❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks the Minister for Health about the annual expenditure on the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) for the financial years 2016-17 to 2019-20. The Minister provides figures for 2016-17 to 2018-19 but states the 2019-20 figure is not yet finalised.
AnsweredQoN 963Legislative Council
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PATIENT ASSISTED TRAVEL
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963. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the annual spend on the
patient assisted travel scheme.
What was the spend for each of the
following years —
(a) 2016–17;
(b) 2017–18;
(c) 2018–19; and
(d) 2019–20?
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963. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the annual spend on the
patient assisted travel scheme.
What was the spend for each of the
following years —
(a) 2016–17;
(b) 2017–18;
(c) 2018–19; and
(d) 2019–20?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The annual spend was —
(a) $36 745 848;
(b) $37 808 063;
(c) $38 360 901; and
(d) the final spend for 2019–20 has not yet
been finalised. It will appear in the annual report and also in the
budget.
The totals for (a)–(c)
include PATS subsidies and administrative costs.
some notice of the question.
The annual spend was —
(a) $36 745 848;
(b) $37 808 063;
(c) $38 360 901; and
(d) the final spend for 2019–20 has not yet
been finalised. It will appear in the annual report and also in the
budget.
The totals for (a)–(c)
include PATS subsidies and administrative costs.
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