A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on a $200 million school maintenance investment, including school-specific allocations, timelines, regional breakdowns, and job creation estimates. The Minister provided some details, including a tabled paper for school-specific allocations, financial year breakdowns, and regional allocations, but noted some funds are yet to be allocated.

AnsweredQoN 2517Legislative Council
Asked
24 September 2019
Portfolio
Education and Training

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to the Minister's media
statement of 22 September 2019 entitled, Major maintenance blitz: New
job-creating school package unveiled and I ask: (a) will the Minister please identify each
of the schools, summary of works and the individual funding amount that will
benefit from the $35 million investment to address maintenance identified in
Building Condition Assessment reports; (b) will the Minister please identify each
of the schools, summary of works and the individual funding amount that will
benefit from the $165 million for targeted maintenance works, upgrades or
refurbishments; (c) over what timeframe
will the above mentioned investments be made; (d) if the investment is
to occur beyond the 2019-20 financial year, will the Minister please provide a breakdown of the
$200 million investment by financial year; (e) will the Minister please provide a
breakdown of the investment by education department region; and (f) how has the estimated
3,150 jobs been determined?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
29 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
a)-b)     Please refer to Tabled Paper
The amounts shown in the table are notional and subject to contractor assessment and evaluation.
c)         The 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years.
d)         2019-20:  $99 900 000
2020-21: $100 100 000
e)
Education Region
Total
($)
NORTH METROPOLITAN
40 728 211
SOUTH METROPOLITAN
56 259 003
GOLDFIELDS
6 273 475
KIMBERLEY
5 830 580
MIDWEST
4 754 549
PILBARA
9 235 917
SOUTH WEST
16 435 492
WHEATBELT
12 990 699
Total
152 507 926
The remaining funds will be allocated to schools on an application and assessment basis.
f)   The job creation estimate is based on the expected labour component of the total maintenance package.

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