Regulation 38 Early years 97% requirementI1

all budget shares and amounts determined by the local authority under regulation 12(9) in respect of the relevant group;

any amount deducted by the local authority under paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 (early years contingency fund), which it intends to distribute to early years providers in respect of the relevant group; and

any amount of the local authority’s special educational needs inclusion fund which the local authority intends to distribute to early years providers in respect of the relevant group;

where the calculation is being made in respect of three and four year olds, the maintained nursery school supplement;

any amount included in accordance with regulation 35(1) or (6) (early years pupil premium) in respect of the relevant group; and

any amount included in accordance with regulation 36(1) (disability access fund) in respect of the relevant group;

in relation to three and four year olds, the hourly unit funding rate specified in relation to the local authority in the column headed “2026 to 2027 3 and 4-year-old funding rate without termly funding adjustment” of the table entitled “3 and 4-year-old entitlements 2026 to 2027 hourly funding rates”^f1; and

in relation to each of the other relevant groups, the hourly unit funding rate in relation to that group as notified to the local authority in the early years block.