Bruce Scott (Maranoa, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, in writing, on 24 August 2011:

(1) What sum of funding is allocated to the Country Areas Program. (2) What sum of this funding is allocated to the Queensland Government through the Priority Country Area Program (PCAP). (3) What Queensland schools receive funding through the PCAP, and what sum did each of these schools receive in 2009-10 and 2010-11, and from 1 July 2011 to date.

Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) In 2010 the Australian Government provided $5.8 million under the Country Areas Program. Of this, $1.06 million was provided to non-government education authorities in Queensland.

(2) The PCAP is a Queensland Government program managed by the Queensland Department of Education and Training.

(3) The Queensland Department of Education and Training administers the PCAP. The Australian Government does not have information regarding the details of schools funded by this program.