❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on Regional Development Commissions' (RDCs) consultant usage, staffing levels, and project involvement. The answer refers the member to publicly available reports for most data, and requests more specific project inquiries.
AnsweredQoN 584Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Regional Development Commissions (RDCs): (a) Relating to consultants used by each individual RDC in the financial year 2021-22: (i) Please table the total number of consultants contracted to each RDC in the last financial year, regardless of price threshold, detailing: (A) The name of the consultant or group; (B) Month they started to provide their service; (C) Month they finished providing their service - if still ongoing then please state 'ongoing'; (D) Purpose of consultation; (E) Total cost of consultation; and (F) The town that the consultant or group is based; (b) How many staff are in each RDC as at 1 October 2022: (i) How many of these staff reside within the boundary of the RDC they work for; and (ii) Has the number of staff in total working in the RDC increased or decreased since 2017; and (c) How many projects does each RDC currently have, whether the RDC has lead agency status?
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Answered
22 November 2022
Responded by
Premier representing the Minister for Regional Development
Response time
8 days
(a) I refer the Member to the regularly tabled quarterly Consultants Reports.
(b) I refer the Member to the Public Sector Commission's ‘State of the WA Government Sector Workforce Statistic Bulletin’ which provides a detailed breakdown of the government sector workforce, including the FTE and Headcount of each entity, and the work location of each entities employees. The bulletin for 2021-22 is expected to be published in November 2022.
(c) Regional Development Commissions lead and contribute to a range of projects and programs, if the Member would like further information on a particular project, I encourage him to be more specific.
(b) I refer the Member to the Public Sector Commission's ‘State of the WA Government Sector Workforce Statistic Bulletin’ which provides a detailed breakdown of the government sector workforce, including the FTE and Headcount of each entity, and the work location of each entities employees. The bulletin for 2021-22 is expected to be published in November 2022.
(c) Regional Development Commissions lead and contribute to a range of projects and programs, if the Member would like further information on a particular project, I encourage him to be more specific.
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