There are no Higher Education campuses in the electorate of Barton.

The following programmes have been continued, renewed or introduced since 1996:

There are many school programmes which have been introduced, continued or renewed by DEST in the electorate of Barton since March 1996. These include programmes such as:

- Quality Teacher;

- Schools Drugs Education Strategy;

- Boys Education Lighthouse Schools;

- National Values Education Study; and

- Discovering Democracy - Civics and Citizenship Education.

However, under programme administrative arrangements with the States, Territories and non- government education authorities, the Australian Government only collects data by electorate for certain programmes. For Information on these programmes refer to question 2.

The Innovation Access Programme (IAP) is a national programme that began in 2001-02, replacing the Technology Diffusion Programme. Following the transfer of the Science portfolio to the Education portfolio in 2002, the IAP was divided with the science component badged as “IAP-International Science and Technology” transferring to the DEST. No IAP-IST grants have been awarded to the electorate of Barton.

DEST's Vocational Education and Training (VET) Group administers the following programmes in the Barton electorate:

Not applicable.

St George Compact Ltd

Eastern Region Catholic Schools Business Education Partnership

* Structured Workplace Learning clusters receive Australian Government resources under contract and the clusters listed above extend services to schools in electorates other than Barton.

Hurstville Enterprise Association for People Services t/as St George Careers Development Centre

* Funding details for individual Jobs Pathway Programme providers is `Commercial-in-Confidence'.

Information on funding is not available at the electorate level.

Information on funding is not available at the electorate level.

No IAP-IST grants have been awarded to the electorate of Barton.

Basic IT Enabling Skills (BITES) for Older Workers Programme

No organisations have yet delivered BITES in the electorate of Barton, but participation is open to residents of that electorate. In 2002/03, 301 courses were delivered in 114 locations throughout NSW. NSW DET recently advertised for Providers to deliver BITES services in 2003/04, but has not yet finalised the selection process. Further specific information is available from the NSW Department of Education and Training on (02) 9244 5396.

New Apprenticeships Access Programme (NAAP)

The following table details NAAP outcomes in the Barton electorate since March 1996.

NAAP brokers receive funding based on the number of participants commencing the programme, and the number of New Apprenticeship and employment outcomes achieved and maintained. Employers and NAAP participants do not receive direct benefits from NAAP. The following table details funding paid to NAAP brokers since March 1996.

Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Programme

WELL programme data is available from the 1998/99 financial year onwards. Since 1998/99 the following grants for training projects have been funded by WELL in the electorate of Barton:

No individuals were funded.

Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme (LLNP)

Funding for the AEMP (which operated from 1991 to end 2001, when it was incorporated into the LLNP) took the form of Specific Purpose Payments (as annual grants) to the States/Territories. Funding details by electorate are therefore not available.

In the period from January 1998 to end June 2001, TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute was the provider under the Literacy and Numeracy Programme (the programme also was incorporated into the LLNP). Funding details prior to the 2000/2001 financial year are unavailable and information cannot be provided.

TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute is the current provider in the electorate for LLNP. OTEN, an arm of TAFE NSW also provides distance training to people living in all electorates who cannot attend face to face training for personal, medical or other reasons.

It should be noted that Sydney Institute also has campuses located outside the electorate of Barton and that payments made to Sydney Institute cannot be broken down to electorates.

Funding provided to TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute for the Literacy and Numeracy Programme and LLNP is as follows;

2000/01 Financial Year - $257,317.60 GST exclusive

2001/02 Financial Year - $693,932.25 GST exclusive

2002/03 Financial Year - $2,150,278.23 GST exclusive

2003/04 Financial Year - $166,177.51 GST exclusive, to date.

New Apprenticeships Incentives Programme

Since 1998, $5.539 million in employer incentives have been paid in the electorate of Barton.

DEST does not have information on incentive payments for apprentices between 1996 and 1998 under the Australian Traineeship System.