SCHEDULE 2Elements of Rate Support Grants
PART IThe Needs Element
1
Subject to paragraph 3 below, the amount of the needs element payable for any year to a local authority shall be the aggregate of—
a
an amount arrived at by multiplying a prescribed sum by the population of the authority's area ; and
b
additional amounts determined in such manner as may be prescribed and attributable to such additional factors as may be prescribed for that year.