LEGAL AFFAIRS — FINE DEFAULTS — WORK AND DEVELOPMENT ORDERS

2408. Hon Alison Xamon to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:
For each financial year from 2015 to 2018 inclusive, I ask:

(a)  how many people undertook work and development orders to clear unpaid fines;

(b)  how many of the individuals from (a) successfully completed these orders;

(c)  how many of the individuals from (a) were women;

(d)  how many of the individuals from (a) were classified as unemployed at the time of incarceration;

(e)  how many of the individuals from (a) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;

(f)  how many of the individuals from (e):

(i)  were women; and

(ii)  were unemployed;

(g)  in which regions were the individuals from (a) located; and

(h)  in which regions were the individuals from (b) located?

Hon Sue Ellery replied:
(a)–(c), (e)–(f)(i) in the table below:

* as at midnight 2 Sep 2019, 88 of the Work and Development Orders (WDOs) commenced in 2018–2019 were still active

(d) Individuals are not incarcerated at the commencement of a WDO.

(f) (ii) Information on employment status is optional within the Department’s case management system (CBIS) and therefore does not capture the status of all individuals subject to WDOs.

(g)–(h)