Submitted my first SCC expenses claim today. My initial allowance to obtain No.1s. I have an allowance of up to £270.
I purchased some Ones in eBay, and the lacing, and have a tailor reranking the jacket and expanding the trousers. All came to 180 or so.
Claim submitted this morning, online portal, upload the receipts etc, resubmitted at 1110am, because I forgot the email confirming my entitlement, after the portal sent me a reminder.
Approved at 1210.
They have a nasty habit of making everything so much easier than we do…
Out of curiosity is the claim through Westminster or a different system?
We can only dream of such an efficient system! We’re lucky to have a claim back within a few months.
I am in one of the Wgs Beta Testing the digital VA claims on Bader and so far it’s fantastic. Claims authorised for payment on JPA in less than 48 hrs!
That’s impressive; only 47 hours slower than the SCC system!
That gets it to JPA. You still then need to wait for a JPA pay day. So may then take anouther few weeks!
But it’s progress nevertheless! And he only says it’s approved, it’s still needs to go on JPA which is a manual process for all the cadet forces I understand.
Unifi…?
I did another claim at the same time, but I think that one might need volunteer approval, so I’m not expecting it to be so quick. It’s also for a course I did in May, but forgot about.
HDT is paid with salary / VA on pay day, but out of pocket expenses (including MMA) should be paid as soon as they’re authorised.
It was approved this morning.
MMH: My parents have clearly and most definitely got the parkrun bug. They’re away on a holiday at present and have just completed their first ever bit of parkrun tourism!
I’m looking forward to doing the same in a week’s time, being the first possible time in 14 months.