❓ Hon. Donna Faragher requests a breakdown of the Premier's stated $26.5 billion education funding commitment, including yearly allocations, state/commonwealth contributions, and recurrent/capital expenditure. The Minister provides a detailed tabular breakdown incorporated into Hansard.
AnsweredQoN 169Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —
FUNDING
169. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to comments made by the
Premier in the other place on 13 February 2019, when he said —
The government is on track to spend
$26.5 billion on education in its first term.
(1) What is the
breakdown of the $26.5 billion referred to by the Premier over each year of the
government's term?
(2) For each of
the totals identified by year in (1), what is the breakdown of funding provided
by the state and commonwealth governments?
(3) With regard
to the state funding amounts by year identified in (2), what is the breakdown
of funding for recurrent and capital purposes?
FUNDING
169. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to comments made by the
Premier in the other place on 13 February 2019, when he said —
The government is on track to spend
$26.5 billion on education in its first term.
(1) What is the
breakdown of the $26.5 billion referred to by the Premier over each year of the
government's term?
(2) For each of
the totals identified by year in (1), what is the breakdown of funding provided
by the state and commonwealth governments?
(3) With regard
to the state funding amounts by year identified in (2), what is the breakdown
of funding for recurrent and capital purposes?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) The answer is in
tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(1) The Department of Education's
approved cost of services as at 31 October 2018 reflecting the $26.5 billion is
below.
Year
$'000
2017-18
5
351 207
2018-19
5
103 532
2019-20
5
167 289
2020-21
5
329 181
2021-22
5
540 436
TOTAL
26
491 645
(2)
Year
State
($'000)
Commonwealth
($'000)
Other
($'000)
2017-18
4
068 351
736
283
546
573
2018-19
4
077 675
792
772
233
085
2019-20
4
072 671
848
261
246
357
2020-21
4
157 346
949
592
222
243
2021-22
4
259 550
1
048 380
232
506
TOTAL
20
635 593
4
375 288
1
480 764
(3) This
is recurrent funding only.
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) The answer is in
tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(1) The Department of Education's
approved cost of services as at 31 October 2018 reflecting the $26.5 billion is
below.
Year
$'000
2017-18
5
351 207
2018-19
5
103 532
2019-20
5
167 289
2020-21
5
329 181
2021-22
5
540 436
TOTAL
26
491 645
(2)
Year
State
($'000)
Commonwealth
($'000)
Other
($'000)
2017-18
4
068 351
736
283
546
573
2018-19
4
077 675
792
772
233
085
2019-20
4
072 671
848
261
246
357
2020-21
4
157 346
949
592
222
243
2021-22
4
259 550
1
048 380
232
506
TOTAL
20
635 593
4
375 288
1
480 764
(3) This
is recurrent funding only.
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