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Petrol money for training courses

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monkeytoad35 · 06/02/2019 14:18

Hello,

I'm going on a couple of training courses next month on days that I don't work (I'm 0.6) I've never claimed petrol money for attending courses before. It never occurred to me that I would be able to. My mum has told me I should claim it as I'm entitled to it. Who is right? Thank you for reading Grin

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PremierNaps · 06/02/2019 15:57

I'm unsure to be honest. I claim back petrol in my job but not sure how it works elsewhere. It's worth asking about surely

Yumyumbananas · 06/02/2019 19:56

Yes you should be entitled to it. No one at my school claims. If we did then I expect there would be fewer courses approved. But I do think teachers should be able to claim!

Bestseller · 06/02/2019 19:57

Yes, but I you are definitely entitled, although IME school staff only tend to claim for long journeys

Bestseller · 06/02/2019 20:00

I don't know where that but came from!

Yes, you are entitled to claim but in most schools staff only claim for long trips. You should really be paid for the time, or given time in lieu, if you're doing it on your days off too.

Acopyofacopy · 06/02/2019 21:24

I have started to claim for petrol. Why should you pay for a clearly work related trip? Schools are taking massive advantage of teachers’ goodwill.

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monkeytoad35 · 07/02/2019 08:23

Thanks everyone. I'm being paid for going on the courses so that is good atleast. I don't think anyone at my school claims either but like some of you said, we should be! I'll ask some of the teachers first if they ever have, and go from there. I think it's unlikely that they have though. But like you say, they are taking advantage of teachers' goodwill!

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BackforGood · 08/02/2019 19:08

I think it depends where you are having to go.
If you are being sent to another City, then it is reasonable to claim. If you are going a similar distance to your normal commute, then it isn't.
Don't forget, in order to claim, you are saying it is a 'work related travel' so you need to have business insurance on your car insurance.
Then you have to spend ages filling in the right form with the right codes which no-one but the bursar knows and, in truth, it really becomes a lot of hassle for what, at most is likely to be a few quid.

juliej00ls · 09/02/2019 16:55

No not unless it’s very far away

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