❓ Hon. Neil Thomson asks about disability representation targets in the WA public sector. The Minister's response indicates interim targets were removed and provides data on disclosed disability representation for 2019-2021.
AnsweredQoN 205Legislative Council
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PUBLIC SECTOR — STAFF — DISABILITY TARGETS
205. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Public Sector Management:
I
refer to the minister's December 2019 media statement about people with
a disability and setting a target of five per cent representation in the
public sector by the end of 2025.
(1) What were the interim targets
for representation set for each year to 2025?
(2) What was the
actual representation of people with a disability in the Western Australian
public sector, by number and per cent, at —
(a) December 2019;
(b) December 2020; and
(c) December 2021?
205. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Public Sector Management:
I
refer to the minister's December 2019 media statement about people with
a disability and setting a target of five per cent representation in the
public sector by the end of 2025.
(1) What were the interim targets
for representation set for each year to 2025?
(2) What was the
actual representation of people with a disability in the Western Australian
public sector, by number and per cent, at —
(a) December 2019;
(b) December 2020; and
(c) December 2021?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Interim
targets were set as part of the initial release of the People with disability:
Action plan to improve WA public sector employment outcomes 2020–2025 in December 2019. This plan was later updated for consistency with the workforce diversification and inclusion strategy
and five other action plans when they were
released in August 2020. A decision was made not to establish interim targets
as it was acknowledged that the aspirational targets set in the strategy
were long term.
(2) Not all
public sector employees have provided or disclosed their diversity information
and, therefore, are not represented in the data. Diversity data is based on
employees who have provided or disclosed their disability information as
recorded in agency human resource systems —
(a) 1 686, 1.6 per
cent;
(b) 1 685, 1.5 per
cent; and
(c) 1 836, 1.5 per cent.
some notice of the question.
(1) Interim
targets were set as part of the initial release of the People with disability:
Action plan to improve WA public sector employment outcomes 2020–2025 in December 2019. This plan was later updated for consistency with the workforce diversification and inclusion strategy
and five other action plans when they were
released in August 2020. A decision was made not to establish interim targets
as it was acknowledged that the aspirational targets set in the strategy
were long term.
(2) Not all
public sector employees have provided or disclosed their diversity information
and, therefore, are not represented in the data. Diversity data is based on
employees who have provided or disclosed their disability information as
recorded in agency human resource systems —
(a) 1 686, 1.6 per
cent;
(b) 1 685, 1.5 per
cent; and
(c) 1 836, 1.5 per cent.
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