Regulation 7 Amount of grant

The provisions of this regulation shall have effect for determining the amount of grant payable to a provider of nursery education.

The amount of grant made to a local education authority for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided at schools maintained by them shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of reckonable children.

The amount of grant made to an authority for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by them (other than provision in respect of which grant is made under paragraph (2) or would be made under that paragraph but for the effect of regulation 6(7)) shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education places are so provided for that period.

The amount of a grant made to person (other than an authority or a local education authority) for any grant period in respect of nursery education provided by that person shall be the lesser of the amounts calculated in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6).

In this paragraph, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the allowable unit cost by the number of children for whom nursery education is so provided by that person during that period.

In this paragraph, the amount is the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education is so provided by that person during that period.