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<p>Government agencies and bodies are made up of both civil servants and non-civil
servants. For people serving on government agencies and bodies who are civil servants,
the following applies.</p><p>There is no central government travel, subsistence and
expenses (T,S&E) policy, and as such, rates and allowances are delegated for individual
departments to decide upon. In setting their rates departments must be adherent with
Section 8 of the Civil Service Management Code (CSMC), Jon Thompson's 2010 review
of Civil Service expense policies and The Efficiency and Reform Group Business Travel
Policy Principles launched on 20 July 2011.</p><p>As there is no cross-government
T,S&E policy, there is no centrally held information on the accommodation allowance
paid by departments to non-London based civil servants serving on government agencies
and bodies when they are required to stay in London as part of their employment. This
information will be held in individual departments.</p><p>For people serving on government
agencies and bodies who are not civil servants, information on travel, subsistence
and expenses allowances would not be held centrally within the Civil Service. Although
some departments may hold some relevant information about the arrangements in their
non-department public bodies.</p>
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