❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks the Minister for Corrective Services to table the data source supporting the claim that there's a lower percentage of mentally unwell people in WA prisons compared to the general population. The Minister cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics report 'National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results (2007)'.
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I refer to the article on page 17 of
the West Australian
newspaper on the 27 of January entitled ‘Fears over mentally ill in WA jails’, in which the Minister was reported as saying there is a lower percentage of mentally unwell people in the prison system than in the population at large, and I ask -
Will the Minister please table the source of the data on which this information is based?
the West Australian
newspaper on the 27 of January entitled ‘Fears over mentally ill in WA jails’, in which the Minister was reported as saying there is a lower percentage of mentally unwell people in the prison system than in the population at large, and I ask -
Will the Minister please table the source of the data on which this information is based?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
48 days
The source of the data is the Australian Bureua of Statistics report
National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results
(2007). This report is a publically available document.
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National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: Summary of Results
(2007). This report is a publically available document.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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