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❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Small Business Development Corporation's Business Migration Program (BMP), seeking data on approvals, capital inflow, and job creation. The answer provides monthly approval numbers and financial year data on capital inflow and job creation.

AnsweredQoN 4938Legislative Assembly

Asked

20 March 2019

Member

Mr P.A. Katsambanis

Portfolio

Small Business

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I refer to the Small Business Development Corporation's Business Migration Program (BMP) and ask: (a) how many new business migrants were approved for State nomination in each month of 2017 and 2018; (b) how many new business migrants were approved for State nomination in each month of 2019; (c) what was the total capital inflow to the Western Australian economy from the BMP in 2017 and 2018; (d) how many jobs in Western Australia were created from approved State nominations in 2017 and 2018; and (e) how many jobs in Western Australia have been created from approved State nominations in 2019?

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Answered

7 May 2019

Responded by

Minister for Small Business

Response time

8 days

(a - b)
New business migrants approved for State nomination in each month of 2017, 2018 and 2019:
2017
2018
2019
January
18
23
31
February
18
21
25
March
20
20
19
April
13
28
May
31
37
June
33
20
July
29
39
August
15
25
September
21
18
October
17
30
November
24
20
December
20
20
Please note (c), (d) and (e) relate to financial years.
(c)   2016-17 - $305 131 478
2017-18 - $396 561 494
2018-19 - $708 703 852
(d)   2016-17 - 148
2017-18 - 257
(e)   2018-19 - 1 007

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