❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks data on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, internal reviews, and associated charges within the Child Protection, Community Services, Seniors and Volunteering, and Women's Interests portfolios since September 23, 2008. The response details the number of applications received, answered, internal reviews, and instances of additional charges for each department and the Ministerial Office.
AnsweredQoN 628Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 March 2009
Member
Portfolio
Child Protection; Community Services; Seniors and Volunteering; Women's Interests
QuestionView source ↗
(a) how many Freedom of Information applications have been received since 23 September 2008;
(b) how many Freedom of Information applications have been answered since 23 September 2008;
(c) how many requests for internal reviews have been received since 23 September 2008; and
(d) on how many occasions have additional charges been levied to complete Freedom of Information applications since 23 September 2008?
(b) how many Freedom of Information applications have been answered since 23 September 2008;
(c) how many requests for internal reviews have been received since 23 September 2008; and
(d) on how many occasions have additional charges been levied to complete Freedom of Information applications since 23 September 2008?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
31 March 2009
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Child Protection; Community Services; Seniors and Volunteering; Women's Interests
Response time
13 days
The Minister has provided the following response
Ministerial Office
(a) 8
(b) All applications received are promptly processed and are in various stages of being answered.
(c) Not applicable
(d) One access applicant has been forwarded an Estimate of Costs, which is currently the subject of an external review by the Office of the Information Commissioner.
Department For Child Protection
(a) 95 applications have been received in total since this date.
(b) 57 applications have been answered since this date.
(c) There have been no requests for internal review since this time. There has been one application that went straight to external review as the applicant missed the internal review period by 1 day. I felt under the circumstances this person required the views of the external party.
(d) None, we do not charge for the dealing of applications unless in extreme circumstances.
Department For Communities
(a) 4
(b) Nil
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
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
Ministerial Office
(a) 8
(b) All applications received are promptly processed and are in various stages of being answered.
(c) Not applicable
(d) One access applicant has been forwarded an Estimate of Costs, which is currently the subject of an external review by the Office of the Information Commissioner.
Department For Child Protection
(a) 95 applications have been received in total since this date.
(b) 57 applications have been answered since this date.
(c) There have been no requests for internal review since this time. There has been one application that went straight to external review as the applicant missed the internal review period by 1 day. I felt under the circumstances this person required the views of the external party.
(d) None, we do not charge for the dealing of applications unless in extreme circumstances.
Department For Communities
(a) 4
(b) Nil
(c) Nil
(d) Nil
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.