A parliamentary question regarding the "It Pays to Learn" allowance, its eligibility, payment recipients, and its impact on education outcomes. The Minister's initial response was deemed insufficient by the questioner, but she later provided a detailed answer.

AnsweredQoN 694Legislative Council
Asked
22 September 2005
Portfolio
Education and Training

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I refer to the government’s “It Pays to Learn” allowance. (1) How much is the allowance and what are the eligibility criteria to receive it? (2) To whom is the allowance payable - students, parents or schools? (3) How will the minister use this policy to improve education outcomes? There is no part (4). I will give the minister my copy of the question so that she can see that there is no part (4). I am interested in the answers to parts (1), (2) and (3), not that she went to Balga TAFE last Monday. If she could answer that question, it would be lovely. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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(1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
(1) How much is the allowance and what are the eligibility criteria to receive it? (2) To whom is the allowance payable - students, parents or schools? (3) How will the minister use this policy to improve education outcomes? There is no part (4). I will give the minister my copy of the question so that she can see that there is no part (4). I am interested in the answers to parts (1), (2) and (3), not that she went to Balga TAFE last Monday. If she could answer that question, it would be lovely. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
(2) To whom is the allowance payable - students, parents or schools? (3) How will the minister use this policy to improve education outcomes? There is no part (4). I will give the minister my copy of the question so that she can see that there is no part (4). I am interested in the answers to parts (1), (2) and (3), not that she went to Balga TAFE last Monday. If she could answer that question, it would be lovely. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
(3) How will the minister use this policy to improve education outcomes? There is no part (4). I will give the minister my copy of the question so that she can see that there is no part (4). I am interested in the answers to parts (1), (2) and (3), not that she went to Balga TAFE last Monday. If she could answer that question, it would be lovely. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
There is no part (4). I will give the minister my copy of the question so that she can see that there is no part (4). I am interested in the answers to parts (1), (2) and (3), not that she went to Balga TAFE last Monday. If she could answer that question, it would be lovely. Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
Several members interjected. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: (1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
(1)-(3) The “It Pays to Learn” strategy was a key election commitment of the government, which aimed to provide all Western Australians with the knowledge and skills they need to become economically and socially successful citizens of the future. The longer period of compulsory engagement with education and training, as proposed by the new legislation that I will bring to this place - it has already been introduced in the other place - in the next few weeks, is aimed at providing all students with a full breadth of opportunities to improve their skills, job prospects and long-term prosperity. We acknowledge that these benefits may not flow immediately and that the cost associated with education can be a strain on the family budget. Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
Hon Simon O’Brien : I gave the minister the question and she still can’t answer it. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH : The member does not like the answer. The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
The Gallop government will therefore give teenagers’ parents an annual payment of up to $400 to help meet the cost of educating their children, with special emphasis on young people who are no longer at school. The funding for this initiative is $64.2 million over five years. It provides the parents of 16 and 17-year-olds with $200 a year if their child is still at high school, and $400 a year if their child is enrolled full time at TAFEWA or with another registered training provider. Parents of approximately 60 000 Western Australian teenagers will receive the payment. I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.
I think I have answered part (2). I have answered part (1). I have definitely answered part (3). That is three out of three. The outcome is 100 per cent.

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