BANKSIA HILL DETENTION CENTRE — TEACHING
STAFF
364. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:
I refer to the 2020
Inspection of Banksia Hill Detention Centre report by the Office of the
Inspector of Custodial Services.
(1) How many
teaching staff have been employed at Banksia Hill in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and
2021?
(2) How many support teaching staff have been employed
at Banksia Hill in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, with identified
roles for each year?
(3) How much
has been allocated for education delivery at Banksia Hill in 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020 and 2021?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN
replied:
I thank the member for the question.
The following information has been provided by the Minister for Corrective
Services.
(1) The Banksia
Hill education centre has a daily staffing level of 23.6 classroom teachers and
2.4 vocational lecturers. Similar to schools,
Banksia Hill utilises a pool of casual teachers to cover vacant positions and
relief permanent staff, where absent. Permanent and casual teachers are broken
down as follows: for 2016–17, 19; for 2017–18, 18; for
2018–19, 20; for 2019–20, 20; and for 2020–21, 22.
(2) Dedicated
education assistants are not utilised at Banksia Hill Detention Centre;
however, the site does use a range of other positions to support classroom
activities.
(3) With regard
to budget operating costs for education services, the information is in tabular
form and it might be easier if I seek leave to it incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
(3) Budget
Operating Costs for Education Services
2017/18
– $2,451,080
2018/19
– $2,567,585
20
19/20 – $2,627,300
2020/21
– $2,766,347