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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 894 asked in the Legislative Council on 29 November 2017 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


STATE FINANCES — CAPITAL WORKS EXPENDITURE
      894. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Treasurer:
What has been the annual general government expenditure on capital works as a percentage of general government expenditure in Western Australia in each financial year from 2001-02, or from the nearest available financial year to the end of the 2016-17 financial year as measured by, firstly, appropriations bills; and, secondly, general government purchases of non-financial assets?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The answer provided is in tabular form and I seek leave to have the information incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
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[HOUSE — Tuesday, 16 May 2000]
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[HOUSE — Tuesday, 16 May 2000]
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The following material was incorporated —

(1) The following table shows the ratio of Appropriation (Capital) Act 2 to the total of Appropriation (Recurrent) Act 1 and Appropriation (Capital) Act 2 for each year 2001-02 to 2016-17. It should be noted that appropriations represent a funding source for agency spending and that other funding sources (such as Commonwealth grants, fees and charges, and/or cash balances) collected or held by the agency may also contribute to expenditure. Some appropriations fund recurrent and other spending and financing activities by public corporations (i.e. not all appropriation funding supports spending by general government agencies).

      Table 1

      Appropriation (capital) ACT 2 as a Share of Total appropriation ACTs(a)

      Appropriation
      Appropriation
      Total Appropriation
      Act 1 (Recurrent)
      Act 2 (Capital)
      Acts
      Ratio
      (a)

      $m

      (b)

      $m

      (c) = (a) + (b)

      $m

      (b) / (c)

      %

      2001-02
      8,534
      625
      9,159
      6.8
      2002-03
      8,810
      413
      9,223
      4.5
      2003-04
      9,372
      547
      9,919
      5.5
      2004-05
      10,202
      791
      10,993
      7.2
      2005-06
      10,980
      1,114
      12,094
      9.2
      2006-07
      12,136
      2,223
      14,359
      15.5
      2007-08
      12,154
      2,752
      14,906
      18.5
      2008-09
      14,081
      1,903
      15,984
      11.9
      2009-10
      15,349
      2,897
      18,246
      15.9
      2010-11
      16,262
      2,459
      18,721
      13.1
      2011-12
      17,976
      3,261
      21,237
      15.4
      2012-13
      16,927
      2,344
      19,271
      12.2
      2013-14
      18,374
      2,725
      21,099
      12.9
      2014-15
      18,785
      2,265
      21,050
      10.8
      2015-16
      18,946
      1,858
      20,804
      8.9
      2016-17
      19,374
      2,008
      21,382
      9.4
      (a) Total Appropriation Acts comprises Appropriation (Recurrent) Act 1 and Appropriation (Capital) Act 2, including amounts authorised under the Treasurer’s Advance for above-budget outcomes in the year.
(2) For the purpose of this response, total expenditure is assumed to mean the total of general government expenses and purchases of non-financial assets (also known in the State’s Budget Papers as the Asset Investment Program). The following table shows the ratio of general government Asset Investment Program spending to total expenditure (as defined above) for each year 2001-02 to 2016-17.
      Table 2

      General government purchases of non-financial assets as a Share of total general government expenditure (a)

      Expenses

      (a)

      $m

      Purchase of
      Non-financial

      Assets

      (b)

      $m

      Total
      Expenditure (c) = (a) + (b)

      $m

      Ratio

      (b) / (c)

      %

      2001-02
      10,927
      894
      11,821
      7.6
      2002-03
      11,616
      794
      12,410
      6.4
      2003-04
      12,052
      992
      13,044
      7.6
      2004-05
      13,229
      1,092
      14,321
      7.6
      2005-06
      14,073
      1,161
      15,234
      7.6
      2006-07
      15,320
      1,610
      16,930
      9.5
      2007-08
      16,837
      2,022
      18,859
      10.7
      2008-09
      19,117
      2,255
      21,372
      10.6
      2009-10
      21,208
      2,974
      24,182
      12.3
      2010-11
      22,306
      2,870
      25,176
      11.4
      2011-12
      24,571
      3,358
      27,929
      12.0
      2012-13
      25,468
      3,195
      28,663
      11.1
      2013-14
      27,236
      3,289
      30,525
      10.8
      2014-15
      27,831
      2,667
      30,498
      8.7
      2015-16
      28,506
      2,475
      30,981
      8.0
      2016-17
      29,387
      2,341
      31,728
      7.4
      (a) Total general government expenditure defined as the total of expenses and spending on non-financial assets (also known as the Asset Investment Program).