❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the costs, rollout, and usage of the Viewpoint system for children in care. The answers indicate minimal direct costs due to leveraging existing resources and in-kind support.
AnsweredQoN 6074Legislative Assembly
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(1) What was the cost of the development and licensing of the Viewpoint system?
(2) What will be the cost of the statement rollout of the state dedicated laptops?
(3) How many laptops will be provided to each district and what districts will they be provided to?
(4) How many children are expected to be able to utilise the system?
(5) What is the budget for on-going hosting and support of the system?
(2) What will be the cost of the statement rollout of the state dedicated laptops?
(3) How many laptops will be provided to each district and what districts will they be provided to?
(4) How many children are expected to be able to utilise the system?
(5) What is the budget for on-going hosting and support of the system?
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Answered
18 October 2011
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Child Protection
Response time
41 days
(1) There were no development costs aside from the time committed by the existing position of Advocate for Children in Care. The licence fee was $105,000 for 3 years to 2013.
(2) Laptops are provided without cost from a pool of obsolete machines. Technical imaging is being undertaken by Kinetic, the Department's IT service provider, at no charge.
(3) There will be a total of 70 laptops provided to district offices across the State. Depending upon the numbers of children in care in each location, districts will be allocated between 2 and 6 laptops dedicated to Viewpoint.
(4) All children and young people in care between the ages of 4 and 17 years will have the opportunity to use Viewpoint as part of their care planning process.
(5) At this stage, no additional budget is required for ongoing support of the system. This will be reviewed on an annual basis.
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(2) Laptops are provided without cost from a pool of obsolete machines. Technical imaging is being undertaken by Kinetic, the Department's IT service provider, at no charge.
(3) There will be a total of 70 laptops provided to district offices across the State. Depending upon the numbers of children in care in each location, districts will be allocated between 2 and 6 laptops dedicated to Viewpoint.
(4) All children and young people in care between the ages of 4 and 17 years will have the opportunity to use Viewpoint as part of their care planning process.
(5) At this stage, no additional budget is required for ongoing support of the system. This will be reviewed on an annual basis.
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