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❓ Question on Notice regarding a significant underspend provision in the WA budget, specifically seeking details on its origin, application, and fate of unspent funds. The answer refers to another question, suggesting a related line of inquiry.

AnsweredQoN 1281Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 October 2013

Member

Mr B.S. Wyatt

Portfolio

Regional Development

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I refer to page 182 of Budget Paper No.1 (volume 1) and footnote (b) referring to a ‘recurrent underspend provision of $314.6million’, and I ask: (a) why was an underspend provision developed for recurrent programs; (b) when did the Government make a decision about including a 10 per cent underspend provision for recurrent programs; (c) was the underspend provision introduced as a result of advice or recommendations from the Department of Treasury or the Department of Finance: (i) if so, who provided that advice and when was that advice provided; and (ii) if no, who recommended the introduction of an underspend provisionfor recurrent services and when was that advice provided; (d) for the 2013–2014 financial year what are the individual recurrent programs that attract the allocation of an underspend provision and what is the value of each underspend provision to each program; and (e) if the full 110 per cent allocation for each asset is not spent, what happens to the unspent monies that have not been utilised?