The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Financial statements in respect of voluntary grammar schools

61.—(1) Before the beginning of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of the financial provision it plans to make in that year for voluntary grammar schools.

(2) A statement under paragraph (1) in relation to a financial year shall contain the following particulars—

(a) the amount of the general voluntary grammar schools budget of the Department for that year;

(b) the amount of the aggregated voluntary grammar schools budget of the Department for that year;

(c) such particulars as the Department may determine of amounts deducted in respect of excluded heads or items of expenditure in arriving at the amount specified in the statement by virtue of sub-paragraph (b);

(d) such particulars of the formula to be applied in accordance with Article 60(3)(a) as the Department may determine;

(e) in the case of each individual voluntary grammar school, the planned expenditure per pupil arising from the division of the amount of grant payable to the school from the aggregated voluntary grammar schools budget of the Department in that year by the number of registered pupils at the school used in applying the formula to determine that amount;

(f) such further information as the Department may determine with respect to the financial provision the Department plans to make in that year for voluntary grammar schools.

(3) After the end of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of—

(a) the total amount of all grants actually made under Article 60 in that year;

(b) the amount of the grants actually made under Article 60 in that year to each voluntary grammar school.

(4) A statement prepared under this Article shall be prepared in such form, and published in such manner and at such times, as the Department may determine.

(5) The Department shall furnish the Board of Governors of each voluntary grammar school with a copy of each statement prepared by it under this Article.

(6) The Board of Governors of each such school shall secure that a copy of any such statement furnished to it under this Article is available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school.

(7) In this Article expressions to which a meaning is given by Article 60 have the same meanings as in that Article.