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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1144 asked in the Legislative Council on 9 December 2021 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — VACCINATIONS — CORRECTIVE SERVICES

1144. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

(1) How many prison officers in Western Australian prisons are currently unvaccinated?

(2) How many staff—non-prison officers—in Western Australian prisons are currently unvaccinated?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided by the Minister for Corrective Services.

(1) There are currently 67 prison officers who are yet to provide proof of vaccination.

(2) There are currently 20 non-prison officers who are yet to provide proof of vaccination.

There are a number of prison staff on leave, or yet to be required to enter a prison facility, who have yet to show proof of vaccination. These are not counted in the aforementioned numbers.