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FM 502 PAYMENTS TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS
3. Honoraria are paid quarterly, in arrears. The current annual rates are set out in the handbook "Essential Information for Members of Council and Advisory Bodies" copies of which are available from Corporate Affairs Division, Swindon Office. The text may also be viewed on PPARC’s main web site. 4. Occasionally Members of Council will be granted an enhanced honoraria at the discretion of the Executive. This occurs as a recognition of the extra workload undertaken when asked to chair an advisory body to Council. 5. Council members are not eligible to receive a daily fee for attendance at meetings related to their role as Council members although they may be paid a fee for ad hoc meetings attended in an unrelated advisory capacity. 6. Council Members will be reimbursed their actual reasonable expenses incurred in attending Council meetings or other PPARC business in accordance with the rules and allowances set out in the handbook "Essential Information for Members of Council and Advisory Bodies". 7. Members of Council advisory bodies, with the exception of PPARC employees, civil servants and full-time employees of other Research Councils and Government-funded organisations, may be eligible to receive an attendance fee. In general, anyone who receives a full-time salary from the public purse will be ineligible to receive an attendance fee. However, employees of certain public bodies may receive a fee provided that the conditions of their employment allow them to do so. Queries concerning eligibility should be referred to Propriety and Regularity Section, PPARC Finance Division, Swindon Office (jill.drinkwater@pparc.ac.uk).8. Fees are payable monthly in arrears. The current daily rates are set out in the handbook "Essential Information for Members of Council and Advisory Bodies". 9. Fees are payable for attendance at meetings and other PPARC business approved by the Executive. The amount of the fee payable in respect of a meeting is based on the number of days attendance required. No additional payment is made in respect of preparatory work or follow-up action which may be required. 10. Committee Members will be reimbursed their actual reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings or other PPARC business in accordance with rules and allowances set out in the Members handbook "Essential Information for Members of Council and Advisory Bodies". 11. Any proposal to deviate from the above arrangements in order to accommodate special circumstances must be agreed with the Head of Finance, PPARC.12. Committee Secretaries should send authorised fees forms directly to Payments Group, Finance Division, Swindon Office, for processing. Travel and subsistence reimbursement claims should be endorsed by the appropriate Committee Secretary and sent to Travel Section, Swindon Office, where the claims will be checked to ensure the amounts claimed are within the appropriate allowances. Travel Section will pass the claims to Payments Group to be actioned. Payments are made directly into members' bank accounts using BACS. QUERIES 13. Any queries concerning the content or interpretation of this FM should be referred to Teresa Instone, Payments Group, Finance Division, Swindon Office, tel: 01793 442148, e-mail: teresa.instone@pparc.ac.uk.Rachel Preston Last update: 29 June 2001 |