Motor Mileage Allowance

What’s it for?

If you’ve been given permission to use your own private vehicle (such as a car, motorbike or bicycle) to travel as part of your Service duties, you can claim Motor Mileage Allowance (MMA) from either your Duty Station or your Alternative Working Address if you are working remotely, to help cover the cost of your journey.

You can get permission by asking your Line Manager. If military transport is available for the journey, then that’s what you’ll need to use to get around – and that means you won’t be able to claim MMA.

If you use a motor vehicle, you’ll need to make sure that it is insured for business use with a valid MOT and road tax on the date of the journey.

What do I get?  

For journeys in the UK, you claim £0.25 per mile for cars, £0.24 per mile for motorbikes and £0.20 per mile for bicycles. There are different rates of MMA in overseas countries, which are available from your Unit HR/Unit Personnel Office. View the rates from 1 January 2024.

You can also claim back any reasonable charges that you have to pay as part of your journey, such as parking fees, tolls, inland ferry and congestion charges.

When can’t I use this?

You can't claim this benefit when military transport is available.

How do I claim?

If you have a Defence Gateway account you can claim this from your own personal device by going to My expenses (Defence Gateway account required).

You can also submit your claim via JPA iExpenses. View the claim for motor mileage allowance user guide (defnet) for more information.

If you don't have access to JPA, then complete JPA Form F016 (which can be found at JPA Forms (defnet)) and submit it to your Unit HR Admin along with all supporting documentation including receipts.