Number of complaints and PIDs submitted to Education Qld Integrity Unit

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Dear Queensland Department of Education and Training,

Could you please share data from the Integrity and Employee Relations Unit (formerly Safety and Integrity) for each year 2019 to 2022 which lists:

1. the total number of complaints received by intake and assessment in each year
2. the total number of public interest disclosures made in each year
3. the number of complaints internally referred for further action / investigation in each year
4. the number of substantiated complaints in each year
5. the number of complaints where no further action was required in each year
7. the number of complaints referred to external authorities such as the QPS or CCC in each year
8. the number of unresolved complaints (ie no outcome provided to the complainant)

Yours faithfully,

Anonymous

KALAS, Stephannie, Queensland Department of Education

Dear Colleagues

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Kind regards

Stephannie Kalas
A/Manager, Information Release
Legal Services

Office of the Director-General
Department of Education
P: 07 3513 5857
E: [email address]
Level 22 | Education House | 30 Mary Street | Brisbane QLD 4000
PO Box 15033 | City East QLD 4002

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COLE, Caroline, Queensland Department of Education

Good morning,

 

Thank you for your email requesting data from the Integrity and Employee
Relations Unit for the period 2019 – 2022 listing the following:

o Total number of complaints received each year
o Total number of public interest disclosures made each year
o Number of complaints internally referred for further
action/investigation in each year
o Number of substantiated complaints each year
o Number of complaints where no further action was required each year
o Number of complaints referred to external authorities such as the QPS
or CCC in each year
o Number of unresolved complaints

 

Some information relating to your request can be found online at the
following sources:

o The Department’s Annual Reports, which contain various information
pertaining to integrity:
[1]https://qed.qld.gov.au/publications/repo...
o The Public Service Commission’s Conduct and Performance Data, which
can be filtered by Department and year:
[2]https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/human-reso...
o The Crime and Corruption Commission Allegations Data Dashboard, which
can be filtered by Department and year:
[3]https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/corruption/co...
o The Queensland Ombudsman Annual Report, which contains a Public
Interest Disclosure Oversight Report:
[4]https://www.ombudsman.qld.gov.au/about-u...
o The Department’s Open Data Portal, which contains Departmental
investigations and misconduct cases prior to 2014:
[5]https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/work...

 

Should you wish to access specific data held by the Department, you can
either:

 a. Contact [6][email address] to make a request for
administrative access; or
 b. lodge a formal application under the Right to Information Act 2009
(Qld). For further information about lodging a Right to Information
application, please visit [7]https://www.rti.qld.gov.au/

 

Kind Regards,

 

Caroline Cole

A/Manager, Information Release

 

Legal Services Branch

Department of Education

 

P: (07) 3513 5862

E: [8][email address]

Level 22 | Education House | 30 Mary Street | Brisbane QLD 4000

 

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2. https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/human-reso...
3. https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/corruption/co...
4. https://www.ombudsman.qld.gov.au/about-u...
5. https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/work...
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7. https://www.rti.qld.gov.au/
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