A parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number and demographics of children in juvenile detention, particularly state wards and Aboriginal youth, went unanswered due to the Minister's inability to locate the relevant file.

AnsweredQoN 25Legislative Council
Asked
20 March 2007
Portfolio
minister representing the Attorney General

QuestionView source ↗

JUVENILE DETENTION
I refer to children in the chief executive officer’s care who are currently in a juvenile detention centre. (1) How many state wards are in juvenile detention? (2) What are their ages? (3) What is the age of the youngest child in juvenile detention? (4) How many Aboriginal young persons are in juvenile detention? (5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY

AnswerView source ↗

I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
(1) How many state wards are in juvenile detention? (2) What are their ages? (3) What is the age of the youngest child in juvenile detention? (4) How many Aboriginal young persons are in juvenile detention? (5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
(2) What are their ages? (3) What is the age of the youngest child in juvenile detention? (4) How many Aboriginal young persons are in juvenile detention? (5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
(3) What is the age of the youngest child in juvenile detention? (4) How many Aboriginal young persons are in juvenile detention? (5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
(4) How many Aboriginal young persons are in juvenile detention? (5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
(5) What is the total number of young persons in juvenile detention? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.
I am sorry but I do not have the question or the answer in my file. I will endeavour to find out what has happened because I thought I had signed off on it.

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more