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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (4 September) . . Page.. 3049 ..

MINISTER FOR POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTIONS

NO 442

Road Rescue Fee

Mr Wood - asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services - In relation to the Road Rescue Fee

(1) As it is now more than six months since its introduction

(a) how much money has been raised in the first six months of the collection of that fee;

(b) how much of this total has been spent on the placement and maintenance of a fifth ambulance crew;

(c) how much has been allocated from this total to offset the cost of all road rescue services provided by the ACT (including fire fighting services)

(2) Will this Road Rescue Fee money be kept in a separate fund and used for these purposes.

Mr Humphries - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:

(1) (a) $1,371,551

(b) The Road Rescue Fee money is collected by Road User Services and transferred to the Emergency Services Bureau's Territory Account (Consolidated Revenue) which is then transferred in full to the Central Finance unit of the Office of Financial Management. Funds to operate the 5th Ambulance (and the 6th Ambulance to be established soon at Gungahlin) are appropriated to the Emergency Services Bureau as part of its budget.

(c) The Emergency Services Bureau is appropriated monies for the delivery of outputs, the details of which are contained in the Budget Papers.

(2) There are no separate funding arrangements for ACT road rescue services.

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