Ms. Baker questions the Mental Health Commission's budget allocation for prenatal, infant, child, and adolescent mental health services from 2012-2016, seeking specific program funding details. The Commission provides some budget figures but cannot fully answer questions regarding specific program funding sources or disaggregate budget settings to the requested level.

AnsweredQoN 5092Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 February 2016
Portfolio
Mental Health

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(1) For the following years, what was the allocation in the Mental Health Commission budget for mental health services for the prenatal period and to infants, children and adolescents, respectively: (a) 2012-2013; (b) 2013-2014; (c) 2014-2015; and (d) 2015-2016? (2) For the following years, what was the allocation in the Mental Health Commission budget for mental health services for the prenatal period and to infants, children and adolescents respectively, not including services and funds in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health budget: (a) 2012-2013; (b) 2013-2014; (c) 2014-2015; and (d) 2015-2016? (3) For the following years, which programs have been funded wholly by the Mental Health Commission budget for the prenatal period and for zero to three-year-olds, respectively: (a) 2012-2013; (b) 2013-2014; (c) 2014-2015; and (d) 2015-2016? (4) For the following years, which programs and services have been funded wholly or in part by the Mental Health Commission budget for the prenatal period and for zero to three-year-olds, respectively: (a) 2012-2013; (b) 2013-2014; (c) 2014-2015; and (d) 2015-2016?

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Answered
24 March 2016
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health
Response time
29 days
(1)
(a) $63,076,448 (b) $72,909,593 (c) $75,441,615 (d) $76,984,769
(2) (a) $7,910,448 (b) $11,898,593 (c) $13,528,615 (d) $14,021,200
(3) The Mental Health Commission is unable to verify which services also receive funding from other sources.
(4) The Mental Health Commission is not able to disaggregate budget settings to this level of specificity.

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