A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding Redress WA payments, including the number of payments made, offers extended, payments to deceased estates, total amount paid, and reconsideration requests. The Minister provides detailed figures.

AnsweredQoN 708Legislative Council
Asked
6 September 2011
Portfolio
Community Services

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REDRESS WA — PAYMENTS
(1) Are there any Redress WA payments waiting for assessment; and, if so, how many? (2) How many payments have been made to date under each payment level? (3) How many offers of payment have been made to date under each payment level? (4) How many payments to date have been made to the estates of deceased Redress WA applicants? (5) What is the total amount paid to Redress WA applicants? (6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(2) How many payments have been made to date under each payment level? (3) How many offers of payment have been made to date under each payment level? (4) How many payments to date have been made to the estates of deceased Redress WA applicants? (5) What is the total amount paid to Redress WA applicants? (6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(3) How many offers of payment have been made to date under each payment level? (4) How many payments to date have been made to the estates of deceased Redress WA applicants? (5) What is the total amount paid to Redress WA applicants? (6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(4) How many payments to date have been made to the estates of deceased Redress WA applicants? (5) What is the total amount paid to Redress WA applicants? (6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(5) What is the total amount paid to Redress WA applicants? (6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(6) How many Redress WA applicants have asked for the level of payment to be reconsidered since payments commenced; and, of those, how many were successful in receiving a higher level payment? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(1) The answer to this question, which I am very pleased to give the member, is no. (2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(2) Level 1, 771; level 4, 974; level 2, 1 739; and level 3, 1 306; a total of 4 790. (3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(3) Level 1, 865; level 2, 1 816; level 3, 1 477; and level 4, 1 061; a total of 5 219. (4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(4) Eighty-two. (5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(5) The amount was $106 860 000. (6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
(6) Received 89 requests for level of payments to be reconsidered. Sixteen were successful in receiving a higher-level payment. There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.
There were 5 917 applications, and 5 219 offers, leaving 697 applications to be accounted for; and, of those, 585 are ineligible, have gone to unclaimed moneys, have lapsed, or have rejected our offer. There were 82 eligibility payments, and there were 31 interim payments that did not fit into any of the payment levels above.

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