❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Education regarding the cost and justification of interstate flights taken by Department of Education staff, following a media report on budget cuts.
AnsweredQoN 994Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION — INTERSTATE FLIGHTS
994. Hon MATT BENSON-LIDHOLM to the Minister for Education:
Mr President, on the special occasion of your birthday, my
question without notice of which some notice is given is to the Minister for
Education.
I refer to the article in The
West Australian on 9 November 2012 in relation to education department
budget cuts and interstate flights taken by nine education department staff in
the past 12 months.
(1) For each flight, what is the name and title of the
officer who took the trip?
(2) For each flight, what was the destination and purpose of
the trip?
(3) Were the flights for the trips business class or economy
class?
(4) How much was spent during the trips on flights,
accommodation, meals and other expenses?
The PRESIDENT : The first part of that question is out of
order, but I will hand it to the Minister for Education for the rest!
OF EDUCATION — INTERSTATE FLIGHTS
994. Hon MATT BENSON-LIDHOLM to the Minister for Education:
Mr President, on the special occasion of your birthday, my
question without notice of which some notice is given is to the Minister for
Education.
I refer to the article in The
West Australian on 9 November 2012 in relation to education department
budget cuts and interstate flights taken by nine education department staff in
the past 12 months.
(1) For each flight, what is the name and title of the
officer who took the trip?
(2) For each flight, what was the destination and purpose of
the trip?
(3) Were the flights for the trips business class or economy
class?
(4) How much was spent during the trips on flights,
accommodation, meals and other expenses?
The PRESIDENT : The first part of that question is out of
order, but I will hand it to the Minister for Education for the rest!
AnswerView source ↗
Thank you; I could say ''Birthday Boy'' but I
will say Mr President! I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(4) The department's travel database
does not disaggregate accommodation expenditure and meals expenditure;
therefore expenditure on these two items is combined in the response. The
12-month period is 26 October 2011 to 25 October 2012. The Department of Education
has provided advice about the 35 interstate flights in the form of a table. I
table the table and seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 5412.]
The following material was incorporated —
will say Mr President! I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1)–(4) The department's travel database
does not disaggregate accommodation expenditure and meals expenditure;
therefore expenditure on these two items is combined in the response. The
12-month period is 26 October 2011 to 25 October 2012. The Department of Education
has provided advice about the 35 interstate flights in the form of a table. I
table the table and seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted. [See paper 5412.]
The following material was incorporated —
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