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Council Mileage
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Please could you provide me with the following information for each of the previous two financial years as well as the current year (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26):
1. Current Policy & Rates: A copy of, or link to, the council's current policy regarding staff mileage claims. Please confirm the standard rate(s) paid per mile for cars and vans (e.g., the HMRC approved rate of 45p per mile).
We Pay as by guidance from HMRC. This is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-travel-mileage-and-fuel-allowances/travel-mileage-and-fuel-rates-and-allowances#:~:text=Table_title:%20Approved%20mileage%20rates%20from%20tax%20year,10%2C000%20in%20the%20tax%20year:%2020p%20%7C
2. Total Expenditure & Miles: The total amount of money spent by the council on reimbursing staff for business mileage claims during the specified financial year, and the total number of miles this expenditure represents.
Expenditure
a) 2023/24: £300,012.68
b) 2024/25: £263,582.71
c) 2025/26: £279,127.76
Miles
a) 2023/24: 668,159 miles
b) 2024/25: 585,752 miles
c) 2025/26: 622,006 miles
3. Expenditure: The total spent by the council on reimbursing business miles. If multiple rates are used, if possible please provide a breakdown by reimbursement at each rate.
Wokingham Borough Council use one rate and pay as per HMRC Rates. 45p.
4. Number of Claimants: The total number of individual staff members who made one or more business mileage claims during the specified financial year.
a) 2023/24: 642
b) 2024/25: 624
c) 2025/26: 632
