❓ Hon Neil Thomson asks the Minister for Emergency Services about the status of disaster recovery funding applications related to road and flood damage for Kimberley, Pilbara, and Gascoyne local governments. The Minister provides information on the number of applications, their receipt dates, processing times, and staffing.
AnsweredQoN 576Legislative Council
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DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING ARRANGEMENT APPLICATIONS
576. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I got advice from the office and I thank
the advisers because even though it is a complex question, they could answer it
today.
Please provide advice on the
following information for the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne local
governments.
(1) What is the
current number of disaster recovery funding arrangement applications from these
local governments related to road and flood
damage that sit with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and
require the issuing of an Australian government reference number?
(2) What date were these
applications received?
(3) What was the
average length of time flood damage applications sat with DFES before the
issuing of an AGRN in the past three years?
(4) How many DFES FTE staff process
AGRN applications?
576. Hon NEIL THOMSON to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I got advice from the office and I thank
the advisers because even though it is a complex question, they could answer it
today.
Please provide advice on the
following information for the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne local
governments.
(1) What is the
current number of disaster recovery funding arrangement applications from these
local governments related to road and flood
damage that sit with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and
require the issuing of an Australian government reference number?
(2) What date were these
applications received?
(3) What was the
average length of time flood damage applications sat with DFES before the
issuing of an AGRN in the past three years?
(4) How many DFES FTE staff process
AGRN applications?
AnswerView source ↗
I answer on behalf of the Minister
for Emergency Services. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The
following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Emergency
Services.
(1) There are four.
(2) Between 15 March and 13 June
2022.
(3) The Department
of Fire and Emergency Services does not maintain records regarding the length
of time between the receipt of a preliminary event notification form and the
activation of the event.
(4) There are two.
for Emergency Services. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The
following answer has been provided to me by the Minister for Emergency
Services.
(1) There are four.
(2) Between 15 March and 13 June
2022.
(3) The Department
of Fire and Emergency Services does not maintain records regarding the length
of time between the receipt of a preliminary event notification form and the
activation of the event.
(4) There are two.
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