❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding vehicle cleaning and detailing costs for departments within the Police, Emergency Services, and Road Safety portfolios. The answers reveal varying levels of central record-keeping and cost tracking across different agencies.
AnsweredQoN 6745Legislative Assembly
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For each department and agency within the Minister’s portfolios, since 10 March 2011:
(a) how many vehicles are allocated to the department or agency;
(b) what washing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(c) if any vehicle is commercially cleaned, please advise:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) whether vehicles are cleaned during office hours;
(d) what detailing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(e) if any vehicle is commercially detailed, please advise:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) whether vehicles are detailed during office hours; and
(f) can the Minister please provide a subtotal of a vehicle’s cleaning costs for each department or agency?
(a) how many vehicles are allocated to the department or agency;
(b) what washing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(c) if any vehicle is commercially cleaned, please advise:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) whether vehicles are cleaned during office hours;
(d) what detailing arrangements are provided for each vehicle;
(e) if any vehicle is commercially detailed, please advise:
(i) the cost breakdown for each vehicle and cleaning bill;
(ii) how often each vehicle is booked in to be commercially cleaned;
(iii) the address where the vehicle is cleaned; and
(iv) whether vehicles are detailed during office hours; and
(f) can the Minister please provide a subtotal of a vehicle’s cleaning costs for each department or agency?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 December 2011
Responded by
Minister for Police; Emergency Services; Road Safety
Response time
30 days
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA):
(a) 564 Operational and support vehicles.
(b) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(c)
(i - iv) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally, external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel. The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(d) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally, external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(e)
(i - iv) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel. The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(f) Total vehicle related cleaning costs are $2,470.00. As outlined in (c) and (e) above FESA is unable to provide subtotals for each vehicle.
Office of Road Safety
(a) 3
(b) Hand washed by custodians
(c) N/A
(i - iv) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) N/A
(i - iv) N/A
(f) N/A
Western Australia Police
(a) The Western Australia Police vehicle fleet as at 1 November 2011 comprised of 1329 vehicles, of which 1258 are leased and 71 are owned vehicles.
The total fleet number includes patrol motor cycles, light and heavy commercial vehicles and purpose built vehicles. It excludes leased vehicles in transit, quad-bikes, trail bikes, trailers, caravans, tractor / tow-motors and ride-on-movers, covert vehicles and short term vehicles associated with CHOGM.
(b) The WA Police Manual directs that police vehicles are to be maintained in a clean and serviceable condition at all times. The cleaning of vehicles is managed at a local level by the business area utilising the vehicle. In the event that a vehicle sustains malicious damage/vandalism during operational use, a variety of methods, including commercial car washes or vehicle detailing could be utilised to clean the vehicle.
(c) As the cleaning of WA Police vehicles is managed and undertaken at a local level, no central record of car washing arrangements/costs are maintained.
(i - iv) N/A
(d - e) Refer to responses to questions (b) and (c) above.
(i - iv) N/A
(f) Refer to response to question (c) above.
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(a) 564 Operational and support vehicles.
(b) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(c)
(i - iv) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally, external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel. The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(d) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally, external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel.
(e)
(i - iv) Vehicles are required to be cleaned by custodians or brigades. Occasionally external cleaning occurs when deemed necessary after attendance at an incident or work related travel. The requested responses require the retrieval of archived records and would take a significant effort to collate as only high level data is available from relevant information systems.
(f) Total vehicle related cleaning costs are $2,470.00. As outlined in (c) and (e) above FESA is unable to provide subtotals for each vehicle.
Office of Road Safety
(a) 3
(b) Hand washed by custodians
(c) N/A
(i - iv) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) N/A
(i - iv) N/A
(f) N/A
Western Australia Police
(a) The Western Australia Police vehicle fleet as at 1 November 2011 comprised of 1329 vehicles, of which 1258 are leased and 71 are owned vehicles.
The total fleet number includes patrol motor cycles, light and heavy commercial vehicles and purpose built vehicles. It excludes leased vehicles in transit, quad-bikes, trail bikes, trailers, caravans, tractor / tow-motors and ride-on-movers, covert vehicles and short term vehicles associated with CHOGM.
(b) The WA Police Manual directs that police vehicles are to be maintained in a clean and serviceable condition at all times. The cleaning of vehicles is managed at a local level by the business area utilising the vehicle. In the event that a vehicle sustains malicious damage/vandalism during operational use, a variety of methods, including commercial car washes or vehicle detailing could be utilised to clean the vehicle.
(c) As the cleaning of WA Police vehicles is managed and undertaken at a local level, no central record of car washing arrangements/costs are maintained.
(i - iv) N/A
(d - e) Refer to responses to questions (b) and (c) above.
(i - iv) N/A
(f) Refer to response to question (c) above.
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