Question On Notice No. 2408 asked in the Legislative Council on 20 August 2019 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Attorney General
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
For each financial year from 2015 to 2018 inclusive, I ask:
(a) how
many people undertook work and development orders to clear unpaid fines;
(b) how many of the individuals from (a) successfully completed these orders;
(c) how many of the individuals from (a) were women;
(d) how many of the individuals from (a) were classified as unemployed at the time of incarceration;
(e) how many of the individuals from (a) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;
(f) how many of the individuals from (e):
(i) were
women; and
(ii) were unemployed;
(g) in which regions were the individuals from (a) located; and
(h) in which regions were the individuals from (b) located?
Answered on 26 September 2019
(a), (b), (c), (e), and (f)(i) in the table below:
Financial Year
|
a
|
b
|
c
|
e
|
f (i)
|
2015-2016
|
760
|
566
|
154
|
419
|
98
|
2016-2017
|
931
|
662
|
170
|
406
|
81
|
2017-2018
|
976
|
677
|
204
|
367
|
76
|
2018-2019
|
747*
|
468
|
159
|
306
|
71
|
* as at midnight 2 Sep 2019, 88 of the Work and Development Orders (WDOs) commenced in 2018-2019 were still active
(d) Individuals are not incarcerated at the commencement of a WDO. f) ii) Information on employment status is optional within the Department’s case management system (CBIS) and therefore does not capture the status of all individuals subject to WDOs.
(g) and (h)
|
2015-2016
|
2016-2017
|
2017-2018
|
2018-2019
|
Region
|
g
|
h
|
g
|
h
|
g
|
h
|
g
|
h
|
Metropolitan
|
227
|
174
|
404
|
288
|
486
|
303
|
353
|
192
|
Peel
|
58
|
37
|
89
|
52
|
102
|
72
|
66
|
45
|
Kimberley
|
266
|
195
|
182
|
140
|
109
|
87
|
91
|
66
|
Pilbara
|
114
|
87
|
151
|
120
|
152
|
137
|
133
|
111
|
Midwest
|
13
|
12
|
24
|
15
|
44
|
22
|
17
|
8
|
Goldfields
|
39
|
25
|
25
|
16
|
31
|
24
|
36
|
24
|
South West
|
18
|
14
|
37
|
19
|
33
|
21
|
24
|
9
|
Great South
|
25
|
22
|
19
|
12
|
19
|
11
|
27
|
13
|
TOTAL
|
760
|
566
|
931
|
662
|
976
|
677
|
747
|
468
|