A WA parliamentary question seeks data on staffing levels (FTE) within the Department of Commerce's Industry and Technology service over several years, revealing significant fluctuations and a transfer of science-related roles to another department.

AnsweredQoN 5014Legislative Assembly
Asked
17 February 2016
Portfolio
Commerce

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I refer to the Department of Commerce's Industry and Technology service and ask: (a) how many employees (full time equivalents) were allocated to this service in each of: (i) 2010-11; (ii) 2011-12; (iii) 2012-13; (iv) 2013-14; and (v) 2014-15; and (b) how many employees (full time equivalents) were budgeted to be allocated to this service for 2015/16, and what is the current number of employees?

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Answered
17 March 2016
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Commerce
Response time
29 days
The full time equivalents (FTE) figures stated below are inclusive of a corporate support component consistent with reporting on annual budget papers.
(a) Numbers based on actual FTE figures as at 30 June for each financial year:
(i) 87; (ii) 98; (iii) 100; (iv) 38; and (v) 19
(b) Budgeted FTE: 17; current FTE: 20.6.
The number of FTE allocated to the service has been impacted by several factors over the course of the period, including the transfer of 15 FTE related to science aspects of the service to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in 2013 to establish the Office of Science.

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