❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks a breakdown of air travel expenditure across multiple government agencies and portfolios from 2016-2019. The answer provides aggregated figures for intrastate and interstate travel, while directing to publicly available reports for international travel.
AnsweredQoN 5331Legislative Assembly
Asked
6 August 2019
Member
Portfolio
Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services
QuestionView source ↗
For each agency, department and corporation within the Minister's portfolios, I ask: (a) What was the total spend, broken down by each agency, department and corporation, on intrastate air travel for each of the following financial years: (i) 2016-2017; (ii) 2017-2018; and (iii) 2018-2019; (b) What was the total spend, broken down by each agency, department and corporation, on interstate air travel for each of the following financial years: (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; and (iii) 2018-19; and (c) What was the total spend, broken down by each agency, department and corporation, on international air travel for each of the following financial years: (i) 2016-17; (ii) 2017-18; and (iii) 2018-19?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
17 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services
Response time
12 days
This answer covers multiple Ministers’ portfolios including Disability Services, Seniors and Ageing, Volunteering, Housing, Veterans Issues, Youth, as well as my Child Protection, Women’s Interests, Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services portfolios.
This answer also encompasses the Department of Communities and its legacy agencies including Disability Services Commission, Department of Housing and Department for Child Protection and Family Support, whose functions were amalgamated into the Department of Communities from 1 July 2017. These figures apply to the component cost of air travel only.
(a)
(i) $2,543,421
(ii) $1,804,181
(iii) $3,009,138
(b)
(i) $429,973
(ii) $301,695
(iii) $551,674
(c) In accordance with Premier’s Circular 2014/02 (Guidelines for official air travel by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Government Officers), a summary of all overseas official air travel by each Minister, Parliamentary Secretary and Government officer is tabled in Parliament on a quarterly basis. This information is available on the Parliament of Western Australia website.
This answer also encompasses the Department of Communities and its legacy agencies including Disability Services Commission, Department of Housing and Department for Child Protection and Family Support, whose functions were amalgamated into the Department of Communities from 1 July 2017. These figures apply to the component cost of air travel only.
(a)
(i) $2,543,421
(ii) $1,804,181
(iii) $3,009,138
(b)
(i) $429,973
(ii) $301,695
(iii) $551,674
(c) In accordance with Premier’s Circular 2014/02 (Guidelines for official air travel by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Government Officers), a summary of all overseas official air travel by each Minister, Parliamentary Secretary and Government officer is tabled in Parliament on a quarterly basis. This information is available on the Parliament of Western Australia website.
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