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Regulation 4 Amount of grant

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(1)

In this regulation—

  • “grant period” means a period referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) (as the case may be);

  • “session” means any period during which nursery education is provided on any one day disregarding any break of less than one hour; and

  • “unit amount” means an amount specified by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining grants.

(2)

Where the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made is provided at a school, the amount of the grant shall be determined in respect of a period comprising half a term.

(3)

Where the nursery education in respect of which a grant is made is provided otherwise than at a school, the amount of the grant shall be determined in respect of a period which is equivalent, or approximates, to half a school term.

(4)

Subject to paragraphs (6), (7) and (8), the amount of a 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 children for whom nursery education places are provided at such schools for that period.

(5)

Subject to paragraphs (4), (6), (7) and (8), the amount of a grant made to an authority or person for any grant period shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the unit amount by the number of children for whom nursery education places are provided by the authority or person for that period.

(6)

Where the nursery education place provided for any child for a grant period is provided for fewer than five sessions per week, that child shall be left out of account for the purposes of determining an amount of grant under paragraph (4) or (5) (as the case may be), and there shall be added to the amount of grant determined under that paragraph an amount in respect of the child obtained by applying the following formula—

A×S5

where—

  • A is the unit amount; and

  • S is the number of sessions per week for which a nursery education place is provided for the child (or, if a different number of sessions is provided in different weeks, the highest such number).

(7)

Where a nursery education place begins to be provided for a child after the beginning of a grant period or ceases to be so provided before the end of such a period, the preceding paragraphs of this regulation shall apply as if the place had begun to be provided at the beginning of the period or (as the case may be) had continued to be provided until the end of the period.

(8)

For the purposes of determining the amount of grant under paragraphs (4) and (5) there shall be left out of account any child in respect of whom the authority or person seeking grant fails to produce an instrument.