❓ Question regarding staffing arrangements (FTE and headcount) in WA government departments, trading entities, and agencies as of March 13, 2022, with a focus on regional staff. The answer provides publicly available data and declines to provide granular details due to resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 399Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 March 2022
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations
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For the date 13 March 2022, please provide the following staffing arrangements for each of the Minister’s departments, government trading entities and agencies as full time equivalents (FTE) and headcount: (a) Total number of staff in each department, government trading entity or agency; (b) Total number of staff who were based regionally per department, government trading entity or agency; (c) Position title of each staff member based regionally; (d) FTE hours of each staff member based regionally; (e) Employment level of each staff member based regionally; and (f) For each regionally based employee, please provide the geographic location of the office?
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Answered
10 May 2022
Response time
8 days
(a – b) See tabled paper [x].
It is not possible to measure staffing arrangements on a particular date.
The Public Sector Commission publishes information about the size and composition of the public sector workforce each quarter in the Western Australian Public Sector Quarterly Workforce Report . March 2022 quarter data is currently being collected from agencies. The most recent data published is December 2021.
Government trading enterprise data is collected annually as at March, with the 2022 collection currently in progress. The latest available data is as at March 2021.
(b) See tabled paper [x].
March 2022 quarter data is currently being collected from agencies. The most recent data published is December 2021.
The Public Sector Commission does not collect regional breakdown from government trading enterprises.
(c – f) This detailed information is not readily available and to collating this information would divert staff away from their normal duties, including the important job of supporting the community and the State’s economy. Therefore, it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources and I am not prepared to allocate the State’s resources to provide a response. If the Member has a particular question about a specific location, I will endeavour to answer it.
It is not possible to measure staffing arrangements on a particular date.
The Public Sector Commission publishes information about the size and composition of the public sector workforce each quarter in the Western Australian Public Sector Quarterly Workforce Report . March 2022 quarter data is currently being collected from agencies. The most recent data published is December 2021.
Government trading enterprise data is collected annually as at March, with the 2022 collection currently in progress. The latest available data is as at March 2021.
(b) See tabled paper [x].
March 2022 quarter data is currently being collected from agencies. The most recent data published is December 2021.
The Public Sector Commission does not collect regional breakdown from government trading enterprises.
(c – f) This detailed information is not readily available and to collating this information would divert staff away from their normal duties, including the important job of supporting the community and the State’s economy. Therefore, it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources and I am not prepared to allocate the State’s resources to provide a response. If the Member has a particular question about a specific location, I will endeavour to answer it.
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