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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2015-12-03" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <startPage num="3965" />
  <endPage num="4052" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001382">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>State Government Concessions</name>
      <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001383">
        <inserted>
          <heading>State Government Concessions</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2015-09-09" qonNum="64">
            <name>State Government Concessions</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001384">
          <inserted>64 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (9 September 2015).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001385">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;For the financial year 2014-15, how many people were in receipt of state concessions for each of the following—</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001386">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;Personal Alert Systems Rebate Scheme;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001387">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;Spectacles Scheme;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001388">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;Funeral Assistance Program;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001389">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;Companion Card Program;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001390">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;Emergency Financial Assistance Program;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001391">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(f)&amp;#x9;Low Income Support Program;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001392">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(g)&amp;#x9;Utilities Literacy Program; and</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001393">
          <item sublevel="2">
            <inserted>(h)&amp;#x9;Emergency Electricity Payment Scheme?</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4623" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Ramsay</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Housing</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Multicultural Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Ageing</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Youth</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Volunteers</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2015-09-09" qonNum="64">
            <name>State Government Concessions</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001394">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4623">The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers):</by>  I have been advised that:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001395">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;For the financial year 2014-15, state concession recipient numbers/program participants were as follows: </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001396">
          <inserted>
            <table>
              <rowtitle>
                <cell colspan="2">Program</cell>
                <cell>Number of recipients/participants</cell>
              </rowtitle>
              <row>
                <cell>(a)</cell>
                <cell>Personal Alert Systems Rebate Scheme</cell>
                <cell>2,205</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(b)</cell>
                <cell>Spectacles Scheme</cell>
                <cell>22,900</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(c)</cell>
                <cell>Funeral Assistance Program</cell>
                <cell>214</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(d)</cell>
                <cell>Companion Card Program</cell>
                <cell>6,226</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(e)</cell>
                <cell>Emergency Financial Assistance Program</cell>
                <cell>6,000</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(f)</cell>
                <cell>Low Income Support Program</cell>
                <cell>1,400</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(g)</cell>
                <cell>Utilities Literacy Program</cell>
                <cell>5,463</cell>
              </row>
              <row>
                <cell>(h)</cell>
                <cell>Emergency Electricity Payment Scheme</cell>
                <cell>914</cell>
              </row>
            </table>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001397" />
        <text id="2015120359d969d699ef488990001398">
          <inserted>The Emergency Financial Assistance Program, Low Income Support Program and Utilities Literacy Program are not concessions. The above information relates to the number of people that have received support through these services.'</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
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