❓ Mr. Hyde questions the Minister for Culture and the Arts regarding the increasing costs and storage problems related to records management and the State Art Collection, particularly in light of outsourcing and budget constraints. The Minister's response addresses privatization claims, agency disposal programs, value for money, and storage solutions.
AnsweredQoN 3201Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Initial answers to previous Questions on Notice by the Minister (and other Ministers) regarding records and archives outsourcing describe annualised expenditure by the government agencies for which information is available of at least $3 million. On page 569 of the 2010–2011 State Budget, the fourth point refers to the lack of adequate storage space at the State Records Office, plus the lack of storage space for the State Art Collection. In relation the above, I ask:
(a) as the Minister notes the problems with record storage and archiving in the State Budget, can the Minister detail the reasons for the problems and advise whether a problem exists in terms of the increasing costs of supplying records management services within a fully privatised model;
(b) can the Minister detail how the Government knows it is getting value for money when some agencies cannot separately account for the cost of file retrievals versus the cost of storage services; and
(c) what solutions are the Minister exploring to alleviate the storage problem for the State Art Collection?
(a) as the Minister notes the problems with record storage and archiving in the State Budget, can the Minister detail the reasons for the problems and advise whether a problem exists in terms of the increasing costs of supplying records management services within a fully privatised model;
(b) can the Minister detail how the Government knows it is getting value for money when some agencies cannot separately account for the cost of file retrievals versus the cost of storage services; and
(c) what solutions are the Minister exploring to alleviate the storage problem for the State Art Collection?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
2 August 2010
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
47 days
(a) The government has not privatized the storage and management of archival records.
The government is aware of the current necessity for agencies to store archival records with commercial repositories as the previous state government failed to make provision for adequate disposal programs at the individual agency level.
(b) The Department of Treasury and Finance develops, manages and reviews the Common Use Arrangements to ensure value for money.
(c) The Gallery is working with the State Records Office to develop a storage solution.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
The government is aware of the current necessity for agencies to store archival records with commercial repositories as the previous state government failed to make provision for adequate disposal programs at the individual agency level.
(b) The Department of Treasury and Finance develops, manages and reviews the Common Use Arrangements to ensure value for money.
(c) The Gallery is working with the State Records Office to develop a storage solution.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.