❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the operation of camp schools after their management was transferred to Fairbridge. The Minister refutes the claim of privatisation and provides data on school usage, rates, and attendance.
AnsweredQoN 2890Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to Western Australian camp schools and the Minister's decision to privatise camp schools, and I ask: (a) will the Minister table the numbers of schools and school children who have utilised each camp school to date; (b) what are the rates
charged to Department of Education schools and students for each camp
school; (c) has there been any
variance in the rates charged since the operations of camp schools have been
transferred to Fairbridge; (d) what is the occupancy
rate of each camp school since the operations of camp schools transferred to
Fairbridge, and for the previous three financial years; and (e) when
will the assessment of the performance of the agreement with Fairbridge be
completed?
charged to Department of Education schools and students for each camp
school; (c) has there been any
variance in the rates charged since the operations of camp schools have been
transferred to Fairbridge; (d) what is the occupancy
rate of each camp school since the operations of camp schools transferred to
Fairbridge, and for the previous three financial years; and (e) when
will the assessment of the performance of the agreement with Fairbridge be
completed?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 June 2020
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
10 days
Answer
I do not accept the premise of the question.
Retaining the asset and contracting service delivery to a not-for-profit organisation is not privatisation. Selling Western Power is privatisation. Multi nationals contracting a commercial for-profit company to provide key hospital services at Fiona Stanley Hospital is privatisation. The Hon. Member would be familiar with both because they were both policies of the previous Liberal-National government.
(a) I have provided this information to the House on 17 March 2020 in response to Question Without Notice 198 asked by Hon Colin de Grussa. I provide that information again. As the member has not specified a commencement date, the response is provided for 2019.
Camp School
Point Peron
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
Dampier
Bridgetown
Pemberton
Schools
80
52
32
20
20
17
Students
3 055
1 445
861
560
846
423
(b) $50.00 per night per student in 2020. This is inclusive of GST which was not payable when the camp schools were operated by the Department of Education. The price excluding GST is $45.45
(c) The rate was increased from $46 per night in 2019.
(d) The Department of Education does not collect occupancy rates for the camp schools. The following table provides school and community attendance data. There is no data for 2018. As part of the transition process all camp school records were collected and archived so while it may be possible to collate data for 2018 it would be a time consuming exercise requiring an unreasonable diversion of Department of Education resources.
2016
2017
2019 (Fairbridge)
Camp School
Total Attended
Total Attended
Total Attended
Point Peron
5 226
5 414
4 409
Geraldton
1 762
2 361
2 132
Goldfields
1 725
1 247
1 282
Dampier
1 868
2 419
786
Bridgetown
1 931
1 890
1 099
Pemberton
2 066
2 055
599
(e) The lease provides that the parties shall meet to “review the Lease and discuss any opportunities for change, including improvements”. The Department has regularly met with Fairbridge to discuss the operation of the lease. A meeting will be held before the end of the 2020 calendar year. A date is yet to be set.
I do not accept the premise of the question.
Retaining the asset and contracting service delivery to a not-for-profit organisation is not privatisation. Selling Western Power is privatisation. Multi nationals contracting a commercial for-profit company to provide key hospital services at Fiona Stanley Hospital is privatisation. The Hon. Member would be familiar with both because they were both policies of the previous Liberal-National government.
(a) I have provided this information to the House on 17 March 2020 in response to Question Without Notice 198 asked by Hon Colin de Grussa. I provide that information again. As the member has not specified a commencement date, the response is provided for 2019.
Camp School
Point Peron
Geraldton
Kalgoorlie
Dampier
Bridgetown
Pemberton
Schools
80
52
32
20
20
17
Students
3 055
1 445
861
560
846
423
(b) $50.00 per night per student in 2020. This is inclusive of GST which was not payable when the camp schools were operated by the Department of Education. The price excluding GST is $45.45
(c) The rate was increased from $46 per night in 2019.
(d) The Department of Education does not collect occupancy rates for the camp schools. The following table provides school and community attendance data. There is no data for 2018. As part of the transition process all camp school records were collected and archived so while it may be possible to collate data for 2018 it would be a time consuming exercise requiring an unreasonable diversion of Department of Education resources.
2016
2017
2019 (Fairbridge)
Camp School
Total Attended
Total Attended
Total Attended
Point Peron
5 226
5 414
4 409
Geraldton
1 762
2 361
2 132
Goldfields
1 725
1 247
1 282
Dampier
1 868
2 419
786
Bridgetown
1 931
1 890
1 099
Pemberton
2 066
2 055
599
(e) The lease provides that the parties shall meet to “review the Lease and discuss any opportunities for change, including improvements”. The Department has regularly met with Fairbridge to discuss the operation of the lease. A meeting will be held before the end of the 2020 calendar year. A date is yet to be set.
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