Question On Notice No. 3012 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 June 2020 by Hon Martin Aldridge
Question Directed to the: Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to question on
notice 2517, regarding "Major maintenance blitz: New job-creating school package unveiled", and the $99,900,000 allocated for 2019-20, and I ask:
(a) how much has been spent by education region;
(b) what percentage was allocated to local contractors in
each education region; and
(c) how many jobs were created in each region?
Answered on 8 September 2020
The McGowan Government’s $200 million School Maintenance Blitz program has provided funding to every public school in Western Australia for high priority maintenance, upgrades or refurbishments.
Every school has been allocated a share in $35 million for school led projects. Schools have been able to acquit this funding using the McGowan Government’s Direct to Market framework, which allows schools to engage local contactors directly. Ninety-eight percent of the contracts awarded to-date have been to Western Australian based businesses. The vast majority of the regional works to-date have been procured by the Department of Finance through its regional offices using its regionally focused ‘service alliance’ framework, which comprises a large network of local suppliers who are capable of undertaking low-value works. The remaining $165 million has been allocated to schools for targeted maintenance works, upgrades and refurbishments.
The Maintenance Blitz funding continues to be rolled out in schools across Western Australia.
(a)-(c)
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Education Region
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Actual Expenditure
2019-20
$000
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Percentage of
Contracts**
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Number of Jobs
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Goldfields
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3 202
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67.7%
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50
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Kimberley
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1 944
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59.8%
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30
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Midwest
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2 645
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81.8%
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41
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North Metropolitan
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22 481
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49.8%
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354
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Pilbara
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2 556
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58.7%
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40
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South Metropolitan
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26 372
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53.7%
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415
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South West
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7 830
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74.2%
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123
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Wheatbelt
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5 110
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61.7%
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80
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**Excludes number of contracts / value of works procured directly by schools.