❓ Hon Peter Collier asks about WAPOL's expenditure on psychiatric services and the number of officers accessing them from 2017-2023. WAPOL provides expenditure figures but cannot accurately determine the number of officers due to payment system limitations.
AnsweredQoN 1635Legislative Council
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(1) How much was spent by WAPOL on psychiatrist services in the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; (e) 2021; (f) 2022; and (g) 2023? (2) How many officers accessed the services for each of the years referred to in (1)?
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Answered
19 October 2023
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
8 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise:
1 a-g. 2016-17, $329,180; 2017-18, $238,756; 2018-19, $249,047; 2019-20, $473,229; 2020-21, $660,143; 2021-22, $965,847; 2022-23, $978,515. The payment include psychiatric services under work and non-work-related provisions in the industrial agreement as well as agency-initiated costs including assessments by the agency’s consultant psychiatrists.
2. It is not possible to provide an accurate figure due to the structure of the payment system as it does not record payments against individual officers in a reportable format.
1 a-g. 2016-17, $329,180; 2017-18, $238,756; 2018-19, $249,047; 2019-20, $473,229; 2020-21, $660,143; 2021-22, $965,847; 2022-23, $978,515. The payment include psychiatric services under work and non-work-related provisions in the industrial agreement as well as agency-initiated costs including assessments by the agency’s consultant psychiatrists.
2. It is not possible to provide an accurate figure due to the structure of the payment system as it does not record payments against individual officers in a reportable format.
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