❓ Question regarding the annual cost of transferring juvenile offenders from northern WA to Perth since 1993, and potential cost savings with a northern remand centre. The answer provides limited data from 1997 onwards due to data loss and resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 71Legislative Council
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71. Hon Tom Stephens to the Attorney General representing the Minister for Police
What has been the annual cost since 1993 of transferring juveniles from the north of WA to Perth, including police man hours, which would otherwise be avoided if a permanent bail remand centre existed?
What has been the annual cost since 1993 of transferring juveniles from the north of WA to Perth, including police man hours, which would otherwise be avoided if a permanent bail remand centre existed?
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Answered
23 November 2000
Response time
107 days
The Minister Replied:
The last sentence of your question is either asking us to make a value judgement or is statement of supposed fact by you. If the latter, it is incorrect, if the former it ignores the fact that if a remand facility were constructed in the north of WA, juveniles would still have to be transferred to that centre and considerable cost would still be incurred. The exact amount that would, be saved, if any, is difficult to calculate. However, the actual costs incurred are calculated as follows:
Information available prior to 1997 is considered unreliable. Due to the resources and time required to provide a response to the members Question, I am unwilling to commit the resources needed to extract the necessary information.
Police hours spent on juvenile escorts was not recorded prior to 1998. The hours provided are indicative only.
All data relevant to the Kimberley District prior to 1997 was lost during the severe floods in Broome during which time the Kimberley District Office was inundated.
The data provided below is current as at 26 June 2000 and refers to the Northern Police Region which incorporates the Pilbara and Kimberley Police Districts.
HOURS TOTAL
1997-1998 793 87,144
1998-1999 997 167,927
1999-2000 1431 208,341
$ 463,412
The total cost figures quoted for 1997-1998 and 1998?1999 have been extracted from manual records. The total cost figures quoted for 1999-2000 have been extracted from finance modules within the Agency?s Resource Management Information System and include Airfares, Travel Accommodation, Travel Allowance, Travel Meals and Travel Bus, Train and Taxis Fares
The last sentence of your question is either asking us to make a value judgement or is statement of supposed fact by you. If the latter, it is incorrect, if the former it ignores the fact that if a remand facility were constructed in the north of WA, juveniles would still have to be transferred to that centre and considerable cost would still be incurred. The exact amount that would, be saved, if any, is difficult to calculate. However, the actual costs incurred are calculated as follows:
Information available prior to 1997 is considered unreliable. Due to the resources and time required to provide a response to the members Question, I am unwilling to commit the resources needed to extract the necessary information.
Police hours spent on juvenile escorts was not recorded prior to 1998. The hours provided are indicative only.
All data relevant to the Kimberley District prior to 1997 was lost during the severe floods in Broome during which time the Kimberley District Office was inundated.
The data provided below is current as at 26 June 2000 and refers to the Northern Police Region which incorporates the Pilbara and Kimberley Police Districts.
HOURS TOTAL
1997-1998 793 87,144
1998-1999 997 167,927
1999-2000 1431 208,341
$ 463,412
The total cost figures quoted for 1997-1998 and 1998?1999 have been extracted from manual records. The total cost figures quoted for 1999-2000 have been extracted from finance modules within the Agency?s Resource Management Information System and include Airfares, Travel Accommodation, Travel Allowance, Travel Meals and Travel Bus, Train and Taxis Fares
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