❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks information on gift registers maintained by agencies within the Deputy Premier's portfolio, specifically regarding gifts offered but not accepted by employees. The answer reveals that several health-related agencies maintain such registers with a $50 threshold.
AnsweredQoN 1485Legislative Assembly
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In relation to all agencies, departments and trading enterprises within the Deputy Premier’s portfolio of responsibilities, could the Deputy Premier advise: (a) do any of these agencies, departments or trading enterprises maintain a register of gifts or benefits offered to employees but not accepted; (b) if yes to (a), which specific agencies, departments or trading enterprises maintain such a registry; (c) if yes to (a), how long has the register been maintained; (d) if yes to (a), what is the dollar amount at which employees must register an offered gift or benefit; and (e) if yes to (a), through what means or mechanism do employees register a gift or benefit offered to them but not accepted?
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Answered
3 December 2013
Responded by
Hon Dr K.D. Hames
Response time
33 days
(a) Yes.
(b) Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Health Service, North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, WA Country Health Service and the Health and Disability Service Complaints Office (HaDSCO).
(c) The first relevant register entries were recorded on:
Child and Adolescent Health Service 5 October 2011
Department of Health 2 November 2011
North Metropolitan Health Service 1 October 2011
South Metropolitan Health Service 4 January 2011
WA Country Health Service 14 November 2011
HaDSCO 30 August 2010 with no relevant entries recorded.
(d) $50 as per the WA Health Acceptance of Gifts Policy and the HaDSCO Gifts and Benefits Policy.
(e) Department of Health - Employees record the fact of a gift having been offered to them in a Gifts Notification Form, which includes a section to be filled in by the employee as to the estimated value of the gift or benefit, and another section, to be completed by the relevant Director or Head of Department, regarding whether the gift or benefit was accepted and, if accepted, what was done with it.
HaDSCO - Employees are required to record that a gift was offered via an electronic record, which includes information relating to the date the gift was offered, who offered the gift, the estimated value of the gift, approval from the Director regarding whether the gift was accepted and what was done with it.
(b) Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Health Service, North Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, WA Country Health Service and the Health and Disability Service Complaints Office (HaDSCO).
(c) The first relevant register entries were recorded on:
Child and Adolescent Health Service 5 October 2011
Department of Health 2 November 2011
North Metropolitan Health Service 1 October 2011
South Metropolitan Health Service 4 January 2011
WA Country Health Service 14 November 2011
HaDSCO 30 August 2010 with no relevant entries recorded.
(d) $50 as per the WA Health Acceptance of Gifts Policy and the HaDSCO Gifts and Benefits Policy.
(e) Department of Health - Employees record the fact of a gift having been offered to them in a Gifts Notification Form, which includes a section to be filled in by the employee as to the estimated value of the gift or benefit, and another section, to be completed by the relevant Director or Head of Department, regarding whether the gift or benefit was accepted and, if accepted, what was done with it.
HaDSCO - Employees are required to record that a gift was offered via an electronic record, which includes information relating to the date the gift was offered, who offered the gift, the estimated value of the gift, approval from the Director regarding whether the gift was accepted and what was done with it.
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