Issue - meetings

Agile Working and Mileage

Meeting: 14/12/2020 - Staff and Pensions Committee (Item 3)

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Minutes:

Kate Sullivan (Lead Commissioner - Culture, Leadership and Performance) introduced the report and said that an increase in the County Council's mileage rate from 40p to 45p was being recommended and that the proposal was interlinked with the agile working report. The Council's mileage rate had not been updated since 2009 but HMRC had increased the mileage rate to 45p/ mile. Due to the increase in remote working it is expected that the amount of mileage claims will be reduced. For it to be cost neutral there would need to be 11% reduction in mileage and in 2020 there was a 64% reduction. Any changes by HMRC would be automatically applied in future.  Further consultation with schools would need to be undertaken before progressing with increased mileage rate which applies to school-based staff. 

 

Resolved

That the Staff & Pensions Committee

 

1. Approves the recommendation to increase the Warwickshire County Council employee (non-school based) mileage allowance from April 2021, to be in line with the HMRC rate, currently 45p on the proviso that this is a cost neutral recommendation and will not require additional funding.

 

2. Authorises the Strategic Director for Resources to consult with schools on the proposal that the increase applies to all community and voluntary controlled Warwickshire schools from April 2021 and to finalise those arrangements having regard to the outcome of that consultation

 

3. Recommends to full Council that the increased mileage rate to align with the HMRC rate be applied to elected members through the Members’ Allowance Scheme.