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(8) There is no centralised record of this data.

(9) Housing ACT maintains a record of evictions but does not maintain records of people incarcerated who have been evicted. When the period of incarceration exceeds six months, Housing ACT may serve a 26 week “no cause” notice of eviction under clause 94 Schedule 1 of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997. Housing ACT will consult with the tenant’s correctional welfare officer, parole officer and other support providers to determine post-release housing needs and how best to meet those needs.

(b) See response to question (8).

(10) 94% of public housing tenants are in receipt of a rebated rent therefore only 6% are paying market rent. The market rent for public housing properties is determined by an independent valuer annually and is based on the prevailing market conditions, the size, location and type of property.

Alexander Maconochie Centre—blood screening
(Question No 242)

Mr Wall asked the Minister for Corrections, upon notice, on 26 February 2014 (redirected to the Minister for Health):

(1) How many (a) sentenced prisoners, and (b) remandees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre were screened for a blood borne virus on admission to the facility in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, and (iii) 2013 to date.

(2) How many of the screening tests indicated in part (1) were positive for (a) Hepatitis B virus, (b) Hepatitis C virus, and (c) Human Immunodeficiency virus.

Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The following number of sentenced and remandees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre were screened for blood borne virus on admission to the facility:

(a) sentenced prisoners in:

i. 2011 = This information is not held on a database and manually extracting the data would be very labour intensive and there is margin for error.

ii. 2012 = 103

iii. 2013 = 132

iv. 2014 = 8 for the period of January to February

(b) remandees in:

i. 2011 = This information is not held on a database and manually extracting the data would be very labour intensive and there is margin for error

ii. 2012 = 89


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