❓ Ms. Quirk questions the WA Police budget allocation for ICT, specifically a $4.256 million allocation. The Minister clarifies the funding type and confirms no funds were diverted from other allocations, thus having no impact on operational police resources.
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I refer to the Treasurer’s Advance Authorisation and provisions made in the Western Australia Police budget, in particular, the $4,256,000 million allocated for information communications technology (ICT) and I ask:
(a) can the Minister specify the reasons for the requirement for additional funding;
(b) what is the total allocated for ICT continuity and development from June 2009 to the present;
(c) how much of the amount spent on ICT continuity and development was specifically budgeted for in the 2009–2010 budget and how much was diverted from other allocations; and
(i) if funds were diverted, from what other allocations were these funds diverted; and
(d) what impact, if any, will this measure have on the resources available to operational police officers?
(a) can the Minister specify the reasons for the requirement for additional funding;
(b) what is the total allocated for ICT continuity and development from June 2009 to the present;
(c) how much of the amount spent on ICT continuity and development was specifically budgeted for in the 2009–2010 budget and how much was diverted from other allocations; and
(i) if funds were diverted, from what other allocations were these funds diverted; and
(d) what impact, if any, will this measure have on the resources available to operational police officers?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
33 days
(a) The $4.256m was not additional funding. There was a change in the type of funding from capital contribution funding to service appropriation 'capital works expensed'.
(b) The 2009/10 budget allocation is $13.412m, which consists of capital contribution funding of $8.662m and capital works expensed funding of $4.75m.
(c-i) All the actual and planned expenditures for the ICT project in 2009/10 relate to the allocated amount in the 2009/10 budget. No funds in the 2009/10 budget have been diverted from other allocations.
(d) Not applicable.
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(b) The 2009/10 budget allocation is $13.412m, which consists of capital contribution funding of $8.662m and capital works expensed funding of $4.75m.
(c-i) All the actual and planned expenditures for the ICT project in 2009/10 relate to the allocated amount in the 2009/10 budget. No funds in the 2009/10 budget have been diverted from other allocations.
(d) Not applicable.
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