According to the IRS training stuff, he could potentially be paid for his journey to port:
"7.2.1 “Within the United Kingdom”. Directions 4(a) and 4(b) both allow a payment to be made for "expenses of travel within the United Kingdom". Expenses of travelling elsewhere than within the United Kingdom cannot be met by a community care grant. The United Kingdom is defined as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It includes offshore islands, such as the Isle of Wight or the Shetland Isles, but does not include the Republic of Ireland, or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The applicant may be helped with the expenses of travelling anywhere within the UK, even if his final destination is outside the UK. He could be awarded a payment, for example, to the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, or to his point of embarkation, such as a seaport or an airport, if he is travelling to another country. However, when deciding whether to make a payment to help the applicant make the qualifying part of the journey, a decision maker would need to consider the his prospects of reaching a destination outside the UK, since he cannot receive financial assistance by way of a community care grant with this part of his journey."
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