A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the taxi user subsidy scheme's budget, membership, enforcement, administration costs, and subsidy usage. The Minister provides figures for the 2005-06 budget, membership numbers, enforcement costs, and administration fees, noting uneven subsidy usage.

AnsweredQoN 964Legislative Council
Asked
1 December 2005
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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(1) How much per annum is the government spending on the taxi user subsidy scheme? (2) How many members are in the scheme? (3) How much of the total expenditure is applied to enforcement of the scheme? (4) How much of the total expenditure is applied to the administration of the scheme? (5) What is the average passenger subsidy spend per annum? Hon ADELE FARINA

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(2) How many members are in the scheme? (3) How much of the total expenditure is applied to enforcement of the scheme? (4) How much of the total expenditure is applied to the administration of the scheme? (5) What is the average passenger subsidy spend per annum? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(3) How much of the total expenditure is applied to enforcement of the scheme? (4) How much of the total expenditure is applied to the administration of the scheme? (5) What is the average passenger subsidy spend per annum? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(4) How much of the total expenditure is applied to the administration of the scheme? (5) What is the average passenger subsidy spend per annum? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(5) What is the average passenger subsidy spend per annum? Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
Hon ADELE FARINA replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(1) The budgeted subsidy for 2005-06 is $6.82 million. (2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(2) The number is 28 000 - approximate. (3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(3) The total expenditure is $75 000 - approximate. This is additional to the cost of the subsidy paid by government. (4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(4) The budgeted cost of the agent’s fees for 2005-06 for processing the taxi user subsidy scheme vouchers is $400 000. The budgeted cost for 2005-06 of the independent assessment of the TUSS applications is $42 000. These costs are additional to the subsidy paid by government. (5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.
(5) The subsidy is used very unevenly.

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