Hon. Adele Farina questions the allocation of additional funding for student growth in the South West region, but the Minister's response indicates that the budget submission was not disaggregated by region or school.

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Asked
31 October 2013
Portfolio
Education

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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 272 "Spending Changes", line item, "Growth in Student Numbers Funding to Reflect 2012 Enrolments", and ask: (a) how many of these additional students were enrolled in schools in the South West region (electoral region); (b) what percentage of the overall growth in student numbers was in South West schools; (c) for 2012-13, what additional funds from this budget line were available to South West schools; (d) in relation to (c), please specify the school and the funding allocated; (e) for each year of the forward estimates, what additional funds from this budget line will be available to South West schools; and (f) in relation to (e), please specify the school and the funding allocated?

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Answered
5 December 2013
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
35 days
The line items shown in Budget Paper No.2, Volume 1 at page 272 "Spending Changes", under the heading "Growth in Student Numbers Funding" detail the amount of additional recurrent funding received by the Department of Education, since publication of the 2012-13 Budget to Parliament on 17 May 2012. The additional funds are allocated for the growth in public school student enrolments in excess of growth provided for in the Budget Papers.
The line item "Growth in student numbers funding to reflect 2012 enrolments" was approved following the Semester 2, 2012 Census. This Census indicated that enrolment growth was higher than previously forecast in the Department's budget settings. Funding was provided for additional students as listed below:
· 2012/13 - 7,976 enrolments
· 2013/14 - 9,512 enrolments
· 2014/15 - 11,273 enrolments
· 2015/16 - 13,395 enrolments
The budget submission for additional funds was prepared on a whole-of-Department basis and was not disaggregated by region or school.
(a)-(f) Not applicable. The budget submission for additional funds was prepared on a whole-of-Department basis and was not disaggregated by region or school.

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