{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-new-grant-maintained-schools-finance-regulations-1997/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-new-grant-maintained-schools-finance-regulations-1997/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/956",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (New Grant-maintained Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-new-grant-maintained-schools-finance-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Calculation of an amount in respect of the provision of school meals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 12 (apportionment), the funding authority shall determine an amount in respect of the provision of school meals calculated by the application of the following formula –\n(M×F)(P)+(S×G)(B) ,where\nM is the number of registered pupils in receipt of free school meals at the school on a date in the financial year in question determined by the funding authority;\nF is the total of the local education authority’s planned expenditure for the financial year in question in providing meals to pupils in receipt of free school meals at relevant schools;\nP is the number of registered pupils in receipt of free school meals at relevant schools on a date in the financial year in question determined by the funding authority;\nS is the number of registered pupils at the school who bought meals at the school on a date in the financial year in question determined by the funding authority;\nG is the total of the local education authority’s planned expenditure for the financial year in question on school meals, other than free school meals, at relevant schools and excluding expenditure to be met from any charges for such meals; and\nB is the number of registered pupils at relevant schools who bought meals at those schools on a date in the preceding financial year determined by the funding authority.\n(2) In paragraph (1) –\n“planned expenditure” means the initial amount appropriated by the local education authority for meeting expenditure at all relevant schools excluding any such expenditure falling within their aggregated budget; and\n“relevant schools” means all primary or all secondary schools maintained or formerly maintained by the authority required to be covered by a statement for the year under section 122(2) of the 1996 Act, according as to whether the school is a primary school or a secondary school.\n(3) Without prejudice to regulation 16 (adjustments), until such time as the funding authority are able to determine an amount by the application of the formula in this regulation, having regard to the date or dates determined by them for the purposes of “M”, “P” and “S”, the funding authority shall determine such amount (“the estimated amount”) in respect of the provision of school meals as appears to them to be fair and reasonable and if the amount subsequently determined in accordance with the said formula is different from the estimated amount, they may revise their determination accordingly (whether or not this reduces the amount of maintenance grant payable in respect of the school for the financial year in question).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/956/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:11:01.434946+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}