❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding Work and Development Orders (WDOs) used to clear unpaid fines, including demographic breakdowns and regional data. The Attorney General provided data on completion rates, gender, Indigenous status, and regional distribution, but not unemployment status at incarceration.
AnsweredQoN 2408Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
For each financial year from 2015 to 2018 inclusive, I ask: (a) how
many people undertook work and development orders to clear unpaid fines; (b) how many of the individuals from (a) successfully completed these orders; (c) how many of the individuals from (a) were women; (d) how many of the individuals from (a) were classified as unemployed at the time of incarceration; (e) how many of the individuals from (a) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; (f) how many of the individuals from (e): (i) were
women; and (ii) were unemployed; (g) in which regions were the individuals from (a) located; and (h) in which regions were the individuals from (b) located?
many people undertook work and development orders to clear unpaid fines; (b) how many of the individuals from (a) successfully completed these orders; (c) how many of the individuals from (a) were women; (d) how many of the individuals from (a) were classified as unemployed at the time of incarceration; (e) how many of the individuals from (a) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; (f) how many of the individuals from (e): (i) were
women; and (ii) were unemployed; (g) in which regions were the individuals from (a) located; and (h) in which regions were the individuals from (b) located?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
26 September 2019
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
Response time
11 days
(a), (b), (c), (e), and (f)(i) in the table below:
Financial Year
a
b
c
e
f (i)
2015-2016
760
566
154
419
98
2016-2017
931
662
170
406
81
2017-2018
976
677
204
367
76
2018-2019
747*
468
159
306
71
* as at midnight 2 Sep 2019, 88 of the Work and Development Orders (WDOs) commenced in 2018-2019 were still active
(d) Individuals are not incarcerated at the commencement of a WDO. f) ii) Information on employment status is optional within the Department’s case management system (CBIS) and therefore does not capture the status of all individuals subject to WDOs.
(g) and (h)
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
Region
g
h
g
h
g
h
g
h
Metropolitan
227
174
404
288
486
303
353
192
Peel
58
37
89
52
102
72
66
45
Kimberley
266
195
182
140
109
87
91
66
Pilbara
114
87
151
120
152
137
133
111
Midwest
13
12
24
15
44
22
17
8
Goldfields
39
25
25
16
31
24
36
24
South West
18
14
37
19
33
21
24
9
Great South
25
22
19
12
19
11
27
13
TOTAL
760
566
931
662
976
677
747
468
Financial Year
a
b
c
e
f (i)
2015-2016
760
566
154
419
98
2016-2017
931
662
170
406
81
2017-2018
976
677
204
367
76
2018-2019
747*
468
159
306
71
* as at midnight 2 Sep 2019, 88 of the Work and Development Orders (WDOs) commenced in 2018-2019 were still active
(d) Individuals are not incarcerated at the commencement of a WDO. f) ii) Information on employment status is optional within the Department’s case management system (CBIS) and therefore does not capture the status of all individuals subject to WDOs.
(g) and (h)
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
Region
g
h
g
h
g
h
g
h
Metropolitan
227
174
404
288
486
303
353
192
Peel
58
37
89
52
102
72
66
45
Kimberley
266
195
182
140
109
87
91
66
Pilbara
114
87
151
120
152
137
133
111
Midwest
13
12
24
15
44
22
17
8
Goldfields
39
25
25
16
31
24
36
24
South West
18
14
37
19
33
21
24
9
Great South
25
22
19
12
19
11
27
13
TOTAL
760
566
931
662
976
677
747
468
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