(1) What amount of the additional funding for the Defence Force Cadets announced in the Defence White Paper is earmarked for (a) changes to command and management arrangements, (b) the provision of information technology support and (c) the pilot indigenous project.

(2) For (a) navy cadets, (b) army cadets and (c) air force cadets, what is the average amount of annual Commonwealth financial assistance per cadet for (i) uniforms, (ii) staff salary costs, (iii) annual camp, (iv) unit running costs, (v) regional and national overheads, (vi) federal police checks, (vii) unit accommodation, (viii) staff training and (ix) other assistance, if any.

(3) As a result of the White Paper has there been any change in the level of Commonwealth financial support to individual cadet units in respect of the items referred to in part (2); if so, what are the details.

(1) (a) $1.3 million, of which $0.6 million is for existing staff

(b) $2.03 million

(c) $0.845 million.

(2) (a) (b) and (c) To date, the range of Cadets costs have not been discretely itemised within Defence accounts. The Cadets: The Future Review report estimated the financial, resource and in-kind support for the ADF Cadets to be $24 million. That amount was accepted by Defence as the baseline for the operating and resource costs for the ADF Cadets, to which an additional $6 million was allocated in the 2001 Budget.

(3) Defence sponsorship is delivered mainly through resource support rather than direct financial grants to individual cadet units. The Government's wide-ranging enhancement program, to be implemented over three years, will result in a more cohesive framework and support base for the ADF Cadets. The impact of the enhancement program on individual cadet units cannot be quantified at present.