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❓ Question on Notice regarding child protection notifications and assessment timeframes in the South West region of Western Australia. The response indicates all notifications are assessed, and provides a breakdown of assessment completion times.

AnsweredQoN 2041Legislative Council

Asked

23 October 2014

Member

Hon Adele Farina

Portfolio

Child Protection

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I refer to child protection notifications, and I ask: (a) in each of 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014 to date, how many child protection notifications in the South West region were not assessed; and (b) in each of 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014 to date, how many children who were the subject of child protection notifications were assessed within: (i) one week; (ii) eight-14 days; (iii) 15-21 days; (iv) 21-31 days; (v) one-three months; and (vi) more than three months?

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Answered

3 December 2014

Responded by

Minister for Child Protection

Response time

41 days

(a) None. All child protection notifications received by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support are assessed.
(b) The number of completed safety and wellbeing assessments were:
2012-13
(i) 138
(ii) 92
(iii) 76
(iv) 83
(v) 188
(vi) 24
2013-14
(i) 139
(ii) 57
(iii) 32
(iv) 72
(v) 236
(vi) 57
1 July 2014 - 31 October 2014
(i) 31
(ii) 19
(iii) 11
(iv) 17
(v) 70
(vi) 14

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