Before you can submit a claim on JPA you need to obtain a Budget control form from your line manager. Once the journey has been approved then you can submit the claim. Without that approval there is no claim. How can you submit a claim without the approval of your line manager?
Previously all claims had to be signed by a senior officer but the joint personnel administration system (JPA) allows soldiers to put in claims via computer. They are checked randomly.
In the RN they still have to be signed by a senior Officer and they are ALL checked.