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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 569

Commonwealth Specific Purpose Payments

MR KAINE- Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 23 February 1993:

For each Specific Purpose Payment (SPP) received by the ACT, will the Chief Minister provide information on

(1) The purpose for which the payments are made and whether the funds are tied or untied.

(2) The agreements under which the payments are received, specifically (a) are the agreements current for 1992-93; (b) the expiry date of multi-year agreements; (c) the audit requirements for each agreement and (d) the extent of incomplete or unsatisfied audit requirements.

(3) The amount of the agreed grants for 1992-93.

(4) The amount received to date.

CHIEF MINISTER - The answer to the members question is as follows:

(1)The details of Specific Purpose Payments to the ACT in 1992-93, including the

purposes for which the payments are made, are provided in

Chapter 9 of 1992-93 ACT Budget Paper No 2, Budget Overview.

Specific Purpose Payments by their very nature are tied payments, subject to conditions on expenditure. These conditions range from general requirements to detailed conditions on the operation of joint expenditure programs including program or project approval, matching arrangements and information requirements.

Those Specific Purpose Payments to the ACT which have only general conditions rather than specific detailed conditions are: Hospital Funding Grant; Financial Assistance - Local Government (including the former Local Government Roads component of funding under the Australian Transport Development Program); ACT National Capital Influences (Local Government); and Assistance for Water and Sewerage.

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