DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — SCHOOL
MAINTENANCE BUDGET
330. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to the minister's press statement titled ''Multimillion
dollar maintenance boost for WA public schools'' released on 4 April
2019.
(1) Is the $18
million investment in schools to address additional maintenance needs new
funding or is it reallocated funding from the Department of Education's
existing budget allocation?
(2) If the
funding is from the existing budget allocation, has the funding of any other
departmental programs been impacted to facilitate this additional investment
for maintenance; and, if yes, will the minister provide more detail?
(3) Will the minister provide a breakdown of the $18 million
investment by school and project?
(4) How were the projects referred to in (3) identified and
selected for funding?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) The investment came from the department's existing
budget allocation.
(2) No.
(3) I table
the attached information. A breakdown by budget cannot be provided as the work
is currently out for quoting and tendering.
[See paper 2579.]
(4) The
schools were identified based on an analysis of the 2017–18 building
condition assessments recently completed and other information known about the
condition of school facilities.