Hon Diane Evers questions the Minister for Emergency Services regarding the budget, allocation, and expenditure on training and professional development for paid staff and volunteers within the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES). The response indicates the information is too extensive to provide directly.

AnsweredQoN 1013Legislative Council
Asked
23 September 2020
Portfolio
Emergency Services

QuestionView source ↗

DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES —
TRAINING
1013. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the
Minister for Emergency Services:
(1) Does the
Department of Fire and Emergency Services allocate a budget for the training
and professional development of paid staff and volunteers?
(2) If yes to (1),
how much is available per staff member and per volunteer and in total for each
category or service such as volunteer brigades et cetera?
(3) How much was paid for training each category or
service for each of the financial years ending 30 June 2017, 2018, 2019
and 2020?
(4) Were the
amounts in (3) paid from the emergency services levy fund?
(5) What is the
process for paid staff and volunteers to access training and professional
development funds?

AnswerView source ↗

On behalf of the Minister for Environment,
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
The
Department of Fire and Emergency Services has advised that the level of detail
required to answer this question is very extensive and would constrain
the department's resources. All information related to ESL expenditure
is contained in the annual reports of the department.

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