Regulation 6 Determination of an amount of school level expenditure for the first grant year
For the first grant year, the Secretary of State shall determine in accordance with paragraph (2) an amount which he is satisfied fairly represents the amount of school level expenditure which it would have been appropriate for the education authority to incur in respect of the school in the base year.
In making such determination, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the following matters, insofar as information as to those matters is available to him by 8th April, or such later date as the Secretary of State may determine, in the first grant year:—
the education authority’s estimate of the amount of expenditure incurred by them in the base year in respect of the school attributable to each item of school level expenditure specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule;
the staffing complement for the school in the base year, the number of staff, their grades and salaries, any unfilled vacancies within such complement and the reasons for each such vacancy arising and being unfilled;
the education authority’s estimate of the amount of expenditure incurred by them in the base year in respect of such school or group of schools under their management as the Secretary of State may specify attributable to each item of school level expenditure specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1, identifying separately the amount attributable to each such item in respect of each of those schools and the total amount so attributable in respect of all such schools, and subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule;
the education authority’s estimate of the total amount of expenditure incurred by them in the base year for each item of school level expenditure specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule) in respect of—
the relevant category of school; and
all schools under their management; and
such other matters as he considers appropriate.
The Secretary of State shall then adjust the amount he determines under paragraph (1) for the first grant year by such amount or amounts as appears or appear to him to be fair and reasonable to take account of the following matters:—
the extent to which the education authority’s expected total amount of school level expenditure in the first grant year in respect of the relevant category of school is greater or less than their expected total amount of such expenditure in the base year in respect of such category, and any circumstances appearing to him to be relevant to such increase or decrease; and
any change in the circumstances of the school occurring during or since the base year or which it appears to the Secretary of State will be likely to occur before the end of the first grant year,
having regard, in particular, in relation to sub-paragraph (a) to the education authority’s estimate of such expected amounts and to information provided by them concerning such estimate, insofar as such estimate and information are available to him by 8th April, or such later date as the Secretary of State may determine, in the first grant year.
The amount determined under paragraph (1), as adjusted in accordance with paragraph (3), shall be the amount of school level expenditure determined in respect of the school for the first grant year.