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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 364 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 June 2021 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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