❓ A Western Australian parliamentary Question on Notice (QoN 2436) from 2010 requests detailed information on vehicle cleaning and detailing costs for the Police, Emergency Services (FESA), and the Office of Road Safety. The answers reveal a lack of centralised record-keeping for vehicle cleaning within WA Police and difficulty in retrieving archived data from FESA.
AnsweredQoN 2436Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
For each Department and Agency within the Minister’s portfolios:
(a) as at 9 March 2010 how many vehicles are allocated to the department or agency;
(b) what washing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(c) if any vehicle is commercially cleaned since 23 September 2008 please provide:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) advise whether vehicles are cleaned during office hours;
(d) what detailing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(e) if any vehicle is commercially detailed since 23 September 2008 please provide:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) advise whether vehicles are detailed during office hours; and
(f) please provide a subtotal of a vehicle’s cleaning costs for each department or agency since 23 September 2008.
(a) as at 9 March 2010 how many vehicles are allocated to the department or agency;
(b) what washing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(c) if any vehicle is commercially cleaned since 23 September 2008 please provide:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) advise whether vehicles are cleaned during office hours;
(d) what detailing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(e) if any vehicle is commercially detailed since 23 September 2008 please provide:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) advise whether vehicles are detailed during office hours; and
(f) please provide a subtotal of a vehicle’s cleaning costs for each department or agency since 23 September 2008.
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Minister for Police; Emergency Services; Road Safety
Response time
41 days
WA Police
(a) The Western Australia Police vehicle fleet as at 9 March 2010 comprised of 1352 vehicles
(b) The WA Police Manual directs that police vehicles are to be maintained in a clean and serviceable condition at all times. The cleaning of vehicles is managed at a local level by the business area utilising the vehicle. In the event that a vehicle sustains malicious damage/vandalism during operational use, a variety of methods, including commercial car washes or vehicle detailing could be utilised to clean the vehicle.
(c) As the cleaning of WA Police vehicles is managed and undertaken at a local level, no central record of car washing arrangements/costs are maintained.
(d - e) Refer to responses to Questions (b) and (c) above.
(f) Considering current practice, as detailed in the responses to Questions (b) and (c), it is not anticipated that WA Police would incur a significant cost through commercial car washing or detailing services.
FESA
(a) 394 operational and support vehicles
(b) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(c) The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(d - e) Refer to responses to Questions (b) and (c) above.
(f) $4141.00 in total. For the same reasons as outlined in (c) above FESA is unable to provide subtotals for each vehicle.
Office of Road Safety
Office of Road Safety vehicles are supplied by Main Roads WA and therefore will be included in the response from the Minister for Transport.
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(a) The Western Australia Police vehicle fleet as at 9 March 2010 comprised of 1352 vehicles
(b) The WA Police Manual directs that police vehicles are to be maintained in a clean and serviceable condition at all times. The cleaning of vehicles is managed at a local level by the business area utilising the vehicle. In the event that a vehicle sustains malicious damage/vandalism during operational use, a variety of methods, including commercial car washes or vehicle detailing could be utilised to clean the vehicle.
(c) As the cleaning of WA Police vehicles is managed and undertaken at a local level, no central record of car washing arrangements/costs are maintained.
(d - e) Refer to responses to Questions (b) and (c) above.
(f) Considering current practice, as detailed in the responses to Questions (b) and (c), it is not anticipated that WA Police would incur a significant cost through commercial car washing or detailing services.
FESA
(a) 394 operational and support vehicles
(b) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(c) The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(d - e) Refer to responses to Questions (b) and (c) above.
(f) $4141.00 in total. For the same reasons as outlined in (c) above FESA is unable to provide subtotals for each vehicle.
Office of Road Safety
Office of Road Safety vehicles are supplied by Main Roads WA and therefore will be included in the response from the Minister for Transport.
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