❓ Hon Sue Ellery asked about utility costs (electricity, water, gas) for all WA government schools in 2014, including departmental funding and the mechanism for accounting for cost increases under the new funding model. The answer refers to a tabled paper for specific cost data and states that future funding increases will be considered in the annual budget process.
AnsweredQoN 2960Legislative Council
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(1) For each Western Australian government school in 2014: (a) how much was spent on electricity; (b) how much spent on water; (c) how much was spent on supplying gas, either bottled or reticulated; and (d) what additional monies, if any, have been supplied by the Department of Education to each school for each of the utilities in (a), (b) and (c)? (2) What is the mechanism under the new funding model to account for increases in the cost of utilities to schools?
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Answered
19 May 2015
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
28 days
1 (a) - (c) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No]
(d) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No]
2. Future increases to student-centred funding model rates will be considered as part of the annual budget process. Cost pressures, such as utilities expenditure, will be examined as part of this process.
(d) Please refer to [Tabled Paper No]
2. Future increases to student-centred funding model rates will be considered as part of the annual budget process. Cost pressures, such as utilities expenditure, will be examined as part of this process.
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