A WA parliamentary question on notice requests data on the number of children under the care of the Department of Child Protection (DCP) in September 2011, broken down by district and placement type. The answer provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 4925Legislative Council
Asked
2 November 2011
Portfolio
Child Protection

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(1) How many children were under the care of the Department of Child Protection (DCP) during the month of September 2011, by district?
(2) How many of these were placed in non-government group facilities, by district?
(3) How many of these were in placements with DCP foster carers by category of relative and non-relative carer, by district?
(4) How many of these were in placements with non-government organisation foster carers by district?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
30 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
28 days
(1) As at 30 September 2011, there were 3,601 children in care, in the following districts:
Armadale - 378
Cannington - 303
Fremantle - 279
Joondalup - 268
Midland - 240
Mirrabooka - 301
Perth - 229
Rockingham - 186
East Kimberley - 104
Goldfields - 180
Great Southern - 159
Murchison - 155
Peel - 184
Pilbara - 108
South West - 177
West Kimberley - 151
Wheatbelt - 185
Accommodation and Care Services - 14.
(2) As at 30 September 2011, there were 185 children placed in non-government group facilities in the following districts:
Armadale - 23
Cannington - 13
Fremantle - 9
Joondalup - 20
Midland - 13
Mirrabooka - 17
Perth - 25
Rockingham - 7
East Kimberley - 2
Goldfields - 6
Great Southern - 5
Murchison - 7
Peel - 9
Pilbara - 1
South West - 11
West Kimberley - 12
Wheatbelt - 5.
(3) As at 30 September 2011, there were 1,346 children placed with relative foster carers and 1,089 children placed with departmental foster carers. The 1,089 children placed with foster carers were in the following districts:
Armadale - 133
Cannington - 80
Fremantle - 70
Joondalup - 101
Midland - 63
Mirrabooka - 98
Perth - 76
Rockingham - 71
East Kimberley - 11
Goldfields - 34
Great Southern - 49
Murchison - 48
Peel - 73
Pilbara - 9
South West - 89
West Kimberley - 25
Wheatbelt - 58
Accommodation and Care Services - 1
(4) As at 30 September 2011, there were 289 children placed with non-government organisation foster carers, in the following districts:
Armadale - 46
Cannington - 34
Fremantle - 33
Goldfields - 1
Joondalup - 23
Midland - 37
Mirrabooka - 38
Perth - 35
Rockingham - 20
Great Southern - 2
Peel - 2
South West - 3
West Kimberley - 8
Wheatbelt - 7.
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