❓ A WA parliamentary question reveals that the Department of Justice cannot differentiate between procedural parole breaches and those involving new offences due to limitations in its current information systems. A new system is being procured to address this.
AnsweredQoN 967Legislative Assembly
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I refer the minister to her answer in the House yesterday that an alarming 32 per cent - or 536 - of the 1 677 parole orders in force were breached in the 2002-03 financial year. (1) How many parole breaches were procedural? (2) How many parole breaches were related to the commission of further offences? (3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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(1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(1) How many parole breaches were procedural? (2) How many parole breaches were related to the commission of further offences? (3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(2) How many parole breaches were related to the commission of further offences? (3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(1) How many parole breaches were procedural? (2) How many parole breaches were related to the commission of further offences? (3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(2) How many parole breaches were related to the commission of further offences? (3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(3) How many of the 536 parolees in the categories in (1) and (2) were returned to prison as a result of parole breaches? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: (1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
(1)-(3) The departmental systems do not distinguish between procedural breaches and breaches by the commission of further offences. The information requested at that level is therefore unavailable. The Department of Justice is in the procurement stage of purchasing a community-based information system that will have the ability to provide the detailed information asked for by the member. This year’s budget allocated almost $1.25 million for the procurement of that system.
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