Hon Giz Watson requests the Minister table evaluations of offender programs at Bunbury Regional Prison. The Minister declines, citing legal advice that the documents don't fall under Section 82 of the Financial Management Act 2006.

AnsweredQoN 134Legislative Council
Asked
27 March 2012
Portfolio
Corrective Services

QuestionView source ↗

BUNBURY REGIONAL
PRISON — OFFENDER PROGRAMS — EVALUATIONS
134. Hon GIZ WATSON to the minister representing the
Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the answer given to my
question without notice 25 of 7 March 2012.
(1) Will the
minister table the evaluations of the effectiveness of the offender programs by
the offender management and professional development, clinical governance unit,
research and evaluation team?
(2) If no to
(1), will the minister give notice to the Auditor General under section 82 of
the Financial Management Act 2006?

AnswerView source ↗

On behalf of the Minister for Corrective
Services, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question.
(1) No.
(2) No. The
State Solicitor's Office has advised the Department of Corrective
Services that it is its view that the document in question is arguably not
sufficiently connected to the management, administration and reporting of the
state's public finances to constitute information concerning ''any
conduct or operation of an agency'' for the purposes of section 82 of
the Financial Management Act 2006.

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