The CPS is responsible for paying allowances and expenses to witnesses who are called to give evidence in prosecutions conducted by the Service.

These instructions are incorporated into every prosecution brief. Any Advocate prosecuting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service will be expected to be familiar with the material in this document and to apply these instructions.

Advocacy is central to our work as prosecutors. CPS advocates now appear in all courts and across the full range of cases. This is as it should be. But whether it is one of our own lawyers or Associate Prosecutors, or a member of the private Bar representing the Crown, the very highest standards of advocacy are essential. These new and updated National Standards of Advocacy clearly set out what we expect from all prosecution advocates. By adhering to them we shall serve the public and uphold justice.

With effect from 2 May 2023

This document sets out the approach taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to paying Graduated Fee Scheme (GFS) F cases where a Crown Advocate (CA) returns a brief to an external advocate at the Bar or an external advocate at the Bar returns a brief to a CA.

This document provides a step-by-step guide to the processing of graduated fees and the appeal procedure.

Table 1: Fees for confiscation proceedings with 50 pages or less and fees for second and subsequent days in all confiscation hearings 

Table of Ancillary Fixed Fees

Tables of Fees: Effective Trial and Cracked Trial Main Hearings, Guilty Plea Main Hearings, Trial Daily (refresher) Fees (TDF) and Cracked Trial Daily Fees (CDF).

Table of offences in Class order