❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding child protection inquiries and safety assessments between March and May 2013, including data on suspected sexual abuse, neglect, physical and emotional abuse, and mandated reporters.
AnsweredQoN 104Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
(1) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, what was the number of initial inquiries in relation to suspected child sexual abuse received, by district and by category of mandated referrer?
(2) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, what was the number of Safety and Wellbeing Assessment with harm assessment, by district and by category of harm:
(a) neglect;
(b) sexual;
(c) physical abuse; and
(d) emotional abuse?
(3) Has Western Australia Police notified the Department of Child Protection that charges had been in respect of any of the Safety and Wellbeing Assessments recorded in the period 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013?
(4) If yes to (3), how many individuals were charged and what was the nature of these charges?
(2) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, what was the number of Safety and Wellbeing Assessment with harm assessment, by district and by category of harm:
(a) neglect;
(b) sexual;
(c) physical abuse; and
(d) emotional abuse?
(3) Has Western Australia Police notified the Department of Child Protection that charges had been in respect of any of the Safety and Wellbeing Assessments recorded in the period 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013?
(4) If yes to (3), how many individuals were charged and what was the nature of these charges?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
6 August 2013
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
55 days
(1) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, there were 882 initial
inquiries for a child where the primary concern was sexual abuse, in the
following districts:
Armadale - 74
Cannington - 60
Crisis
Care - 230
East Kimberley - 38
Fremantle - 16
Goldfields -
29
Great Southern - 44
Joondalup - 55
Midland - 46
Mirrabooka - 29
Murchison - 46
Peel - 29
Perth - 15
Pilbara - 15
Rockingham - 67
South West - 38
West
Kimberley - 19
Wheatbelt - 32.
By category of mandated
reporter:
Doctor - 102
Midwife - 3
Nurse - 69
Police officer - 282
Teacher or principal - 206
Non-mandated
referrers - 220.
(2) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, there
were 3,134 safety and wellbeing assessments, in the following districts:
Armadale - 228
Cannington - 239
Crisis Care - 192
East
Kimberley - 153
Fremantle - 103
Goldfields - 116
Great
Southern - 155
Joondalup - 131
Midland - 242
Mirrabooka -
239
Murchison - 247
Peel - 99
Perth - 99
Pilbara -
168
Rockingham - 311
South West - 153
West Kimberley -
74
Wheatbelt - 185.
By category of harm:
(a) Neglect
- 1,091
(b) Sexual - 900
(c) Physical - 757
(d)
Emotional/psychological - 1,131.
(3) These details may be recorded on
individual case files but they are not collected in the Department for Child
Protection and Family Support's client information system in a way that can be
reported on an aggregated basis.
(4) As outlined in (3), these
data are not routinely collected.
inquiries for a child where the primary concern was sexual abuse, in the
following districts:
Armadale - 74
Cannington - 60
Crisis
Care - 230
East Kimberley - 38
Fremantle - 16
Goldfields -
29
Great Southern - 44
Joondalup - 55
Midland - 46
Mirrabooka - 29
Murchison - 46
Peel - 29
Perth - 15
Pilbara - 15
Rockingham - 67
South West - 38
West
Kimberley - 19
Wheatbelt - 32.
By category of mandated
reporter:
Doctor - 102
Midwife - 3
Nurse - 69
Police officer - 282
Teacher or principal - 206
Non-mandated
referrers - 220.
(2) For the period, 1 March 2013 to 31 May 2013, there
were 3,134 safety and wellbeing assessments, in the following districts:
Armadale - 228
Cannington - 239
Crisis Care - 192
East
Kimberley - 153
Fremantle - 103
Goldfields - 116
Great
Southern - 155
Joondalup - 131
Midland - 242
Mirrabooka -
239
Murchison - 247
Peel - 99
Perth - 99
Pilbara -
168
Rockingham - 311
South West - 153
West Kimberley -
74
Wheatbelt - 185.
By category of harm:
(a) Neglect
- 1,091
(b) Sexual - 900
(c) Physical - 757
(d)
Emotional/psychological - 1,131.
(3) These details may be recorded on
individual case files but they are not collected in the Department for Child
Protection and Family Support's client information system in a way that can be
reported on an aggregated basis.
(4) As outlined in (3), these
data are not routinely collected.
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