Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
26th July 1999
Laid before Parliament
28th July 1999
Coming into force
1st September 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(2) and 8(4) of the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998(2).
2. For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation-“
"3.-(1) For the purposes of section 1(2)(b) of the Act (prescribing a time, earlier than the time in section 1(2)(a), after which education provided for children is nursery education) there is prescribed-“
(a)in relation to education provided for a child at a school or other premises in the area of a local education authority specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations who does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below the day immediately preceding the later of-“
(i)the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 3 years; or
(ii)if the child's third birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph;
(b) in relation to education provided for any other child the day immediately preceding the later of-“
(i)the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 4 years; or
(ii)if the child's fourth birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph.
(2) The periods referred to in paragraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b)(ii) are, in any year,
(a)the period commencing 1st April and ending with the start of the Summer term of that year;
(b)the period commencing 1st September and ending with the start of the Autumn term of that year;
(c)the period commencing 1st January and ending with the start of the Spring term of that year.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation "term" means the term kept in relation to the education provided, or to be provided, or under consideration, for the child, as the case may be, and, in any year, Spring term, Summer term and Autumn term mean, respectively, the term which starts in January, in April and in September.
(4) The amount of grant payable in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall be calculated separately under regulations 6 and 7.
(5) The total amount of grant payable under regulation 7 in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall not exceed the amount specified in column (2) of the Schedule."
3. At the end of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the Schedule to these Regulations.
Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
26th July 1999
Regulation 3
Regulation 3(1) and 3(5)
Column 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY | MAXIMUM GRANT ALLOCATION |
£ | |
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | 197,365 |
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 666,671 |
Birmingham City Council | 4,564,245 |
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 451,980 |
Blackpool Borough Council | 796,991 |
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 563,468 |
Bradford City Council | 919,026 |
London Borough of Brent | 766,106 |
London Borough of Camden | 625,992 |
Coventry City Council | 925,806 |
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | 446,707 |
Durham County Council | 226,743 |
London Borough of Ealing | 308,853 |
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | 470,813 |
London Borough of Greenwich | 618,459 |
London Borough of Hackney | 1,087,765 |
Halton Borough Council | 409,795 |
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham | 448,214 |
London Borough of Haringey | 530,323 |
Hartlepool Borough Council | 25,612 |
London Borough of Hounslow | 188,325 |
London Borough of Islington | 785,692 |
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 346,518 |
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 48,965 |
London Borough of Lambeth | 1,239,932 |
Leeds City Council | 939,365 |
Leicester City Council | 1,063,660 |
London Borough of Lewisham | 1,179,668 |
Liverpool City Council | 879,101 |
Manchester City Council | 424,108 |
Middlesbrough Borough Council | 42,938 |
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council | 574,015 |
London Borough of Newham | 1,218,839 |
North East Lincolnshire District Council | 473,826 |
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 51,224 |
Nottingham City Council | 765,353 |
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 818,084 |
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | 40,678 |
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 677,970 |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 893,414 |
Salford City Council | 116,008 |
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | 351,038 |
Sheffield City Council | 1,932,215 |
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | 54,991 |
London Borough of Southwark | 721,661 |
St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 212,431 |
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 49,718 |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 330,699 |
Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council | 353,298 |
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 446,707 |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets | 207,158 |
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | 437,667 |
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 76,837 |
London Borough of Waltham Forest | 1,176,655 |
London Borough of Wandsworth | 1,206,033 |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 1,082,492 |
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council | 75,330" |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 by providing that nursery education grant is payable in respect of 3 year olds in the 57 local education authorities specified in the Schedule up to the total amount specified for each authority.
1996 c. 50. For the meaning of "prescribed" and "regulations" see section 8(1).