CRIMINAL INJURIES
COMPENSATION SCHEME — REVIEW
599. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Attorney General:
I refer to the supplementary
information provided to the answer to my question without notice 290 asked on
16 June 2021.
(1) Will the
Attorney General table the document recording the approval given on 21
September 2017 to develop a business case?
(2) On what date was it subsequently determined that a
discussion paper and review report should be undertaken in place of a business
case being developed?
(3) Will the
Attorney General table the briefing note or similar document that gave rise to
this determination?
(4) Will the
Attorney General table the document recording the approval given to cease the
development of a business case and to commence the preparation of a discussion
paper and review report?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following
response on behalf of the Attorney General.
(1) Please refer to the Attorney General's
answer signed on 9 March 2018 to the member's additional question
asked during the 2016–17 annual
report hearings before the Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial
Operations. I table the additional question for reference.
[See paper 502.]
(2) There is no
precise date. On 21 September 2017, in response to a recommendation from the
Department of Justice, the Attorney General approved the development of a consultative
business case pertaining to the Office of Criminal Injuries Compensation. The
department developed a discussion paper to facilitate this consultation, and
this fed into a review report, which was tabled in Parliament on 11 February
2020. There was no specific decision to
cease the development of a business case. Rather, the department elected
to respond to the Attorney General in the format of a discussion paper and
review report in place of a business case.
(3)–(4) Not applicable.