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Record Ref : FOI 12043
Date Received : 16/03/2026
Date Completed : 17/04/2026
Organisation : Taxpayers Alliance
Application Type : Company
Category : Expenditure, Budgets and Income
Question
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).
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.
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.
4. Number of Claimants: The total number of individual staff members who made one or more business mileage claims during the specified financial year.
Answer
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).
Please find attached the Employee Expenses Policy 2025
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.
2023/24 = 301,491.10
2024/25 = 356,328.70
2025/26 = 337,118.80
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.
2023/24 = 152,538.20
2024/25 = 163,546.05
2025/26 = 154,358.38
4. Number of Claimants: The total number of individual staff members who made one or more business mileage claims during the specified financial year.
2023/24 = 249
2024/25 = 267
2025/26 = 277