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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 374 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 May 2018 by Hon Jim Chown

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


POINT PERON CAMP SCHOOL — CLOSURE
      374. Hon JIM CHOWN to the Minister for Education and Training:
I refer to the minister's answer to question without notice 351 asked on 10 May 2018 in relation to the formula used to arrive at camp school deficit figures. I also refer to the minister's answer to question without notice 141 asked on 22 March 2018 in relation to the actual deficit figures from camp schools. Using Point Peron camp school as an example, its annual report states that it was allocated a total budget from the department in 2017 of $1 131 362. The school returned $766 824 in locally raised revenue to the department, arriving at a deficit for the camp school of $364 538 for 2017. Please explain the discrepancy between the minister's answer to question without notice 141 and the figures published in the Point Peron camp school annual report 2017.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
The financial summary provided in the camp school's annual report 2017 relates to the operation of the camp school at the school level, but includes transactions that are eliminated when consolidated at a departmental level. The response to question without notice 141 was based on the departmental level. The transactions eliminated include item 9, transfer from reserve or deductible gift recipient in the ''Revenue—Cash & Salary Allocation'' table; and item 14, camp school fees to central office, camp schools only, in the ''Expenditure—Cash and Salary'' table. Furthermore, the Point Peron financial summary does not include the salaries, wages and associated on-costs in the ''Expenditure—Cash and Salary'' table, but this item is included in the total cost of operating the camp school. Using Point Peron as an example, the reconciliation between the two sets of figures is provided in tabular form.
I seek leave to have the information incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
Expenditure (2017 Actual):�������
          $
          Point Peron Annual Report 2017 items 1-14
          1 189 021.07
          Less – Item 14 Camp School Fees transferred to Central Office
      -
          �766 823.50
          Add – Salaries wages and on-costs paid centrally by the Department
      +
          �976 228.88
          1 398 426.45

Revenue (2017 Actual):�������
          $
          Point Peron Annual Report 2017 items 1-12
          882 772.34
          Less – Item 9 Transfer from Reserve or Deductible Gift Recipient
      -
          �111 832.98
          770 939.36
          2017 Point Peron Operating Deficit
          -627 487.09