Employee subsistence and accommodation allowances

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Dear Arun District Council,

I wish to formally request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act in regards to subsistence allowances for employees of the Council. For the purpose of this request, I refer to direct employees only and not Councillors.

I would be grateful if you could confirm the following information:

1. The maximum nightly allowance payable for accommodation in a hotel or other lodging for employees working away from home or their official place of duty. Should the Council have different rates (one rate for London and a lower rate for outside of London, for example), please provide details of these

2. Whether the allowable rates for accommodation have increased in the last three financial years

3. The subsistence allowances for employees requiring meals whilst away from their home or official place of duty. Where several rates exist to cover different meal times, please provide a breakdown of these

4. Whether the subsistence rates for meals have increased in the last three financial years

5. Whether you have, either as general policy or at Management discretion, an actual expenses policy whereby, in exceptional circumstances where the expenses incurred exceed the standard allowable rates, the actual expenses may be reimbursed

Unless otherwise stated, please provide all figures as at April 1st 2012.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Bain

Arun District Council

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Sharon Lilleywhite, Arun District Council

Dear Mr Bain,

Further to your Freedom of Information request dated 16 November 2012, please find below our responses.

If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been handled, you can write, within the next 10 working days, to the FOI Officer at: Arun District Council, Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5LF (email [Arun District Council request email]).

If, having exhausted our review procedure, you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you will have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF (telephone: 0303 123 1113; website www.ico.gov.uk). There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Sharon Lilleywhite
Senior Admin Officer
For Mrs Heidi-Anne O'Neill
Junior Solicitor

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