❓ Provides a breakdown by district of the number of children under the care of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support in August 2014, and the number of those children placed with relative and non-relative foster carers.
AnsweredQoN 1642Legislative Council
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(1) By district, how many children were under the care of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support during the month of August 2014? (2) By district, how many of the children in (1) were in placements with Department for Child Protection and Family Support foster carers by category of: (a) relative carer; and (b) non-relative carer?
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Answered
21 October 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
40 days
(1) The percentage annual growth of children in the CEO's care has slowed in the last five years, from a peak of 13 per cent in 2008, compared to 6.7 per cent in 2013-14.
As at 31 August 2014 there were 4,296 children in the care of the Chief Executive Officer of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department), in the following districts:
Armadale - 431
Cannington - 347
Fremantle - 264
Joondalup - 314
Midland - 361
Mirrabooka - 324
Perth - 258
Rockingham - 266
East Kimberley - 111
Goldfields - 183
Great Southern - 188
Murchison - 185
Peel - 209
Pilbara - 178
South West - 278
West Kimberley - 192
Wheatbelt -196
Fostering and Adoption Services - 11.
(2) As at 31 August 2014, there were 1,847 children placed with relative carers approved by the Department and 1,155 children placed with the Department's approved non-relative carers in the following districts:
Armadale - 149 relative, 158 non-relative
Cannington - 156 relative, 79 non-relative
Fremantle - 126 relative, 45 non-relative
Joondalup -105 relative, 99 non-relative
Midland - 170 relative, 81 non-relative
Mirrabooka - 145 relative, 84 non-relative
Perth - 107 relative, 60 non-relative
Rockingham - 110 relative, 81 non-relative
East Kimberley - 43 relative, 16 non-relative
Goldfields - 100 relative, 19 non-relative
Great Southern - 84 relative, 64 non-relative
Murchison - 83 relative, 50 non-relative
Peel - 93 relative, 77 non-relative
Pilbara - 105 relative, 33 non-relative
South West - 98 relative, 102 non-relative
West Kimberley - 106 relative, 24 non-relative
Wheatbelt - 66 relative, 81 non-relative
Fostering and Adoption Services - 1 relative, 2 non-relative.
As at 31 August 2014 there were 4,296 children in the care of the Chief Executive Officer of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department), in the following districts:
Armadale - 431
Cannington - 347
Fremantle - 264
Joondalup - 314
Midland - 361
Mirrabooka - 324
Perth - 258
Rockingham - 266
East Kimberley - 111
Goldfields - 183
Great Southern - 188
Murchison - 185
Peel - 209
Pilbara - 178
South West - 278
West Kimberley - 192
Wheatbelt -196
Fostering and Adoption Services - 11.
(2) As at 31 August 2014, there were 1,847 children placed with relative carers approved by the Department and 1,155 children placed with the Department's approved non-relative carers in the following districts:
Armadale - 149 relative, 158 non-relative
Cannington - 156 relative, 79 non-relative
Fremantle - 126 relative, 45 non-relative
Joondalup -105 relative, 99 non-relative
Midland - 170 relative, 81 non-relative
Mirrabooka - 145 relative, 84 non-relative
Perth - 107 relative, 60 non-relative
Rockingham - 110 relative, 81 non-relative
East Kimberley - 43 relative, 16 non-relative
Goldfields - 100 relative, 19 non-relative
Great Southern - 84 relative, 64 non-relative
Murchison - 83 relative, 50 non-relative
Peel - 93 relative, 77 non-relative
Pilbara - 105 relative, 33 non-relative
South West - 98 relative, 102 non-relative
West Kimberley - 106 relative, 24 non-relative
Wheatbelt - 66 relative, 81 non-relative
Fostering and Adoption Services - 1 relative, 2 non-relative.
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