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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 507 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 August 2021 by Hon Tjorn Sibma

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

PUBLIC SECTOR COMMISSION — AGENCY CAPABILITY REVIEW

507. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the Leader of the House representing Minister for Public Sector Management:

I refer to the minister's statement of 2 August about the agency capability review program.

(1) Which eight agencies have been selected for review and approximately when are each of these reviews scheduled?

(2) For what reasons have each of these agencies been selected for review and what are the terms of reference for the reviews?

(3) Have any of the agencies previously been the subject of similar capability reviews by either the Department of Treasury and/or the Public Sector Commission since machinery of government changes in July 2017?

(4) Who will appoint the independent reviewers of these agencies, and will these positions be remunerated and at what cost?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

The Public Sector Commission advises —

(1) The agencies to be reviewed are not yet finalised. The timing of each review will be finalised in due course.

(2) The Public Sector Commissioner will select agencies for review, taking into account the need to trial the application of review processes in agencies of varying demographics and contexts. The agencies will be reviewed against the 21 capabilities identified in the agency capability framework in keeping with the processes outlined in the material that is publicly available on the WA government website. If the honourable member wants that information, I will provide him with a hard copy.

(3) Neither the Department of Treasury nor the Public Sector Commission have previously undertaken agency capability reviews.

(4) The Public Sector Commission will procure the services of independent reviewers, which will include remuneration considerations.