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National Capital Allowances
National Capital Allowances are assessed to take account of indirect influences such as higher maintenance costs due to the National Capital Plan and higher levels of Commonwealth ownership of land. Specific allowances are assessed when the ACT is not compensated directly by the Commonwealth, for example on a fee for service basis, or when the influence is not already taken into account by the Commissions normal assessment methodology. The levels of specific National Capital Allowances for State-type services since 1991-92 are shown in Table 1 below, together with estimates for 1994-95.
Table 1: National Capital Allowances, 1991-92 to 1994-95
1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95
($m) ($m) ($m) ($m)
Expenditure
Government Primary Education 0.056 0.058 (a) (a)
Non-Government Primary Education -0.011 -0.012 (a) (a)
Government Secondary Education 0.157 0.161 (a) (a)
Non-Government Secondary Education 0.020 0.020 (a) (a)
Technical and Further Education 0.197 0.202 (a) (a)
Culture and Recreation 1.194 1.226 1.495 1.526
National Parks and Wildlife 1.799 1.846 1.914 1.953
Police 0.281 0.288 - -
Mapping and Surveying 1.967 0.288 - -
Planning and Environment 0.281 0.288 0.598 0.610
Public Safety and Emergency Services 0.281 2.016 2.093 2.136
Metropolitan Transit 6.166 7.114 - -
Revenue
Statutory Corporation Payments 1.096 1.217 - -
- Electricity and Gas
TOTAL 13.484 14.716 6.100 6.224
(a) These amounts are incorporated in the Transitional Allowances and reflect the above standard costs resulting from indirect National Capital influences.
The methodology for assessing these allowances was altered in the Commissions Report opt General Revenue Grant Relativities 1993. As a result, a number of allowances were discontinued or absorbed into other factor assessments. The most significant was for Metropolitan Transit ($7.114m in 1992-93). In the Commissions
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