Details expenditure on prisoner and juvenile detainee flights for 2017-2019, broken down by category for prisoners. Data limitations noted due to service provider changes and reporting periods.

AnsweredQoN 5211Legislative Assembly
Asked
12 June 2019
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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(1) In the calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019 year to date, how much money in total has been spent associated with prisoner flights: (a) Of this how much is for prisoners in remand; and (b) Of this how much is for prisoners appealing sentences? (2) In the calendar years of 2017, 2018 and 2019 year to date, how much money in total has been spent associated with juvenile detainee flights?

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Answered
6 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
8 days
Calendar Year
Court Transfer
Funeral Attendance
Hospital Transfer
Inter Prison Transfer
Lock up clearance
TOTAL
2017 *
$457,018
$14,486
$7,705
$1,543,331
$2,510,169
$4,532,709
2018
$673,044
-
-
$2,100,454
$2,901,033
$5,674,532
2019 **
$195,554
-
-
$968,250
$1,273,444
$2,437,247
* The actuals cover the ten months between March and December 2017. There is no separate datasets available prior to this period. There is no separate datasets available prior to this period due to a change in the service provider from Serco to Broadspectrum. The Department has estimated the total cost of prisoner flights for the calendar year 2017 totalled $5.5 million.
** The actuals cover five months to May 2019.
(2) The following table summarises the amounts spent in connection with Juvenile detainee flights:
Calendar Year
Expenditure
2017
$829,785
2018
$1,182,532
2019***
$713,207
*** Calendar year to date June 2019 (six months).

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