❓ Mr Kirkup asks about the number and cost of suspended/stood down prison officers for 2015-18. The Department of Justice provides aggregated figures for officers 'ordered to stay away' and associated costs for each financial year.
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I refer to suspended or stood down prison officers, and ask: (a) For 2015-16: (i) How many officers were stood down; (ii) How many officers were suspended; (iii) What was the total cost associated with (a)(i) (i.e. disbursement of leave); and (iv) What was the total cost associated with (a)(ii); (b) For 2016-17: (i) How many officers were stood down; (ii) How many officers were suspended; (iii) What was the total cost associated with (b)(i); and (iv) What was the total cost associated with (b)(ii); and (c) For 2017-18: (i) How many officers were stood down; (ii) How many officers were suspended; (iii) What was the total cost associated with (c)(i); and (iv) What was the total cost associated with (c)(ii)?
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Answered
18 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
9 days
The Department of Justice advises:
(a) For 2015-16:
(i) - (ii) 34 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2015-16 was $1,439,658
(b) For 2016-17:
(i) - (ii) 35 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2016-17 was $1,194,670
(c) For 2017-18:
(i) - (ii) 25 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2017-18 was $551,746
(a) For 2015-16:
(i) - (ii) 34 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2015 and 30 June 2016.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2015-16 was $1,439,658
(b) For 2016-17:
(i) - (ii) 35 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2016-17 was $1,194,670
(c) For 2017-18:
(i) - (ii) 25 officers were ordered to stay away between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.
(iii) - (iv) the total cost associated with officers ordered to stay away in 2017-18 was $551,746
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