Benefits and Allowances 2025: Travel Benefits and Subsistence Allowances

The 2025 Brightmine survey of benefits. This part of the survey provides data on employers' use of travel benefits and subsistence allowances, including company cars, car allowances, mileage allowances, and subsistence allowances. Based on responses from 302 organisations with a combined workforce of 454,309 employees.

Survey questions

• Which of the following travel benefits does your organisation offer?
• To whom does your organisation offer a company car?
  • Which employee groups are able to receive a company car?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer company cars to directors?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer company cars to managers?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer company cars to staff?
  • What is the typical purchase price paid for company cars for directors?
  • What is the typical purchase price paid for company cars for managers?
  • What is the typical purchase price paid for company cars for staff?
  • Are employees who have a company car as part of a job need given the option to take a cash allowance in place of a company car?
  • Are employees who have a company car for status given the option to take a cash allowance in place of a company car?
• To whom does your organisation offer a car allowance?
  • Which employee groups are able to receive a car allowance?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer car allowances to directors?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer car allowances to managers?
  • On what basis does your organisation offer car allowances to staff?
  • What is the annual value of the car allowance for directors at your organisation?
  • What is the annual value of the car allowance for managers at your organisation?
  • What is the annual value of the car allowance for staff at your organisation?
• To whom does your organisation offer free fuel for business use?
  • Which employee groups are able to receive free fuel for business use?
• To whom does your organisation offer a fuel card?
  • Which employees are able to receive a fuel card?
• To whom does your organisation offer free car parking?
  • Which employees are able to receive free car parking?
• To whom does your organisation offer subsidised car parking?
  • Which employees are able to receive subsidised car parking?
• To whom does your organisation offer interest-free season ticket loans - public transport?
  • Which employees are able to receive interest-free season ticket loans - public transport?
• To whom does your organisation offer a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme?
  • Which employees are able to receive a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme?
• To whom does your organisation offer an electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme?
  • Which employees are able to receive an electric vehicle salary-sacrifice scheme?
• What type of mileage allowance does your organisation offer for travel in a company car?
• What type of mileage allowance does your organisation offer for travel in a personal car?
• What type of mileage allowance does your organisation offer for travel by motorbike?
• What type of mileage allowance does your organisation offer for travel by bicycle?
• How does your organisation reimburse breakfast expenses?
  • What level of breakfast allowance does your organisation offer?
• How does your organisation reimburse lunch expenses?
  • What level of lunch allowance does your organisation offer?
• How does your organisation reimburse dinner expenses?
  • What level of dinner allowance does your organisation offer?
• How does your organisation reimburse overnight stay expenses?
  • What level of overnight stay allowance does your organisation offer?