A WA parliamentary question on notice requesting budgeted and actual figures for FTE staff, headcount, contractors, and consultant spending for Aqwest, Busselton Water, and Water Corporation from 2016-17 to 2018-19. The answer provides the requested data for staff and contractors, but refers to tabled reports for consultant spending.

AnsweredQoN 6084Legislative Assembly
Asked
31 March 2020
Portfolio
Water

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I refer to each of the Government Trading Enterprises in your portfolio, and I ask: (a) For each of the years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 what were the Budgeted and Actual numbers of: (i) Total full-time equivalent staff; (ii) Total headcount; (iii) Total contractors; and (iv) Total spend on consultants?

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Answered
12 May 2020
Responded by
Minister for Water
Response time
6 days
Aqwest Response
(i) FTE
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
37.79
36.03
34.26
Budget
39.18
39.81
37.29
(ii) Headcount
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
39
38
39
Budget
41
43
42
(iii) Agency Contractors
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
2
3
3
Budget
3
3
3
(iv) Consultant Spend
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Please refer to the Six Monthly Consultants Returns tabled in Parliament
Busselton Water
(i) FTE
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
29.5
30.5
30.1
Budget
31
32
32
(ii) Headcount
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
31
32
31
Budget
31
32
31
(iii) Agency Contractors
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
0
1
2
Budget
0
0
0
(iv) Consultant Spend
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Please refer to the Six Monthly Consultants Returns tabled in Parliament
Water Corporation
(a)
(i) FTE
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
2,618.79
2,612.58
2,677.02
Budget
2,649.40
2,706.50
2,741.20
(ii) Headcount
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
2,753
2,751
2,821
Budget
2,690
2,792
2,816
(iii) Agency Contractors
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Actual
259
243
292
Budget
Unavailable*
*Capital programs are managed by sub-program and project budgets, rather than at resource level. As such, head count is not always known ahead of time.
(iv) Consultant Spend
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Please refer to the Six Monthly Consultants Returns tabled in Parliament

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