Question regarding the Disability Services Commission's cleaning services costs and the Minister's alleged insistence on insourcing them. The Minister denies the insistence and provides cost information and the Commission's mission statement.

AnsweredQoN 1197Legislative Assembly
Asked
11 March 2003
Portfolio
Disability Services

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(b) what is the estimated cost of the first year of ‘in house’ cleaning for the Disability Commission; (c) what is the Mission Statement of the Disability Services Commission; and (d) how is this Mission Statement served by the Minister’s insistence that the Disability Commission take their cleaning services ‘in house’?
(c) what is the Mission Statement of the Disability Services Commission; and (d) how is this Mission Statement served by the Minister’s insistence that the Disability Commission take their cleaning services ‘in house’?
(d) how is this Mission Statement served by the Minister’s insistence that the Disability Commission take their cleaning services ‘in house’?
(b) $580,000 per annum, which is equal to the projected expenditure for the existing outsourced cleaning services for 2002/2003. (c) The primary focus of the Disability Services Commission is to make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, their families and carers. (d) I have never insisted on the insourcing of cleaning services.
(c) The primary focus of the Disability Services Commission is to make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, their families and carers. (d) I have never insisted on the insourcing of cleaning services.
(d) I have never insisted on the insourcing of cleaning services.

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Answered
8 April 2003
Responded by
Minister for Disability Services
Response time
28 days
(a) The budget provides for a Carer's Package of $2,041,000 per annum for 4 years. Carers also benefit from the provision of individualised funding. Some $9.48 million of direct funding was expended in 2001/2002.
(b) $580,000 per annum, which is equal to the projected expenditure for the existing outsourced cleaning services for 2002/2003.
(c) The primary focus of the Disability Services Commission is to make a positive difference to the lives of people with disabilities, their families and carers.
(d) I have never insisted on the insourcing of cleaning services.

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