Question - Health

1. How does the Treasury incentivise action across government to ensure that funding for preventative health measures are targeted towards reducing long-term liability for poor population health and how are the success of preventative health initiatives measured, given that the Government acknowledges many aspects of preventative health care such as access to nature, climate cooled homes, healthy food, active travel, good accommodation for people who are homeless or renting or in Housing ACT, however people's access and uptake of these is poor, with only 3 percent of Canberra children eating the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables each day and that $1.4 billion is spent on our hospital, but all of the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (EPSDD) received $141 million and all of the Community Services Directorate (CSD) received $308 million.
2. Were there any 2024-2025 business cases that were rejected in EPSDD, in CSD, in active travel or in Housing ACT maintenance; if so, list these business cases.
3. Can the Minister provide details of the amount of funding requested in part (2) that was not provided.
4. What wellbeing assessment methodology is employed to take full account of the long-term benefit, including in monetary terms, of early health interventions, recognising that the ACT has a Wellbeing Framework, but previous answers to Assembly committees have indicated this framework is generally employed subjectively.

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