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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 11 Hansard (10 December) . . Page.. 3554 ..

(3) Funds allocated for ISPs and IFAs over 1996-2000 are

Year ISPs IFAs

1996-97 1,319,602 ngo 464,772 ngo
346,900 ACT CC 183,000 ACT CC
1,666,502 total 647,772 total

1997-98 1,374,600 ngo 249,379 ngo
356,969 ACT CC 205,031 Richmond Fellowship
240,770 ACT CC
1,731,569 total 695,180 total

1998-99 1,375,655 ngo 286,200 ngo
allocation only 398,600 ACT CC 208,400 Richmond Fellowship
248,900 ACT CC
1,774,255 total 743,500 total

1999-2000 not allocated not allocated

source: annual reports, ACT CC and Richmond contracts, allocations, acquittals
note: funding prior to 1996-97 was through Community Services Bureau

(4) On further examination of information provided in relation to question 42, I note the wording used should have been that since 1993, the proportion of Commonwealth Government funding of disability services has decreased to from 21.5% to 17% and the proportion of ACT Government funding has increased from 78.5% to 83%.

The actual percentage of increase overall has been 46% (from $14.8m to $21.6m).

Major funding growth between 1993-94 to 1997-98 has been used to meet cost inflation through indexation and for sector expansion, eg developing the COOOL and Prolonged Care Cottages at a cost of $1.017m in 1997-98 and the introduction of ISPs and IFAs. As indicated in response to question 3, ISPs and IFA are managed in both government and non-government sectors.

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