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Question and Answer Tracking Details

6439 - MICRO-BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM

Hornery, Sonia to the Treasurer, and Minister for Energy and Environment representing the Minister for Finance and Small Business

(1) How many Micro-Business Grants were approved for the Wallsend electorate in the following postcodes:

(a) 2285?

(b) 2287?

(c) 2298?

(d) 2299?

(e) 2305?

(f) 2307?

(g) 2308?

(h) 2322?

(2) How many Micro-Business Grants were approved for the Newcastle Local Government area?

(3) How many grants in the following postcodes were rejected?

(a) 2285?

(b) 2287?

(c) 2298?

(d) 2299?

(e) 2305?

(f) 2307?

(g) 2308?

(h) 2322?

(4) How many grants in the Newcastle Local Government area were rejected?

Answer -

(1) (a)  175

(b) 99

(c) 58

(d) 84

(e) 67

(f) 24

(g) 1

(h) 40

(2) 1,106

(3) (a)  5

(b) 3

(c) 0

(d) 2

(e) 1

(f) 0

(g) 0

(h) 2

These applications did not meet the eligibility criteria and were not approved.

(4) 31 applications did not meet the eligibility criteria and were not approved.

Note: Data for (1) and (3) is based on the whole of each postcode without regard for electorate boundaries.


Question asked on 14 October 2021 (session 57-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 122
Answer received on 18 November 2021 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 132