Hon Linda Savage asks about the specific allocation of the Corrective Services budget towards programs and services for children aged 0-3 in WA for the 2009-10 financial year. The response indicates that no specific budget is assigned, and costs are absorbed within the general prisoner budget.

AnsweredQoN 3966Legislative Council
Asked
19 May 2011
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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(1) What percentage of the 2009–10 state Corrective Services 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 Corrective Services 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 Corrective Services budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?
(4) Which programs and services were funded wholly or in part by the state Corrective Services budget in 2009–10 for zero to three-year-olds?

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Answered
28 June 2011
Responded by
Minister for Finance representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
40 days
(1)-(4) The expenditure is not assigned a specific budget. Any associated costs providing services to children is absorbed by the main budget line allocated for prisoners.
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