WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding funding allocated to the Department of Corrective Services to accommodate an increase in the prisoner population. The answer reveals the expected number of prisoners and the average daily marginal cost per prisoner.

AnsweredQoN 105Legislative Council
Asked
31 March 2010
Portfolio
Corrective Services

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TREASURER’S ADVANCE — DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES
I refer to the document “Treasurer’s Advance Authorisation Bill 2010: Details of Excesses and New Items for the 2009–10 Financial Year”, item 96. (1) How many prisoners are expected to be accommodated with the additional $37.7 million allocated to the Department of Corrective Services? (2) What is the formula or calculation that is performed in order to estimate the level of funding required to accommodate an increase in the daily prisoner population? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises as follows — (1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
(1) How many prisoners are expected to be accommodated with the additional $37.7 million allocated to the Department of Corrective Services? (2) What is the formula or calculation that is performed in order to estimate the level of funding required to accommodate an increase in the daily prisoner population? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises as follows — (1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
(2) What is the formula or calculation that is performed in order to estimate the level of funding required to accommodate an increase in the daily prisoner population? Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises as follows — (1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises as follows — (1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Minister for Corrective Services advises as follows — (1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
(1) Seven hundred. (2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.
(2) The average daily marginal cost of each prisoner is $147.52 per day.

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