Hon Adele Farina asks about VET FEE HELP loans in WA, including the number, value, and average value of loans awarded, with a specific focus on students in the South West region. The answer provides data up to July 31, 2015, noting it's unvalidated and subject to change.

AnsweredQoN 3545Legislative Council
Asked
20 October 2015
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Training and Workforce Development

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I refer to vocational education and training VET FEE HELP loans awarded in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) how many VET FEE HELP loans were awarded in Western Australia in 2015; (b) what was the total value of these loans; (c) what is the average value of each individual loan; and (d) how many VET FEE HELP loans were awarded to students living in the South West in 2015: (i) what was the average value of each loan?

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Answered
2 December 2015
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
43 days
The VET FEE HELP loan scheme and the collection of repayments are administered by the Federal Government.
The VET enrolment data collection is not designed to support financial year or semester based reporting as each collection point represents a standalone year-to-date snapshot of activity. The Department of Training and Workforce Development only reports enrolment activity at periodic intervals that reflect enrolments recorded from the start of the calendar year.
For consistency with previous questions and due to recent changes in the timing of national reporting requirements, figures reflect unvalidated VET enrolment data as at
31 July 2015.
Year to date figures for VET FEE HELP loan data are subject to change, as students do not formally incur a debt until after a census date has passed.
(a) In 2015 to date, there have been VET FEE HELP loans for 4332 publicly funded course enrolments.
(b) $14 377 160.
(c) The average loan value per course enrolment has been $3319.
(d) In 2015 to date, there have been VET FEE HELP loans for 159 government subsidised course enrolments to students living in the South West.
(i) The average loan value per course enrolment has been $3729.

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