Special constables: expense and allowance rates
Supports local policing bodies in their decisions on expenses and allowances to be paid to special constables.
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This guidance is intended to support local policing bodies, including chief officers and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), in their decisions on expenses and allowances to be paid to special constables, and conditions for such payments, by setting out the applicable legislation.
It is for local policing bodies in force areas to approve payment of expenses and allowances for special constables. This is set out under Regulation 4(2)(b) and (3) of the Special Constables Regulations 1965, as amended by Regulation 4 of the Special Constables (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
Effective from April 2022, this document supersedes the previous Home Office guidance published in 2014, which should no longer be used.