❓ WA Parliament Question on Notice regarding expenditure on asbestos-related works in public schools from 2019/20 to 2024/25. The Minister provided total expenditure and number of work orders per year, with detailed school-specific data and ACM register information tabled separately.
AnsweredQoN 959Legislative Assembly
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For each financial year 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25, please state the total expenditure on asbestos-related works at all WA public schools, including removal, encapsulation, make-safe, waste disposal and certification: (a) For each year, how many asbestos-related work orders were completed at WA public schools; (b) For each year, provide the ten schools with the highest asbestos-related expenditure and the amount for each school; (c) Can the Minister supply the most recent Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) Risk Rating Register for WA's public schools; and (d) If not, can the Minister supply the most recently-available register that sets out, for every asbestos-related works: (i) school name; (ii) scope of work; (iii) date of work completed; and (iv) date of inspection of these completed works?
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Answered
3 December 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
8 days
An Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) register provides the location and condition of all known and suspected ACM identified through visual inspection.
They provide a point in time register that is updated through formal audits. All school sites have or receive an ACM register within 3 years of opening.
Where ACM with the highest risk rating of 1 or 2 is identified, it is addressed immediately.
The below data is a summary of works recorded as “Asbestos Removal”, including works where the job description has an asbestos component, or programs of work specific to asbestos.
Data provided by the Department of Housing and Works, as of 24 October 2025.
(1)
Financial Year
$ Total (ex GST)
2019 - 2020
5,962,964.64
2020 - 2021
4,246,340.82
2021 - 2022
3,746,753.36
2022 - 2023
5,023,077.74
2023 - 2024
7,594,484.92
2024 - 2025
5,789,855.64
(2) (a)
Financial Year
ACM Related Work Orders
2019 - 2020
660
2020 - 2021
456
2021 - 2022
421
2022 - 2023
418
2023 - 2024
546
2024 - 2025
367
(b) Refer to LA QON 959 Tabled Paper 1
(c) Refer to LA QON 959 Tabled Paper 2
(d) Not applicable.
They provide a point in time register that is updated through formal audits. All school sites have or receive an ACM register within 3 years of opening.
Where ACM with the highest risk rating of 1 or 2 is identified, it is addressed immediately.
The below data is a summary of works recorded as “Asbestos Removal”, including works where the job description has an asbestos component, or programs of work specific to asbestos.
Data provided by the Department of Housing and Works, as of 24 October 2025.
(1)
Financial Year
$ Total (ex GST)
2019 - 2020
5,962,964.64
2020 - 2021
4,246,340.82
2021 - 2022
3,746,753.36
2022 - 2023
5,023,077.74
2023 - 2024
7,594,484.92
2024 - 2025
5,789,855.64
(2) (a)
Financial Year
ACM Related Work Orders
2019 - 2020
660
2020 - 2021
456
2021 - 2022
421
2022 - 2023
418
2023 - 2024
546
2024 - 2025
367
(b) Refer to LA QON 959 Tabled Paper 1
(c) Refer to LA QON 959 Tabled Paper 2
(d) Not applicable.
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