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❓ The WA parliamentary question seeks information on staffing levels related to health infrastructure within the Department of Health and other departments, particularly following a government restructure. The answer provides specific FTE numbers for various dates and departments.

AnsweredQoN 509Legislative Assembly

Asked

20 August 2025

Member

Ms Sandra Brewer

Portfolio

Health Infrastructure

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I refer to the Department of Health, and I ask: (a) How many employees (full-time equivalents) were engaged in work in relation to health infrastructure, as at each of the dates : (i) 30 June 2024; (ii) 30 June 2025; and (iii) 21 August 2025; (b) Are there any departments, other than the Department of Health, with employees engaged in work in relation to health infrastructure; (c) If yes to (b), which departments are these, and how many employees (full-time equivalents) did they have engaged in work in relation to health infrastructure, as at the dates provided in (a); and (d) I refer to the restructure of government departments announced on 1 July 2025 by the Premier, and I ask: (i) How many employees (full-time equivalents) have since been transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure; and (ii) How many new roles (full-time equivalents) have since been created at the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure in relation to health infrastructure?

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Answered

14 October 2025

Responded by

Minister for Health Infrastructure

Response time

8 days

(a) (i)-(iii) The number of full-time equivalent employees engaged in work in relation to health infrastructure across WA Health* sites is as follows:
Date
FTE
30 June 2024
148.92
30 June 2025
181.26
21 August 2025
163.38
*Data encapsulates employees engaged across the Department of Health, North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, East Metropolitan Health Service, the Child and Adolescent Health Service, and the Western Australian Country Health Service. (b – c)
Office of Major Infrastructure Delivery (OMID) within the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure:
Date
FTE
30 June 2024
Nil
30 June 2025
Nil
21 August 2025
78
Department of Finance/Housing and Works (DOHW):
Date
FTE
30 June 2024
20.8
30 June 2025
23.9
21 August 2025
21.8
(d) (i)
26.3 full-time equivalents have been transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure since the machinery of government changes were implemented.
(d)(ii)
Nil.

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