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WRITTEN QUESTIONS
10th Assembly
19/07/2005
211. Mental Health Funding
Ms Carney to MINISTER for Family and Community Services
QUESTION
1. Minister last year on 12 October you launched Mental Health Week in Raintree Park – remember the Snakes and Ladders Game.
b. How does the change to accrual accounting which has occurred during this time impact on the figures.
c. So by including the book-work changes caused by the change to accrual accounting in your claim of an increase of 90% - Is this increase claim a deliberate attempt to mislead people.
d. If you claim it is true to say you have nearly doubled expenditure on mental health services in three years – a 90% increase - then, why haven’t your reported outputs increased significantly more than reflected in the outputs reported below:
2. 2003/2004 p132 1196
4. 2003/2004 p132 4829
ANSWER
Answered on 06/02/2006
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1 (a) 2001/02 BP3 Mental Health Services published a budget of $13,552M.
2004/05 BP3 Mental Health Services published a budget of $25,750M.
Based on these figures the Mental Health Services budget has increased by 90%.
1. (b) The 2001/02 budget figure has been calculated on a cash basis capturing only direct costs. The 2004/05 budget figure is based on an accrual basis. The budget figure incorporates both direct and indirect costs. Indirect costs for 04/05 include Corporate and Divisional overheads, charges for DCIS services and depreciation costs.
1. (c) As is appropriate, when referring to budget figures, the Government will use the figures published in the Budget Papers. These figures demonstrate a 90% increase and were not misleading.
1. (d) It has never been Government policy that increases in mental health spending should result in an equivalent increase in mental health inpatients. The Government does not measure mental health and wellbeing by the number of inpatients.
WRITTEN QUESTIONS
10th Assembly
19/07/2005
211. Mental Health Funding
Ms Carney to MINISTER for Family and Community Services
QUESTION
Mental Health Funding
1. Minister last year on 12 October you launched Mental Health Week in Raintree Park – remember the Snakes and Ladders Game.
- You said in your speech that since coming to office Labor had increased funding to mental health by 90%:
b. How does the change to accrual accounting which has occurred during this time impact on the figures.
c. So by including the book-work changes caused by the change to accrual accounting in your claim of an increase of 90% - Is this increase claim a deliberate attempt to mislead people.
d. If you claim it is true to say you have nearly doubled expenditure on mental health services in three years – a 90% increase - then, why haven’t your reported outputs increased significantly more than reflected in the outputs reported below:
- i. Total (MH) Inpatient Separations for the NT:
2. 2003/2004 p132 1196
- ii. Total NT Mental Health Population (hospital + community)
4. 2003/2004 p132 4829
ANSWER
Answered on 06/02/2006
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1 (a) 2001/02 BP3 Mental Health Services published a budget of $13,552M.
2004/05 BP3 Mental Health Services published a budget of $25,750M.
Based on these figures the Mental Health Services budget has increased by 90%.
1. (b) The 2001/02 budget figure has been calculated on a cash basis capturing only direct costs. The 2004/05 budget figure is based on an accrual basis. The budget figure incorporates both direct and indirect costs. Indirect costs for 04/05 include Corporate and Divisional overheads, charges for DCIS services and depreciation costs.
1. (c) As is appropriate, when referring to budget figures, the Government will use the figures published in the Budget Papers. These figures demonstrate a 90% increase and were not misleading.
1. (d) It has never been Government policy that increases in mental health spending should result in an equivalent increase in mental health inpatients. The Government does not measure mental health and wellbeing by the number of inpatients.
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