How to work a plug -in hybrid with mileage rates

[thecremeegg]

Currently the company I work for has two company cars that myself and colleague use. WE've had them 3 years and are being changed, just deciding what to go for. Whatever we choose it will be a plug-in hybrid foir the BIK saving.
Currently we pay 14p a mile for personal mileage and see that for electric use it's 5p a mile.
If I'm paying for the electricity myself when I charge at home, surely I can't be expected to pay 5p a mile on top of that if I just run on electric for a journey as it makes no sense?

How do you guys work it, do you claim back your electricity bill from your employers?

Thanks

[Toaster Pilot]

Eh? The mileage rates are what you claim for business use, not what you pay for personal?

Pretty sure the 5p rate is for BEVs, not plug in hybrids.

[TheDeuce]

Yea that's all back to front.

Charge at home, claim from the company 5p per mile for business mileage.

Overall you'll be far better off than claiming for 14p per mile and paying for petrol/diesel. Especially these days - can't believe they haven't upped the 14ppm yet..

[Heres Johnny]

Hybrids use the advisory fuel rates as they use petrol or diesel and you get the mileage based on the engine size.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/advisory-fuel-rates

Electricity, in the eyes of HMRC, is not a fuel and pure electric fall under a different set of rules