ANGELHANDS
1273. Hon COLIN HOLT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the organisation
angelhands, a not-for-profit organisation that deals with trauma recovery.
(1) How much
funding did angelhands receive from the government in 2015–16, 2016–17
and 2017–18?
(2) How much
funding will angelhands receive from the government in 2018–19 and 2019–20?
(3) What services does angelhands
deliver for government as a result of that funding?
(4) Does the minister agree that
angelhands delivers a valuable community service?
(5) If yes to (4), will the minister
consider increasing the funding to angelhands?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
Hon ALANNA
CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
Department of Health has not provided funding to angelhands for the years 2015–16
through to 2019–20. No formal request for funding has been received by
the Mental Health Commission for angelhands.
(3) Not applicable.
(4) I am unable to answer this
question under standing order 105(1)(b) because it seeks an opinion.
(5)–(6) Not applicable.