Question On Notice No. 1385 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 June 2018 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Minister for Education and Training
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 1623-
View tabled paper
Question
I
refer to the public funding of private training providers, and I ask:
(a) for each of the last five financial years:
(i) what
is the annual value of publicly-funded places at private providers;
(ii) how
many publicly funded places were contracted to private providers; and
(iii) how many of those publicly funded places at private providers are targeted for priority populations; and
(b) could
the Minister please list the courses contracted to be delivered by private
providers:
(i) are any of these courses delivered in towns or
cities with an existing TAFE campus; and
(ii) if
yes to (b)(i), will the Minister please specify the locations and the courses that are being
delivered?
Answered on 16 August 2018
(a)
(i)
|
Financial Year
|
Total Expenditure for Private Training Providers
|
|
2013-14
|
$92,458,870
|
|
2014-15
|
$105,501,049
|
|
2015-16
|
$105,500,675
|
|
2016-17
|
$84,436,390
|
|
2017-18
|
$74,031,183
|
(ii)
|
Calendar Year
|
Total Places for Private Training Providers
|
|
2013
|
31,359
|
|
2014
|
31,906
|
|
2015
|
34,215
|
|
2016
|
33,218
|
|
2017
|
30,666
|
Note: Places are allocated and reported based on calendar years:
(iii)
|
Calendar Year
|
Places for Equity Priority Groups
|
|
2013
|
8,366
|
|
2014
|
5,496
|
|
2015
|
5,985
|
|
2016
|
6,489
|
|
2017
|
6,347
|
(b)(i)-(ii)
See tabled paper No.
The table lists all publicly funded courses delivered by private providers in 2017. Where any of these courses were delivered in the same local government area (LGA) with an existing TAFE campus, the town (T), city (C) or shire (S) is also specified.