PART 2 MAINTENANCE GRANT

Determination of amount of maintenance grant otherwise than under regulation 4

13.—(1) The Secretary of State shall determine an amount which is the sum of the amounts determined in accordance with paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) subject to any adjustment made in accordance with paragraph (6).

(2) The Secretary of State shall determine an amount which he is satisfied is equal to the amount of relevant expenditure incurred by the former maintaining authority in respect of the school in the preceding financial year.

(3) Schedule 2 shall have effect for the purposes of determining the amount of relevant expenditure incurred by the authority in that year.

(4) The Secretary of State shall determine an amount which is equal to the relevant percentage of the amount determined in accordance with paragraph (2); and Schedule 1 shall have effect for the purposes of determining the relevant percentage.

(5) The Secretary of State shall determine an amount in respect of the authority’s planned expenditure on the provision of school meals calculated by the application of the following formula—

where

• M, F, P, S, G and B represent the matters respectively denoted by those letters in regulation 10(3); and for the purposes of this paragraph the expressions used in regulation 10(3) shall have the meanings assigned to them by regulation 10(4).

(6) The sum of the amounts determined in accordance with paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) may be adjusted by such amount as the Secretary of State is satisfied is fair and reasonable having regard, in particular, to—

(a) any increase or decrease in the actual or planned level of spending of the former maintaining authority in respect of the schools maintained by them occurring during or since the end of the financial year ending last before the incorporation date, and

(b) any significant change in the characteristics of the school occurring as aforesaid or which it appears to the Secretary of State will be likely to occur before the end of the financial year in relation to which grant is being determined.