❓ A parliamentary question regarding staffing levels for managing, auditing, and ensuring compliance with Homeswest housing maintenance contracts since the introduction of the head contractor model. The answer clarifies that the model is not privatisation and provides FTE numbers.
AnsweredQoN 7738Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the ongoing management, auditing and compliance of the privatisation of Homeswest housing maintenance, and I ask:
(a) how many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff are directly engaged in ongoing contract management and what position, team, department or division do these staff work under;
(b) how many staff (FTE) are directly engaged in auditing or compliance and what position, team, department or division do these staff work under; and
(c) has there been a net increase or decrease of staff (FTE) involved in the management, auditing or compliance of the privatisation of Homeswest housing maintenance since 13 October 2010, and if so by how many FTEs?
(a) how many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff are directly engaged in ongoing contract management and what position, team, department or division do these staff work under;
(b) how many staff (FTE) are directly engaged in auditing or compliance and what position, team, department or division do these staff work under; and
(c) has there been a net increase or decrease of staff (FTE) involved in the management, auditing or compliance of the privatisation of Homeswest housing maintenance since 13 October 2010, and if so by how many FTEs?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
47 days
The Department of Housing advises:
The introduction of the head contractor model in July 2010 does not constitute privatisation of housing maintenance. Public Housing maintenance services were first outsourced in 1992.
(a) 4
(b) Auditing and compliance - 10 (Housing Maintenance Section in Service Delivery). The Department has increased the number of licensed auditors from 2 to 6 due to legislative requirements and increased focus on tenant safety i.e. smoke detectors, RCDs and appliances such as heaters and hot water heaters.
(c) Increase. As per (b) and through other maintenance related initiatives.
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The introduction of the head contractor model in July 2010 does not constitute privatisation of housing maintenance. Public Housing maintenance services were first outsourced in 1992.
(a) 4
(b) Auditing and compliance - 10 (Housing Maintenance Section in Service Delivery). The Department has increased the number of licensed auditors from 2 to 6 due to legislative requirements and increased focus on tenant safety i.e. smoke detectors, RCDs and appliances such as heaters and hot water heaters.
(c) Increase. As per (b) and through other maintenance related initiatives.
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