Australian Benefits of Number of Programme Government disbursed Investments customers budget ($m) ($m) supported ($m) assisted Pooled Development Funds [PDFs] N/A N/A 8.26 24 (a) Early Stage Venture Capital Limited N/A N/A 98.60 114 Partnerships [ESVCLPs] (a) Venture Capital Limited Partnerships N/A N/A 898.60 69 (a) Total N/A N/A 1,005.46 207 Note: All financial figures are provided on a cash basis. For PDFs, VCLPs or ESVCLPs, there is no 'Australian Government budget', and no reliable estimates of the assistance provided. The figures below illustrate the distribution, by state, of assisted customers and benefits in 2015-16. The majority of customers assisted during 2015-16 were in New South Wales and Victoria 8,703 (62.4 per cent), with 5,244 (37.6 per cent) being based in the other states and territories. Figure A8-1 Summary of customers Assisted by State 2015-16 . Customers based in states other than New South Wales and Victoria received assistance worth $137.4 million in 2015-16, which is 12.2 per cent of total assistance provided by programmes other than the R&D Tax Incentive. The R&D Tax Incentive is excluded from these figures as only the Australian Taxation Office holds data on tax return claims. Figure A8-2 Summary of benefits disbursed by State 2015-16
Programme Australian Government budget ($m) Benefits disbursed ($m) of Investments supported ($m) Number of customers assisted Pooled Development Funds [PDFs] (a) N/A N/A 8.26 24 Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnerships [ESVCLPs] (a) N/A N/A 98.60 114 Venture Capital Limited Partnerships (a) N/A N/A 898.60 69 Total N/A N/A 1,005.46 207 Note: All financial figures are provided on a cash basis. For PDFs, VCLPs or ESVCLPs, there is no 'Australian Government budget', and no reliable estimates of the assistance provided. The figures below illustrate the distribution, by state, of assisted customers and benefits in 2015-16. The majority of customers assisted during 2015-16 were in New South Wales and Victoria 8,703 (62.4 per cent), with 5,244 (37.6 per cent) being based in the other states and territories. Figure A8-1 Summary of customers Assisted by State 2015-16 . Customers based in states other than New South Wales and Victoria received assistance worth $137.4 million in 2015-16, which is 12.2 per cent of total assistance provided by programmes other than the R&D Tax Incentive. The R&D Tax Incentive is excluded from these figures as only the Australian Taxation Office holds data on tax return claims. Figure A8-2 Summary of benefits disbursed by State 2015-16
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