❓ Hon Linda Savage asks about the percentage and total amount of the 2009-10 state Regional Development budget spent on programs and services for children aged 0-3, and which programs were funded. The Minister provides a general overview of relevant programs funded through Royalties for Regions but declines to provide specific figures.
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(1) What percentage of the 2009–10 state Regional Development budget, excluding any commonwealth funding or funded programs, was spent on programs and delivery of services to children in Western Australia from birth to age three?
(2) What was the total amount spent in the 2009–10 state Regional Development budget, excluding any commonwealth funding or funded programs, on programs and delivery of services to children in Western Australia from birth to age three?
(3) Which programs and services were funded wholly by the state Regional Development budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?
(4) Which programs and services were funded wholly or in part by the state Regional Development budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?
(2) What was the total amount spent in the 2009–10 state Regional Development budget, excluding any commonwealth funding or funded programs, on programs and delivery of services to children in Western Australia from birth to age three?
(3) Which programs and services were funded wholly by the state Regional Development budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?
(4) Which programs and services were funded wholly or in part by the state Regional Development budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?
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Answered
23 June 2011
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Regional Development
Response time
35 days
(1)-(4) Royalties for Regions is funding a number of health, education and childcare programs and facilities throughout regional Western Australia that provide benefits for children from birth to the age of three.
Some initiatives such as the Better Beginnings-Early Literacy Program and the Responsible Parenting Support Services Program have direct benefit to this age group. Other broad-based initiatives are also providing benefits to this age group. These initiatives include major upgrades to regional hospitals in Kalgoorlie, Albany, Esperance, Carnarvon and Busselton and a new health campus in Karratha, funding boosts for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, St John Ambulance Service, Patient Assisted Travel Scheme, Pilbara Health Initiative and the $537 million Southern Inland Health Initiative. Additionally the Royalties for Regions Regional Grants Scheme and the Country Local Government Fund are funding numerous infrastructure and service initiatives that are improving the standard of living for all regional Western Australians.
Details of all expenditure on Royalties for Regions for 2009-2010 are available in the Royalties for Regions Progress Report 2009-2010 which was tabled in Parliament on the 15
th
of March 2011. Specific percentages and amounts of the Regional Development budget spent on the zero to three year old age group are not collated and I am not prepared to allocate valuable resources to this task. If the Member requires further information on these programs it can be found at:
http://www.royaltiesforregions.wa.gov.au
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Some initiatives such as the Better Beginnings-Early Literacy Program and the Responsible Parenting Support Services Program have direct benefit to this age group. Other broad-based initiatives are also providing benefits to this age group. These initiatives include major upgrades to regional hospitals in Kalgoorlie, Albany, Esperance, Carnarvon and Busselton and a new health campus in Karratha, funding boosts for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, St John Ambulance Service, Patient Assisted Travel Scheme, Pilbara Health Initiative and the $537 million Southern Inland Health Initiative. Additionally the Royalties for Regions Regional Grants Scheme and the Country Local Government Fund are funding numerous infrastructure and service initiatives that are improving the standard of living for all regional Western Australians.
Details of all expenditure on Royalties for Regions for 2009-2010 are available in the Royalties for Regions Progress Report 2009-2010 which was tabled in Parliament on the 15
th
of March 2011. Specific percentages and amounts of the Regional Development budget spent on the zero to three year old age group are not collated and I am not prepared to allocate valuable resources to this task. If the Member requires further information on these programs it can be found at:
http://www.royaltiesforregions.wa.gov.au
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