House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-09-10 Daily Xml

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Better Prisons Workforce Flexibility Project

1118 Mr ODENWALDER (Elizabeth) (11 September 2019). Why is the Better Prisons Workforce Flexibility Project team housed in Westpac House, separate from the rest of DCS?

(a) Are any other agencies working on this floor of Westpac House?

(b) How much is it costing the department for this extra premises? And over what time frame?

The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing): For reasons of probity and confidentiality the work being undertaken by the Better Prisons Team needs to occur in a secure space.

The Department for Correctional Services has leased 12 workstations at Westpac House on a floor that is already leased by the government until the end of 2019. There are no other agencies working on this floor. Information relating to the cost of this premises is commercial in confidence.