The Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

Amendments to principal Regulations

4.—(1) Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the following:

“2.   Subject to paragraphs 2A and 2B, the Secretary of State shall determine an amount which is equal to that part of the relevant authority’s planned financial provision for their relevant schools included in their general schools' budget for the financial year in question which, in his opinion, would remain after deducting—

(a) the authority’s planned financial provision for their relevant schools included in their aggregated budget;

(b) the authority’s planned provision in respect of their relevant schools on the descriptions of expenditure listed in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

(c) an amount determined by the Secretary of State as representing, or approximating to, the expenditure which the authority will incur in respect of the provision of free school meals; and

(d) the authority’s planned provision for meeting expenditure on contingencies in respect of their relevant schools;

for that financial year, and the amount so determined by the Secretary of State before deduction of the amounts referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) is referred to in paragraph 2A as “the gross amount.”.”

(3) After paragraph 2 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:

“2A.   For the purposes of determining the gross amount, the relevant authority’s planned financial provision for the provision of school meals for which charges are to be made shall be deemed to be the higher of the following amounts, namely—

(a) an amount equal or approximating to the authority’s planned expenditure for such school meals, excluding expenditure to be met from charges; or

(b) an amount equal or approximating to 67 percent of the authority’s planned expenditure for such school meals, including expenditure to be met from charges;

instead of the amount included in the authority’s general schools budget in respect of the provision of such school meals.

2B.   In determining any amounts under sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) of paragraph 2, the Secretary of State shall not take into account any provision for expenditure to the extent that provision for that expenditure is included in the authority’s aggregated budget.”.