Hon Sue Ellery requested a breakdown of utility costs for WA government schools in 2012 and 2013, and inquired about the funding model's mechanism for handling utility cost increases. The response refers to a tabled paper and explains the future student-centred funding model.

AnsweredQoN 1468Legislative Council
Asked
19 August 2014
Portfolio
Education

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(1) For each Western Australian Government School for both 2012 and 2013: (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
24 September 2014
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
36 days
1(a)-(d) Please refer to Tabled Paper.
2 Commencing from 2015, all schools will receive one-line budgets allocated through the student-centred funding model, which will be used in part to pay for utilities expenditure.
Increases in the costs of utilities are considered in the annual budget process.

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