Hon Sue Ellery questions the allocation of $55 million for additional child health nurses in the 2012-13 budget, seeking details on expenditure in subsequent financial years. The response provides figures for metropolitan Perth and regional WA, with some data limitations noted for the initial year.

AnsweredQoN 648Legislative Council
Asked
19 June 2014
Portfolio
Health

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CHILD
HEALTH NURSES
648. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the 2012–13
budget papers, which allocated $55 million for the funding of additional child
health nurses.
(1) How was that money acquitted in
the financial years —
(a) 2012–13; and
(b) 2013–l4 to date?
(2) How much of that $55 million is
estimated to be spent in the 2014–15 financial year?

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I thank the
honourable member for some notice of this question and her patience in waiting
for the answer. The answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Health
in tabular form and I seek leave to table the response and have it incorporated
into Hansard .
Leave granted.
[See paper 1571.]
The
following material was incorporated —
(1)(a)
2012-13
Actual
Metropolitan Perth (Child and Adolescent Health
Service – CAHS)
$3,215,504
Regional WA (WA Country Health Service –
WACHS)
Information
not available as WACHS cost centre structure in 2012/13 does not enable
separation of the specific program cited
(b)
2013-14
(1 July
2013 to 31 May 2014)
Metropolitan Perth (CAHS)
$5,092,939
Regional WA (WACHS)
$2,770,344*
* sourced from regions.
(c)
2014-15
Budget
Metropolitan Perth (CAHS)
$11,446,000
Regional WA (WACHS)
$5,442,000

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