5518.0.55.001 - Government Finance Statistics, Education, Australia - Electronic Delivery, 2000-01
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INTRODUCTION
5 Information on private sector expenditure is obtained from component data of the Australian National Accounts (See Australian System of National Accounts, 1999-00 (Cat. no. 5204.0)). CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS 6 An information paper (Information Paper: Accruals-based Government Finance Statistics (Cat. no. 5517.0)) aimed at helping users understand the statistics presented in this and related publications was issued on 13 March 2000. That information paper outlines the conceptual changes which have been implemented in moving from a cash to an accrual basis of recording. 7 Users analysing previous cash-based GFS publications should refer to Government Finance Statistics - Concepts, Sources and Methods (Cat. no. 5514.0), which relates to cash-based GFS. An accrual GFS version of this manual is expected to be available on the ABS website later this year. Scope 8 GFS public sector education expenses and revenues are broadly categorised as follows:
9 Public sector education operating expenses include some payments which are intended to faciliate education, but which are not spent on educational services and facilities. These types of payments, termed current monetary transfers to households, include living allowances paid to students which are used to finance expenditure on food, clothing, transport, rent, etc. 10 As well as operating expenses, net acquisition of non-financial assets, and Commonwealth grants for education purposes, this SDS includes separate statistics on revenue of the public sector obtained from sales of goods and services i.e. student fees and charges which are made by governments and educational institutions in exchange for educational services provided. Classifications 11 The figures presented here are essentially a reclassification of the conventional accounts of public authorities engaged in providing educational services which appear in budget documents or annual reports. The classification schemes used to reclassify the transactions in the conventional accounts into a national accounting presentation are the:
12 Statistics in this SDS relate to public sector expenses which have been classified to GPC 24 - Education. However, there are some issues relating to the structure and application of the GPC that are relevant when interpreting the data. Nurse education carried out in hospitals is included in GPC 25 - Health; because of the difficulty in separately identifying these expenditures in the accounts of hospitals. Expenses on nursing and military education are classified to GPC 24. Expenses on medical and dental services to students are classified to GPC 25. 13 Data are also provided by purpose for Commonwealth, State and local governments and the multi-jurisdictional sector. It should be noted that differences in institutional structure and accounting practices make it difficult to implement the GPC in a way which leads to fully comparable statistics between the States. For example, in some States expenditure on the education of disabled children (which should be classified to special education) is included under primary and secondary education because data are not separately available. Therefore, these differences need to be taken into account when comparing the statistics between States as well as over time. PRIVATE EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION 14 Expenditure on education by the private sector consists of household final consumption expenditure on education services, and gross fixed capital formation mainly by private non-profit organisations. 15 Household final consumption expenditure on education services is estimated as fees paid by persons to government schools (including technical and agricultural colleges), fees (other than boarding fees) and gifts to universities, independent schools, business colleges, etc. plus current expenditure of non-profit educational institutions, net of fees and other current receipts. Current expenditure excludes interest and consumption of fixed capital and is financed by fees paid by households and current grants from general government. Expenditure on such items as school books, uniforms, etc. and expenditure by parents’ associations on school equipment are not included, being treated in the Australian National Accounts as household final consumption expenditure on other goods and services (such as clothing, books, etc.). Fares paid by students to and from educational institutions are not counted as part of household final consumption expenditure on education, but are included in the Australian System of National Accounts as part of household final consumption expenditure - transport services. Payments to tertiary institutions made under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, introduced in 1988-89, are classified as charges for the provision of services by the tertiary institution and are therefore included in household final consumption expenditure. 16 Private gross fixed capital formation in the field of education is estimated from statistics of the value of work done on new building and major additions to buildings of private educational institutions. REVISIONS 17 GFS are revised progressively as new or improved data become available. For this reason differences can occur between equivalent aggregates published at different times. RELATED PUBLICATIONS 18 Readers may wish to refer to the following publications for related information: A Directory of Education and Training Statistics (Cat. no. 1136.0) - latest edition October 1997, issued 1997 Australian National Accounts: Concepts, Sources, and Methods (Cat. no. 5216.0) - latest edition 2000 - issued December 2000 Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product (Cat. no. 5206.0) - issued quarterly Australian System of National Accounts (Cat. no. 5204.0) - issued annually Australian Social Trends (Cat. no. 4102.0) - issued annually Education and Training in Australia (Cat. no. 4224.0) - latest edition 1998 - issued 1999 Government Financial Estimates, Australia (Cat. no. 5501.0) - issued annually Government Finance Statistics, Australia (Cat. no. 5512.0) - issued annually Government Finance Statistics - Concepts, Sources and Methods (Cat. no. 5514.0) - latest edition 1994, issued 1995 Information Paper: Accruals-based Government Finance Statistics (Cat. no. 5517.0) - issued March 2000 Participation in Education, Australia (Cat. no. 6272.0) - issued annually Statistical Concepts Reference Library (Cat. no. 1361.0.30.001) - issued May 2000 on CD-ROM Taxation Revenue, Australia (Cat. no. 5506.0) - issued annually Transition from Education to Work, Australia (Cat. no. 6227.0) - issued annually ABS DATA AVAILABLE ON REQUEST 19 In some cases, ABS data are available on request. These include data for the years 1961-62 to 1997-98 prepared on a cash accounting basis. This information may be made available in one or more of the following forms: photocopy, computer printout, floppy disk, CD-ROM and clerically extracted tabulation. Generally, a charge is made for providing such information. Inquiries should be made to Anthony Krauss on Canberra 02 6252 5739, or the National Information Service on 1300 135 070. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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