Schools, Materials and Services Charge

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15 November 2018).

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): I have been advised of the following:

Based on the financial information from schools, the increase in materials and services charges of $4 million in 2017-18 equates to an increase of 5.3 per cent compared with 2016-17.

The Department for Education does not hold detailed student level revenue information by school so is not able to provide a definitive breakdown of the factors contributing to the increase. Based on the information provided to the department by schools, the average charge has increased and there has been an increase in term 1 enrolments.