A WA parliamentary question seeks a breakdown of state and federal funding for homelessness services between 2016-17 and 2019-20, including regional allocation. The answer provides total funding figures, with regional breakdowns in a tabled paper.

AnsweredQoN 5503Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 September 2019
Portfolio
Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to State Government support for homelessness services in Western Australia, and ask for each of the years 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20: (a) How much funding has been provided for specialist homelessness support services; (b) How much funding has been provided for WA homelessness services by the Federal Government: (i) How much funding provided by the Federal Government was spent in each of the Department's regions for each of these years; and (c) How much funding has been provided by the State Government: (i) How much funding provided by the State Government was spent in each of the Department’s regions for each of these years?

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Answered
31 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services
Response time
10 days
(a) Current funding provided for specialist homelessness support services is:
2016-17
($)
2017-18
($)
2018-19
($)
2019-20
($)
Total
($)
84,940,314
93,402,273
89,804,011
90,736,239
358,882,837
(b) Funding provided to Western Australian homelessness services by the Commonwealth Government is:
2016-17
($)
2017-18
($)
2018-19
($)
2019-20
($)
Total
($)
43,650,230
40,529,360
44,059,000
44,684,000
172,922,590
(b)(i) [Please see tabled paper no.]
(c) Funding provided to Western Australian homelessness services by the State Government is:
2016-17
($)
2017-18
($)
2018-19
($)
2019-20
($)
Total
($)
41,290,084
52,872,913
45,745,011
46,052,239
185,960,247
(c)(i) [Please see tabled paper no.]

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