❓ Hon Donna Faragher asks about maintenance funding allocated to six specific schools in WA from 2015-2019 and requests the allocated amount for 2019-20. The answer provides the funding breakdown for each school over the specified years and explains the funding allocation process for 2019-20.
AnsweredQoN 2214Legislative Council
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(1) I refer to Building Condition Assessment reports undertaken by the Department of Education for Western Australian public schools, and I ask for the financial years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19, what was the total amount of funding made available for maintenance at each of the following schools: (a) Attadale Primary School; (b) Bicton Primary School; (c) Melville Primary School; (d) Melville Senior High School; (e) Palmyra Primary School; and (f) Richmond Primary School? (2) For all schools referred to in (1), what is the amount to be made available for maintenance in 2019-20?
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Answered
20 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
1)
SCHOOL
2015-16
($)
2016-17
($)
2017-18
($)
2018-19
($)
TOTAL
($)
a) Attadale Primary School
257 396
104 565
120 874
132 972
615 807
b) Bicton Primary School
241 129
157 613
305 937
188 353
893 032
c) Melville Primary School
128 322
382 759
165 885
121 591
798 557
d) Melville Senior High School
1 789 290
2 324 089
1 254 801
1 555 496
6 923 676
e) Palmyra Primary School
257 488
106 648
286 536
147 577
798 249
f) Richmond Primary School
268 135
211 706
189 644
139 615
809 100
Data Source:
Department of Finance Building Management and Works (BMW) Data Warehouse 2018-19 data as at 24 June 2019. Includes expenditures funded by schools where works were arranged by BMW.
2) Funding is managed centrally and is allocated to address needs in schools as they arise. Schools may elect to manage their own faults and breakdowns up to a maximum of $5000 per event and receive an allocation from the central maintenance account. Schools may also use part of their one-line budget to undertake maintenance and minor works projects.
SCHOOL
2015-16
($)
2016-17
($)
2017-18
($)
2018-19
($)
TOTAL
($)
a) Attadale Primary School
257 396
104 565
120 874
132 972
615 807
b) Bicton Primary School
241 129
157 613
305 937
188 353
893 032
c) Melville Primary School
128 322
382 759
165 885
121 591
798 557
d) Melville Senior High School
1 789 290
2 324 089
1 254 801
1 555 496
6 923 676
e) Palmyra Primary School
257 488
106 648
286 536
147 577
798 249
f) Richmond Primary School
268 135
211 706
189 644
139 615
809 100
Data Source:
Department of Finance Building Management and Works (BMW) Data Warehouse 2018-19 data as at 24 June 2019. Includes expenditures funded by schools where works were arranged by BMW.
2) Funding is managed centrally and is allocated to address needs in schools as they arise. Schools may elect to manage their own faults and breakdowns up to a maximum of $5000 per event and receive an allocation from the central maintenance account. Schools may also use part of their one-line budget to undertake maintenance and minor works projects.
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