❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice requests detailed staffing information for the Premier's departments and agencies, specifically focusing on regionally based employees. The Premier declined to provide the detailed information requested, citing resource constraints and offering to answer specific location-based questions instead.
AnsweredQoN 49Legislative Assembly
Asked
3 August 2021
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations
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For the date 13 March 2021, please provide the following staffing arrangements for each of the Minister’s departments and agencies: (a) Total number of staff in each department or agency; (b) Total number of staff who were based regionally per department or agency; (c) Position title of each staff member based regionally; (d) Full time equivalent hours of each staff member based regionally; (e) Employment level of each staff member based regionally; and (f) For each regionally based employee, please provide the geographic location of the office?
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Answered
7 September 2021
Response time
9 days
(a) See tabled paper [x].
(b) See tabled paper [x].
(c – f) This detailed information is not readily available and to collating this information would divert staff away from their normal duties, including the important job of supporting the community and the State’s economy. Therefore, it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources and I am not prepared to allocate the State’s resources to provide a response. If the Member has a particular question about a specific location, I will endeavour to answer it.
(b) See tabled paper [x].
(c – f) This detailed information is not readily available and to collating this information would divert staff away from their normal duties, including the important job of supporting the community and the State’s economy. Therefore, it is not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources and I am not prepared to allocate the State’s resources to provide a response. If the Member has a particular question about a specific location, I will endeavour to answer it.
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