CORONAVIRUS — SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION — POWER REBATE
9. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the minister representing the
Minister for Finance:
I think this question has been
redirected from the Minister for Small Business. I refer to the $500 power
rebate administered by the Small Business Development Corporation that was
offered to small businesses affected by the five-day snap lockdown in February.
(1) What was the total amount set
aside for this rebate and when was the program established?
(2) Can the minister please table
the criteria for potential applicants?
(3) How many
applications have been received to date and what is the total dollar value of
applications received from small business owners to date?
(4) How many
grant payments have been made to date and what is the total value of payments
to successful applicants to date?
(5) What additional
resourcing within SBDC is set aside for this program?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank Hon Colin de Grussa for
some notice of the question. I do not have an answer in my file at this stage,
honourable member. If it arrives in the next few minutes, I will give it to the
member at the end of question time.