WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding expenditure on passenger transport and charter flights for agencies under the Minister for Emergency Services and Corrective Services for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years. The Department of Justice and DFES provided detailed breakdowns, while the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services and Supervised Release Review Board provided limited data.

AnsweredQoN 2439Legislative Council
Asked
3 September 2019
Portfolio
Emergency Services; Corrective Services

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For each agency,
department or government trading entity under the Minister’s control and for
each of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 financial years, I ask: (a) in
each financial year mentioned above, please identify the amount of money
expended on regular passenger transport flights: (i) intrastate; (ii) interstate; and (iii) international; and (b) in
each financial year mentioned above, please identify the amount of money
expended on charter flights: (i) intrastate; (ii) interstate; and (iii) international?

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Answered
16 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
10 days
The Department of Justice advises:
(a) (i) 2017-2018: $766,126; and 2018-2019: $899,944
(ii) 2017-2018: $124,839; and 2018-2019: $208,619
(iii) Please refer to the quarterly travel reports tabled in Parliament.
(b) (i) 2017-2018: $869,031; and 2018-2019: $1,066,676
(ii) Nil.
(iii) Nil.
Please note: The responses in (a) and (b) exclude judicial air travel costs.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services advises:
Financial Year
DFES
Office of Emergency Management & SEMC Committee
2017/18
360,932.61
23,323.75
2018/19
525,894.77*
Nil
*Intrastate spend increased due to operational requirements including response to Tropical Cyclone Veronica and Esperance Complex Bush Fires. To meet operational needs, DFES utilised passenger transport flights to move personnel around the state.
Financial Year
DFES
Office of Emergency Management & SEMC Committee
2017/18
107,301.10
22,079.33
2018/19
124,154.35
Nil
(b) (i) Intrastate Charter flights
Financial Year
DFES
Office of Emergency Management & SEMC Committee
2017/18
Nil
Nil
2018/19
29,254.00*
Nil
*Intrastate spend increased due to operational requirements including response to Tropical Cyclone Veronica and Esperance Complex Bush Fires. To meet operational needs, DFES utilised chartered passenger transport flights to move personnel around the state where commercially operated flights were not available or had no available seats.
Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services advises:
Financial Year: 2017-18
(ii)       $949.16
(iii)      Refer to the quarterly travel reports tabled in Parliament.
(ii)      Nil
(iii)     Refer to the quarterly travel reports tabled in Parliament.
Financial Year: 2018-19
(ii)      $1,817.76
(iii)     Refer to the quarterly travel reports tabled in Parliament.
(ii)       Nil
(iii)      Refer to the quarterly travel reports tabled in Parliament.
Supervised Review Release Board advises:

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