❓ WA Parliament Question on Notice regarding the Police Redress Scheme, seeking data on applications, approvals, rejections, reviews, payouts, and demographic breakdowns. Some data is unavailable due to ongoing review processes.
AnsweredQoN 5979Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I
refer to the State Government’s Police Redress Scheme, and ask: (a) How
many applications were received for police redress; (b) How many applications
were approved for redress; (c) How many applications for redress were rejected; (d) Of the successful
applications, how many were rejected by the applicant based on the amount awarded
to them; (e) Of the applications
for redress rejected, how many applied for a review; (f) Of the applications
that applied for a review, how many were successful with this appeal and how
many were not; (g) Of the original
applications that were successful how many were former male police officers and
how many were former female police officers; (h) What was the total
amount of money awarded in redress; (i) How much money set aside for redress went unspent; (j) What was the average redress payout; (k) What was the highest
and lowest amount paid to a former male police officer; and (l) What was the highest
and lowest amount paid to a former female police officer?
refer to the State Government’s Police Redress Scheme, and ask: (a) How
many applications were received for police redress; (b) How many applications
were approved for redress; (c) How many applications for redress were rejected; (d) Of the successful
applications, how many were rejected by the applicant based on the amount awarded
to them; (e) Of the applications
for redress rejected, how many applied for a review; (f) Of the applications
that applied for a review, how many were successful with this appeal and how
many were not; (g) Of the original
applications that were successful how many were former male police officers and
how many were former female police officers; (h) What was the total
amount of money awarded in redress; (i) How much money set aside for redress went unspent; (j) What was the average redress payout; (k) What was the highest
and lowest amount paid to a former male police officer; and (l) What was the highest
and lowest amount paid to a former female police officer?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 March 2020
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
6 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a) 366
(b) 265
(c) 101
(d) 15 requests for Review have been received post Offers being made.
(e) 57 applicants assessed as ineligible for the Scheme submitted a Request for Review.
(f) Of the 57 Requests for a Review, 13 reviews were upheld.
(g) 239 were male and 26 were female.
(h) $16.094 million.
(i) None.
(j) As an Offer Review process is currently underway, an average payment cannot be provided at this time.
(k) - (l) As an Offer Review process is underway, final figures cannot be provided. To date the payments paid to male officers ranged from $20,000 to $150,000 for male officers, and from $20,000.00 to $127,300 for female officers.
(a) 366
(b) 265
(c) 101
(d) 15 requests for Review have been received post Offers being made.
(e) 57 applicants assessed as ineligible for the Scheme submitted a Request for Review.
(f) Of the 57 Requests for a Review, 13 reviews were upheld.
(g) 239 were male and 26 were female.
(h) $16.094 million.
(i) None.
(j) As an Offer Review process is currently underway, an average payment cannot be provided at this time.
(k) - (l) As an Offer Review process is underway, final figures cannot be provided. To date the payments paid to male officers ranged from $20,000 to $150,000 for male officers, and from $20,000.00 to $127,300 for female officers.
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.