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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 203 asked in the Legislative Council on 29 March 2018 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


TRANSPORT — SCHOOL BUS SERVICE — MARGARET RIVER–METRICUP
      203. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to the Margaret River–Metricup school bus service.
(1) What is the maximum capacity in student numbers of this bus?
(2) Is the bus currently at maximum capacity?
(3) If yes to (2) —
      (a) are any children being denied access to the service;
          (b) have any children who have had complimentary approval to ride on this service had that approval rescinded; and
      (c) can a larger bus be made available?
(4) What are the student passenger numbers for each segment of the route?
(5) What is the forecast demand over the next three years for students requiring this bus service?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I appreciate the honourable member giving us notice of that question. Unfortunately, that question was lodged today. It was asked of the Minister for Planning and/or the Minister for Lands and/or the Minister for Transport. None of those questions and answers appear in my folder. If it comes in by the end of question time, I will provide the answer then. Again, I apologise to the house. Any member can obviously ask a question that they have put in the folder today, but I remind members that if they have other questions in the folder, they perhaps might want to ask those and they might get an answer.
[The following material was incorporated; see page 1469.]
(1) 57 adults (over Year 4) or 83 students (less than Year 4).
      (2) No. However, to address capacity issues within the Margaret River area, three Margaret River 'orange' bus services, including the Margaret River Metricup service, are currently under review with an intention to make seats available for 10 eligible waitlisted students. From 9 April 2018, some students will be reallocated to different services and 17 complimentary passengers will no longer be able to travel on the service.
(3) (a) Yes.
      (b) Yes.
      (c) No.
      (4) The Margaret River Metricup service is split into 3 bus runs. Run 1 has a maximum of 31 students, Run 2, 42 students and Run 3, 45 students. noting from 9 April, run 3 will increase to 65 students, the other runs will remain the same.
(5) There is no specific forecast for this service.