❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the Tourism Survival Grant Program, including recipients, funding amounts, application statistics, and reasons for rejection. The Minister's response provides the requested information, including the total funding pool.
AnsweredQoN 6505Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I
refer to the State Government’s Tourism Survival Grant Program, and I ask: (a) Could the Minister
please provide a detailed list of the names of the businesses who were
successful recipients of this grant; (b) What
was the corresponding value of each grant that was awarded to each business
listed in the response to (a); (c) How many grant
applications were received; (d) How many grant
applications were successful; (e) How many grant
applications were rejected; (f) If some grant applications were rejected, what
was the reason why each of these applications were rejected; (g) What was the amount of funding originally allocated to this program, prior to the commencement of the grant assessments; (h) Was the full funding provided for this
package; (i) If no to (h), why
not; and (j) How much funding of
the Tourism Survival Grant Program is remaining?
refer to the State Government’s Tourism Survival Grant Program, and I ask: (a) Could the Minister
please provide a detailed list of the names of the businesses who were
successful recipients of this grant; (b) What
was the corresponding value of each grant that was awarded to each business
listed in the response to (a); (c) How many grant
applications were received; (d) How many grant
applications were successful; (e) How many grant
applications were rejected; (f) If some grant applications were rejected, what
was the reason why each of these applications were rejected; (g) What was the amount of funding originally allocated to this program, prior to the commencement of the grant assessments; (h) Was the full funding provided for this
package; (i) If no to (h), why
not; and (j) How much funding of
the Tourism Survival Grant Program is remaining?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 November 2020
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
10 days
(a)-(b) [See tabled paper no]
(c) 574
(d) 266
(e) No applications were rejected. The grant program was competitive and all applications were assessed and ranked against assessment criteria. 308 were not successful in being awarded funding.
(f) Not applicable
(g) $4 million
(h) Yes, including an additional $4 654 000 of unspent funds from the WA Tourism Recovery Fund and $415 from Tourism WA’s recurrent budget, providing a total funding pool of $8 654 415.
(i) Not applicable
(j) None
(c) 574
(d) 266
(e) No applications were rejected. The grant program was competitive and all applications were assessed and ranked against assessment criteria. 308 were not successful in being awarded funding.
(f) Not applicable
(g) $4 million
(h) Yes, including an additional $4 654 000 of unspent funds from the WA Tourism Recovery Fund and $415 from Tourism WA’s recurrent budget, providing a total funding pool of $8 654 415.
(i) Not applicable
(j) None
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