❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on the number of Senior Executive Service (SES) staff employed, created, and ceased at the Department of Communities over the past four financial years. The answer provides overall numbers and refers to tabled papers for detailed lists.
AnsweredQoN 6335Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
(1) How many Senior Executive Service (SES) staff have been employed by the Department of Communities for each of the past four financial years? (2) How many new SES positions have been created at the Department of Communities, in the past three years, and please provide details of: (a) the job title and business unit of each new position; and (b) the pay scale? (3) How many SES positions have ceased at the Department of Communities, in each of the past four financial years, and please provide details of: (a) the reason for the cessation of the position; (b) the job title and business unit of each position; and (c) the pay scale?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Community Services
Response time
9 days
This answer covers multiple Ministers’ portfolios, including Disability Services, Seniors and Ageing, Volunteering, Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth, as well as my Child Protection, Women’s Interests, prevention of Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services portfolios.
This answer also encompasses the Department of Communities and the legacy agencies whose functions were amalgamated into the Department of Communities from 1 July 2017.
This answer was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
(1) Senior Executive Service (SES) staff employed by the Department of Communities for each of the past four financial years:
Financial Year
Number of SES Staff
Agency
2016-17
45
Legacy Agencies integrates into the Department of Communities (Department of Housing, Child Protection and Family Support, Disability Services, Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Department of Local Government and Communities)
2017-18
37
Department of Communities
2018-19
38
Department of Communities
2019-20
40
Department of Communities
(2) Please see Tabled Paper No. (XX) for a list of SES positions that have been created at the Department of Communities in the past three years as at 30 June 2020. This table was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
3) Please see Tabled Paper No. (XX) for a list of SES positions that have ceased at the Department of Communities in each of the past four financial years. This table was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
This answer also encompasses the Department of Communities and the legacy agencies whose functions were amalgamated into the Department of Communities from 1 July 2017.
This answer was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
(1) Senior Executive Service (SES) staff employed by the Department of Communities for each of the past four financial years:
Financial Year
Number of SES Staff
Agency
2016-17
45
Legacy Agencies integrates into the Department of Communities (Department of Housing, Child Protection and Family Support, Disability Services, Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Department of Local Government and Communities)
2017-18
37
Department of Communities
2018-19
38
Department of Communities
2019-20
40
Department of Communities
(2) Please see Tabled Paper No. (XX) for a list of SES positions that have been created at the Department of Communities in the past three years as at 30 June 2020. This table was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
3) Please see Tabled Paper No. (XX) for a list of SES positions that have ceased at the Department of Communities in each of the past four financial years. This table was compiled using HRMOIR report using Q1 and Q4 for each financial year.
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.