Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Centre Alliance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, in writing, on 22 October 2019:

MS SHARKIE: To ask the Minister representing the Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business—(1) Expressed in tabular form, and broken down by annual aggregate turnover size of the employing firm and number of firms, what were the total payments made to employers under the PaTH program.(2) Expressed in tabular form, and broken down by electorate and industry, how many interns: (a) started their internship; and (b) completed their internship.

Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) As at 31 October 2019, $8.7 million has been reimbursed to employment service providers (providers) for 4527 businesses who were paid PaTH Internships Host Payments. The Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business does not record the annual aggregate turnover for businesses using PaTH Internships. As such, we are unable to provide a breakdown of total payments as requested.

(2) As at 31 October 2019:

INTERNSHIPS BY ELECTORATE

* The internships commenced numbers include: 352 internships still in progress and 151 internships which have ended but are awaiting finalisation by the provider. Once these internships are finalised they will increase the count of completed internships in applicable electorates. Other internships commenced but not recorded as completed were ended early by either the job seeker, host business, provider or the department.

* Internships Commenced and/or Internships Completed, with a value of 10 or less, are represented as <10 due to privacy considerations.

* Electorates with a count of 10 or less for both elements are not represented in the table, due to privacy considerations.

INTERNSHIPS BY INDUSTRY

* The internships commenced numbers include: 352 internships still in progress and 151 internships which have ended but are awaiting finalisation by the provider. Once these internships are finalised they will increase the count of completed internships in applicable industries. Other internships commenced but not recorded as completed were ended early by either the job seeker, host business, provider or the department.

* Internships Commenced and/or Internships Completed, with a value of 10 or less, are represented as <10 due to privacy considerations.