❓ Question on Notice regarding the Redress WA Scheme, specifically concerning the number of victims identified, police resources allocated, the status of referred cases, and funding provided to WA Police for the extra workload.
AnsweredQoN 5926Legislative Council
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I refer to the Redress WA Scheme and to answers to my questions on notice Nos 5686 and 5687, and I ask —
(1) For each of the two individuals who have been charged with offences relating to information provided in Redress applications, how many individual victims have been identified?
(2) How many police full time equivalents (FTE) are working on the 204 Redress cases which are currently the subject of police investigation?
(3) How many extra FTE have been allocated to investigate the 2,231 cases which were referred to police?
(4) What is the current status of the 2,027 cases which were referred to Western Australia Police during the Redress process but which are not currently the subject of police investigation?
(5) How many of these cases have been assessed?
(6) Of those cases which have been assessed, for how many will no further action be taken?
(7) For the cases in (6), for what reasons was the decision made to not proceed further?
(8) Of the cases in (4), how many have yet to be assessed?
(9) When is it expected that all cases referred to Police as a result of the Redress WA Scheme will have been assessed?
(10) Has extra funding been granted to the Western Australia Police to undertake the extra work created by the Redress cases?
(11) If yes to (10), how much was allocated in —
(a) 2009-10;
(b) 2010-11;
(c) 2011-12; and
(d) 2012-13?
(12) If no to (10), why not?
(1) For each of the two individuals who have been charged with offences relating to information provided in Redress applications, how many individual victims have been identified?
(2) How many police full time equivalents (FTE) are working on the 204 Redress cases which are currently the subject of police investigation?
(3) How many extra FTE have been allocated to investigate the 2,231 cases which were referred to police?
(4) What is the current status of the 2,027 cases which were referred to Western Australia Police during the Redress process but which are not currently the subject of police investigation?
(5) How many of these cases have been assessed?
(6) Of those cases which have been assessed, for how many will no further action be taken?
(7) For the cases in (6), for what reasons was the decision made to not proceed further?
(8) Of the cases in (4), how many have yet to be assessed?
(9) When is it expected that all cases referred to Police as a result of the Redress WA Scheme will have been assessed?
(10) Has extra funding been granted to the Western Australia Police to undertake the extra work created by the Redress cases?
(11) If yes to (10), how much was allocated in —
(a) 2009-10;
(b) 2010-11;
(c) 2011-12; and
(d) 2012-13?
(12) If no to (10), why not?
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Answered
11 September 2012
Responded by
Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
Response time
27 days
(1) Twenty eight individual victims have been identified with respect to the two people who have been charged to date.
(2) - (3) Due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels allocated to particular police investigations is not provided. Resources are principally allocated to the Divisional Detective Superintendent to deploy these resources within their Division to provide the best possible policing service to meet operational requirements.
(4) All files referred to Western Australia Police have been assessed to determine suitability for further investigation. Those deemed not suitable for further investigation have been put to file.
(5) All of the 2,212 Redress WA applications received by WA Police have been assessed.
(6) No further action will be taken in respect to 2,028 files. Of those, a total of 1,709 matters were closed as the applicants chose not to consent to a police investigation. A further 319 matters for which applicants provided consent did not meet the criteria for progressing to an investigation.
(7) The decision not to proceed was primarily based on a lack of consent by victims to have their matters investigated. Where consent was present, some matters were still closed because of factors including a lack of criminality being particularised by the victim, the death of a victim and/or an alleged perpetrator, and the offence being too old to prosecute because of a statute of limitations.
(8) - (9) All cases referred to WA Police by the Redress WA Scheme have been assessed.
(10) To date no extra funding has been granted to WA Police.
(11) (a) - (d) N/A
(12) WA Police is presently considering a number of resourcing options to enable the remaining files to be progressed utilising a taskforce.
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(2) - (3) Due to operational sensitivities, specific information relating to staffing levels allocated to particular police investigations is not provided. Resources are principally allocated to the Divisional Detective Superintendent to deploy these resources within their Division to provide the best possible policing service to meet operational requirements.
(4) All files referred to Western Australia Police have been assessed to determine suitability for further investigation. Those deemed not suitable for further investigation have been put to file.
(5) All of the 2,212 Redress WA applications received by WA Police have been assessed.
(6) No further action will be taken in respect to 2,028 files. Of those, a total of 1,709 matters were closed as the applicants chose not to consent to a police investigation. A further 319 matters for which applicants provided consent did not meet the criteria for progressing to an investigation.
(7) The decision not to proceed was primarily based on a lack of consent by victims to have their matters investigated. Where consent was present, some matters were still closed because of factors including a lack of criminality being particularised by the victim, the death of a victim and/or an alleged perpetrator, and the offence being too old to prosecute because of a statute of limitations.
(8) - (9) All cases referred to WA Police by the Redress WA Scheme have been assessed.
(10) To date no extra funding has been granted to WA Police.
(11) (a) - (d) N/A
(12) WA Police is presently considering a number of resourcing options to enable the remaining files to be progressed utilising a taskforce.
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