(1)   For each financial year from 1999-2000 to 2005-2006,

(a)   What was the total sum allocated nationally for Migrant Resource Centre (MRC)/Migrant Resource Agency (MSA) core funding and

(b)   What was the total sum allocated to those services in New South Wales.

(2)   For each financial year from 1999-2000 to 2005-2006,

(a)   What sum of MRC/MSA funding was received by services in the federal electorate of Parramatta

(b)   Which centres received funding and

(c)   What sum did each receive.

(3)   For each financial year from 1999-2000 to 2005-2006,

(a)   What sum of MRC/MSA core funding was received by services in the federal electorate of Greenway

(b)   Which centres received funding and

(c)   What sum did each receive.

(1)  

(a)   The total sum allocated nationally can be seen in Table 1.

(b)   The total sum allocated for these services in NSW is set out in Table 1.         The Department of Immigration and Citizenship does not store funding information based on electorate.

(2)  

(a)   The amounts of core funding received by MRCs/MSAs in the Parramatta area are set out in Table 1.

(b)   The centre which received funding in the Parramatta area is Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC.

(c)   The sum received each year is set out in Table 1.

(3)  

(a)   The amounts of core funding received by MRCs/MSAs in the Blacktown area are set out in Table 1.

(b)   The centre which received funding in the Blacktown area is the Blacktown MRC.

(c)   The sum received each year is set out in Table 1.         Table 1: MRC Core funding allocations

Financial year	National	NSW$	Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC	Blacktown MRC
	$	$	$	$
1999-2000	8 739 414	3 498 168	264 968	286 541
2000-2001	8 952 346	3 077 485	279 567	295 572
2001-2002	9 098 472	3 735 649	285 158	301 484
2003-2004	8 704 195	3 459 246	296 678	313 664
2004-2005	8 010 823	3 351 413	302 612	319 937
2005-2006	8 140 890	3 388 300	308 665	326 335