Question regarding the financial performance of the Working with Children card processing unit in WA during 2014-2015. The answer reveals the unit operated at a loss, with costs exceeding revenue from application fees.

AnsweredQoN 3835Legislative Council
Asked
24 February 2016
Portfolio
Child Protection

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I refer to processing of Working with Children cards, and I ask: (a) did the processing of Working with Children cards deliver a net profit or cost to the department in 2014-2015; and (b) what was the value of the net profit or cost to the department?

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Answered
7 April 2016
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
43 days
(a) The cost of the Working with Children (WWC) Screening Unit, which processes WWC cards, is only partly funded from the revenue from application fees and the State Government subsidises the remaining costs.
(b) The operational cost of the Unit in 2014-15 was $11.845 million, with $6.328 million received in revenue from application fees.

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