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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 738 asked in the Legislative Council on 1 November 2017 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING — PERMANENT STAFF — PLACEMENT
      738. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and Training:
I refer to the number of permanent staff in the Department of Education requiring placement.
      (1) How many permanent staff required placement as at 30 June 2013, 30 June 2014, 30 June 2015 and 30 June 2016?
      (2) For each of the dates referred to in (1), will the minister provide a breakdown across all staffing categories, including teachers and school support staff, administration and staff from central and regional offices?
Hon SUE ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
      (1) Permanent staff who required placement, by headcount, was 926 at 30 June 2013, 853 at 30 June 2014, 699 at 30 June 2015, and 451 at 30 June 2016.
      The answer to part (2) is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
(2) For each of the dates referred to in (1), the following is a breakdown across categories of staff.
          HEADCOUNT
          2013
          2014
          2015
          2016
          Teachers
          613
          254
          256
          222
          School Administrators
          83
          76
          48
          40
          Education Assistants
          141
          419
          323
          150
          School Support
          66
          94
          62
          29
          Central/Regional Office
          23
          9
          10
          9
          School Psychologists
          1
          1
          Total
          926
          853
          699
          451