Question On Notice No. 1362 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 June 2018 by Hon Alison Xamon
Question Directed to the: Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to records management and archiving, and I ask:
(a) for
each of the last five financial years finishing 2016-17, for each Government
agency within the Minister’s portfolio, could the Minister please provide the
cost of records archiving services including:
(i) collection;
(ii) storage;
(iii) retrieval; and
(iv) destruction;
(b) for each of the last five financial years,
finishing 2016-17, for each Government agency within the Minister’s portfolio,
could the Minister please provide the cost of records management consultancy
services provided by:
(i) the
State Records Office; and
(ii) private consultants and/or consultancy
businesses; and
(c) for
each Government agency reporting to the Minister, could the Minister please
explain the process by which records held offsite by third-party private
companies can be searched and accessed by:
(i) members of the agency;
(ii) members of other Government agencies;
(iii) members of academia; and
(iv) members of the public?
Answered on 16 August 2018
The Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services advises:
2012/13
(a) (i) Collection $148
(ii) Storage $2,743
(iii) Retrieval $74
(iv) Destruction $nil
(b) (i) nil
(ii) nil
(c) (i) Members of the agency can request archived boxes to be returned for searching.
(ii) n/a
(iii) n/a
(iv) n/a
2013/14
a) (i) Collection $123
(ii) Storage $2,273
(iii) Retrieval $61
(iv) Destruction $nil
b) (i) nil
(ii) nil
c) (i) Members of the agency can request archived boxes to be returned for searching.
(ii) n/a
(iii) n/a
(iv) n/a
2014/15
a) (i) Collection $149
(ii) Storage $2,746
(iii) Retrieval $75
(iv) Destruction $nil
b) (i) nil
(ii) nil
c) (i) Members of the agency can request archived boxes to be returned for searching.
(ii) n/a
(iii) n/a
(iv) n/a
2015/16
a) (i) Collection $148
(ii) Storage $2,736
(iii) Retrieval $74
(iv) Destruction $nil
b) (i) nil
(ii) nil
c) (i) Members of the agency can request archived boxes to be returned for searching.
(ii) n/a
(iii) n/a
(iv) n/a
2016/17
a) (i) Collection $119
(ii) Storage $2,195
(iii) Retrieval $60
(iv) Destruction $nil
b) (i) nil
(ii) nil
c) (i) Members of the agency can request archived boxes to be returned for searching.
(ii) n/a
(iii) n/a
(iv) n/a
The Department of Justice advises:
Please see Legislative Assembly Question on Noice number 1358