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(1) Have any new school bus services commenced since the closure of Ginninderra District High School;

(2) How many students currently enrolled in ACT Government schools are former students of Ginninderra District High School;

(3) What is the average cost per student per annum for transport to and from school of the students referred to in part (2).

Mr Barr: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The Department does not collect data on new bus services.

(2) At the February 2006 Census, 218 students enrolled in ACT Government schools were former students of Ginninderra District High School.

(3) The Department does not calculate a cost for transport of students.

Ginninderra district high school
(Question No 1129)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for the Territory and Municipal Services, upon notice, on 10 May 2006:

(1) Have any new school bus services commenced since the closure of Ginninderra District High School;

(2) How many students currently enrolled in ACT Government schools are former students of Ginninderra District High School;

(3) What is the average cost per student per annum for transport to and from school of the students referred to in part (2).

Mr Hargreaves: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The transfer of some of the students to Melba High School resulted in one extra school service to this school.

(2) This question does not come under my portfolio responsibility.

(3) ACTION does not collect this information.

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for the Territory and Municipal Services, upon notice, on 10 May 2006:

(1) How many, and what, dedicated ACTION bus services to government schools currently operate in the ACT;