Hon Sue Ellery asks the Minister for Education to detail the breakdown of the 2016-17 budget allocations for primary and secondary education between central and district offices. The Minister provides an estimated breakdown based on historical patterns, noting allocations are not yet finalised.

AnsweredQoN 475Legislative Council
Asked
17 May 2016
Portfolio
Education

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SERVICES —BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
475. Hon SUE ELLERY to the Minister for
Education:
I refer to the 2016–17
budget papers' service summary on page 263. For each of the 2016–17
primary education and secondary education estimated total cost of services, how
much of each amount is appropriated for central office and how much for
district offices?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
Although budget allocations for 2016–17
have not yet been finalised, it is expected that the Department of Education's
budget allocations to primary and secondary services in the budget papers will
be broken down as follows, based on historical patterns: approximately 75 per cent
of the department's budget will be allocated directly to schools; and
approximately 25 per cent will be spent centrally, of which five per cent is
for the operation of central and regional offices and 20 per cent is spent on
behalf of schools for items such as school maintenance, teacher housing and
insurance.

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