❓ Question seeks a breakdown of Emergency Services Levy (ESL) revenue and expenditure by local government authority. The answer provides overall ESL revenue and explains that DFES costs aren't allocated to individual LGAs, but LGs receive grants for volunteer services.
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Can the Minister please advise, for each local government authority in the financial year 2012–2013: (a) how much money was raised under the Emergency Services Levy (ESL); and (b) the expenditure from ESL funds in each of those local government authorities?
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Answered
7 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services
Response time
42 days
(a) [See tabled paper no]
(b) In 2012/13 the ESL raised $228.904 million of DFES' $310 million operating revenue . DFES provides and directly funds the following services:
o career and volunteer Fire and Rescue Services;
o volunteer emergency service units;
o volunteer fire service units;
o DFES operational management, technical support and administrative services;
Costs associated with services that are provided and directly funded by DFES are not distributed to individual local governments as they service multiple local government areas.
The Local Government Grants Scheme supports volunteer bush fire brigades and volunteer State Emergency Service (SES) units via payments to Local Governments. $24.158 million was paid to Local Governments through the scheme in the 2012-2013 financial year.
[See tabled paper no]
(b) In 2012/13 the ESL raised $228.904 million of DFES' $310 million operating revenue . DFES provides and directly funds the following services:
o career and volunteer Fire and Rescue Services;
o volunteer emergency service units;
o volunteer fire service units;
o DFES operational management, technical support and administrative services;
Costs associated with services that are provided and directly funded by DFES are not distributed to individual local governments as they service multiple local government areas.
The Local Government Grants Scheme supports volunteer bush fire brigades and volunteer State Emergency Service (SES) units via payments to Local Governments. $24.158 million was paid to Local Governments through the scheme in the 2012-2013 financial year.
[See tabled paper no]
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