TABLE A1: ESTIMATED SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS TO THE STATES, REPAYMENTS OF ADVANCES AND INTEREST REPAYMENTS 1996-97 TO 2000-01

This table provides details of Commonwealth specific purpose payments to the States, together with details of repayments and interest on advances. The majority of these advances were funded from borrowings made on behalf of the States under the State Governments' Loan Council programme.

Details are classified as follows:

Specific purpose payments are classified on the functional basis used in Budget Paper No. 1, which aggregates outlays directed towards like objectives and purposes. Specific purpose payments are further divided into those paid 'to' the States (by far the larger group by number) and those judged to be paid 'through' the States to other groups. Programmes in the latter group are indicated within the table by (*) and separate totals for 'to' and 'through' are provided in the summary at the end of the table.

Specific Purpose Payments - Current Purposes Part 1

Specific Purpose Payments - Current Purposes Part 2

Specific Purpose Payments - Capital Purposes

Specific Purpose Payments - Repayments

Specific Purpose Payments - Advances and Interest

Specific Purpose Payments - Summary and Footnotes