Regulation 2 Amendments to principal Regulations

For regulation 10(2) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:

“(2)

The Secretary of State shall determine, in respect of the provision of free school meals, an amount calculated by the application of the following formula—

$$\mathrm{M}\times \mathrm{G}\times \mathrm{D}$$

where—

• M is the number of registered pupils in receipt of free meals at the school on a date determined by the Secretary of State;

• G is the amount determined by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 244(2) of the 1996 Act in respect of the relevant authority and financial year in question as the amount which appears to him, after consultation with the authority, to represent, or approximate to, the expenditure to be incurred by the authority in that year in respect of each free school meal provided by them to pupils at relevant schools;

• D is—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a school which is grant-maintained on 1st April in the financial year in question, the number of school days in that year; or

  2. (b)

     in the case of a school which becomes grant-maintained after 1st April in the financial year in question, the number of school days in that year which fall on or after the date on which the school becomes a grant-maintained school.”.