates should increase with respect to engine size? | | | | |
Q4 Do you consider that the current allowance rates for subsistence are reasonable? | | | | |
Q5 Do you consider that the introduction of an allowance in respect of staying overnight with family or friends is appropriate? | | | | |
Q6 Do you agree it is appropriate to revise the rates for financial loss to use the 20% rate of income tax? | | | | |
Q7 Do you consider that the introduction of a carer's allowance, similar to that which applies to Childrens' Panel members, would be appropriate? | | | | |
Q8 Do you consider there is any other category of expenses not detailed in this paper which should be taken into account when setting JP allowance rates? | | | | |
Please return your response sheet to JPAllowancesconsultation@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
or by post to Katrina McNeill at Criminal Procedure Division, Room GW.14 St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG by Friday 19 December 2008.
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