House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions Education Works EDUCATION WORKS In reply to Mr PISONI House of Assembly Unley EDUCATION WORKS In reply to Mr PISONI (Unley) (10 November 2010). The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Minister for Education Minister for Early Childhood Development Minister for Science and Information Economy EDUCATION WORKS The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Minister for Education, Minister for Early Childhood Development, Minister for Science and Information Economy): As reported in the Auditor-General's report, $3.3 million relates to project management expenditure by the Department of Education and Children's Services for the year on the Education Works project which includes the New Schools PPP project. As outlined in the Auditor-General's report, this comprised $794,000 for consultants and other government agency assistance, and $2.5 million relating to departmental project management and administration The $3.3 million relates to three components of the Education Works project. That is, the Stage 1 costs directly attributable to the construction of the New Schools under the Private Public Partnership arrangement, Stage 1 costs attributable to the transition from the closing schools into the new schools, and Stage 2 costs relating to the second tranche of Education Works school projects. The New Schools PPP project directly accounted for $1.226 million of the costs. Transition costs accounted for $0.481 million of the costs. Stage 2 costs accounted for the remaining $1.57 million. For the New Schools PPP project, $780,000 related to consultancies, legal and probity costs including non-government providers, $253,000 related to salaries, with the remaining $193,000 as other project costs. Transition costs to the new schools included $301,000 for salaries and other costs of $180,000. Included in other project costs was $110,000 relating to training and development for staff. The remaining $1.57 million relating to Stage 2 was made up of $14,000 in consultancies, $1.041 million in salaries, and $515,000 in other project costs. Summary of costs: PPP costs (000's) New Schools costs (000's) Stage 2 costs (000's) (000's) Consultancies and legal and probity costs $0.780 m $0.014 m $0.794 m Salaries $0.253 m $0.301 m $1.041 m $1.595 m Other $0.193 m $0.180 m $0.515 m $0.888 m Total $1.226 m $0.481 m $1.570 m $3.277 m