(1)   What sum was provided for 2004 to (a) government and (b) non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and in the postcode area (i) 2019, (ii) 2036, (iii) 2031, (iv) 2034, (v) 2032, (vi) 2018, (vii) 2036, (viii) 2035, (ix) 2020, and (x) 2052.

(2)   What was the (a) expenditure on, (b) location of, and (c) purpose of each grant in 2004.

(3)   What sum will be provided for 2005 to (a) government, and (b) non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and in the postcode area (i) 2019, (ii) 2036, (iii) 2031, (iv) 2034, (v) 2032, (vi) 2018, (vii) 2036, (viii) 2035, (ix) 2020, and (x) 2052 for 2005.

(4)   What will (a) the expenditure be for, (b) be the location of, and (c) be the purpose of each grant in 2005.

(1) (a)   Total Australian Government funding for government schools is not reported at the level of detail requested. Australian Government General Recurrent Grants for government schools are provided to the government education authority in each State or Territory, on the basis of total enrolments. The State or Territory determines where the grants are used. Payments to individual schools are not recorded.         The Department of Education, Science and Training only provides electoral division and postcode detail for General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools and Capital Grants to both government and non-government schools. For this period, no Capital Grants funding was provided to government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith or identified postcodes for 2004.

(b)   Total Australian Government funding for non-government schools cannot be reported at the level of detail requested. Funding from Australian Government programmes that can be reported at this level of detail totalled $28,016,356 in 2004 for non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and the identified postcodes, with $27,691,356 from the General Recurrent Grants programme and $325,000 from the Capital Grants programme. (2)   (a), (b) Details on the expenditure and location of Capital Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith or identified postcodes for 2004 are in Table 1 at Attachment A. Details on the expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith or identified postcodes for 2004 for this period are in Table 2 at Attachment A.

(2) (a)   , (b) Details on the expenditure and location of Capital Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith or identified postcodes for 2004 are in Table 1 at Attachment A. Details on the expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith or identified postcodes for 2004 for this period are in Table 2 at Attachment A.

(c)   The purpose of the Australian Government Capital Grants is to provide education outcomes by assisting in the provision of school facilities, particularly in ways that contribute most to raising the overall level of educational achievement of Australian school students.         The purpose of Australian Government General Recurrent Grants is to help schools with the recurrent cost of school education so that they can offer students educational s directed towards the achievement of the Australian Government’s priorities for schooling. (3)   (a) Estimates of total Australian Government funding for 2005 for government schools are not maintained at the level of detail requested (see response to 1a). Information about 2005 Capital Grants for government schools is not yet available.

(3) (a)   Estimates of total Australian Government funding for 2005 for government schools are not maintained at the level of detail requested (see response to 1a). Information about 2005 Capital Grants for government schools is not yet available.

(b)   Estimates of total Australian Government funding for 2005 for non-government schools are not maintained at the level of detail requested. However it is estimated that $32,539,710 will be provided in 2005 under the General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and the identified postcodes.         Information about 2005 Capital Grants for non-government schools is not available. (4)   (a), (b)Details on the estimated expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants for non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and the identified postcodes for this period are in Table 3 at Attachment A.

(4) (a)   , (b)Details on the estimated expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants for non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and the identified postcodes for this period are in Table 3 at Attachment A.

(c)   See response to (2c).

Attachment A

Table 1

Expenditure and location of Capital Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2004.

Table 2

Expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2004

*Multicampus School - both the head and subsidiary campuses are located in the electorate of Kingsford Smith

Data as at 6 January 2005.

Table 3

Estimated expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2005

The entitlement amount for systemic schools is the amount that the school attracts to the system and may be different from the final amount allocated to the school by the system office.

Table 2

Expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2004

*Multicampus School - both the head and subsidiary campuses are located in the electorate of Kingsford Smith

Data as at 6 January 2005.

Table 3

Estimated expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2005

The entitlement amount for systemic schools is the amount that the school attracts to the system and may be different from the final amount allocated to the school by the system office.

*Multicampus School - both the head and subsidiary campuses are located in the electorate of Kingsford Smith

Data as at 6 January 2005.

Table 3

Estimated expenditure and location of General Recurrent Grants to non-government schools in the electoral division of Kingsford Smith and identified postcodes in 2005

The entitlement amount for systemic schools is the amount that the school attracts to the system and may be different from the final amount allocated to the school by the system office.

The entitlement amount for systemic schools is the amount that the school attracts to the system and may be different from the final amount allocated to the school by the system office.