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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 2 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 798 ..

$ 7,835 in November 2002

$ 6,665 in December 2002

$ 6,865 in January 2003

$ 6,663 in February 2003

(5)

The monthly cost of holding prisoners interstate for November and December 2002 and January and February 2003 was:

$ 658,347 in November 2002

$ 727,504 in December 2002

$ 710,397 in January 2003

$ 625,279 in February 2003

(6)

The operational cost to date of the Symonston Temporary Remand Centre has been

$ 859,593 . It should be noted that the Symonston Temporary Remand Centre has only been fully operational since 14 November 2002.

The number of staff currently employed there to provide a 7days a week/24 hours a day service is 26 . This figure includes 25 custodial officers and one administrative staff.

(7)

Between 1 November 2002 and 28 February 2003 there were no occasions on which the court cells were used to house remandees overnight. However, on the night of

18 January 2003 the Court cells were used to house 11 juvenile offenders who were evacuated from Quamby because of the bushfires.

Women's grant program

(Question No 459)

Mr Stefaniak asked the Minister for Sport, Racing and Gaming, upon notice, on 12/3/03:

In relation to the Women's Grant Program:

1. Is the $60, 000 allocated to the Women's Grant Program this financial year more or less than the previous financial year;

2. How much money has been allocated to this program each year for the last 5 years;

3. How much money was allocated in total to women's sport in the

(d) 1999-00 budget (e) 1998-99 budget.

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