OFFICIAL

Dear Sam,

I refer to your request received on 10 December 2024 by the Department of
Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions seeking documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

Your reference ID 12217.

Valid FOI requests

Under section 17(2A) of the FOI Act, in order for a request to be valid,
it must:

o be accompanied by payment of the application fee of $32.70 or evidence
that payment the application fee would cause you hardship (e.g. photo
of current Health Care Card or concession card).
o contain enough information to enable the department to identify the
documents being sought.

We are unable to process your request until we receive payment (or proof
of concession) and further information about the documents that you seek.

Payment

Payment can be made by direct deposit to the below account: 

BSB: 033-222
A/C: 016041
Account name Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Bank:      Westpac Banking Corporation
Branch: Victorian Government Branch, 10th Floor, 360 Collins Street,
Melbourne
Payment Ref: DJSIR FOI Ref:  12217

Once payment is made, you must contact the FOI unit to provide proof of
payment by emailing the FOI unit at [1][Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions request email] and citing
the above FOI reference ID. This will assist us to promptly follow up and
confirm receipt of your payment.

Payment must be made by COB 7 January 2025.  If the department does not
receive the payment before the due date, we will presume you do not wish
to proceed with the request and the matter will be closed.

Request for clarification

In this instance, it is unclear what is meant by what date range you wish
to search for, and whether you wish to receive the number of enrolments
per year, for each of the following categories (listed), or if you seek
the data to be matched in some way.

Additionally, I have been advised by the program area that some of the
information you seek is published proactively through NCVER data releases
([2]https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-st...).
This link contains data for enrolments by state, funded places, age
ranges, and regional status.

Under section 17 of the FOI Act, the department has a duty to assist you
in making a request that complies with the FOI Act. Please be advised that
even if you clarify, clarify exemptions may still apply.

In this instance we suggest your request is clarified to:

“A document showing the number of enrolments in RTOs in Victoria per year
(DATE RANGE) for each of the following categories:

o Training package
o VET course
o Age band
o Region
o RTO
o Funded/not funded”

If you require the data to be matched in some way, please indicate how.

Please feel free to contact the FOI Unit at the details below if you have
any questions.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information & Privacy

 
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Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
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