A WA parliamentary question on notice requests data on the number of children under the care of the Department of Child Protection in February 2011, broken down by district and placement type (non-government group facilities, DCP foster carers, and NGO foster carers). The answer provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 3761Legislative Council
Asked
24 March 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 February 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
5 April 2011
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
12 days
(1) As at 28 February 2011, there were 3,519 children in care, in the following districts:
Armadale - 365
Cannington - 290
Fremantle - 251
Joondalup - 238
Midland - 242
Mirrabooka - 299
Perth - 229
Rockingham - 170
East Kimberley - 127
Goldfields - 144
Great Southern - 160
Murchison - 144
Peel - 196
Pilbara - 112
South West - 202
West Kimberley - 148
Wheatbelt - 191
Accommodation and Care Services - 11
(2) As at 28 February 2011, there were 171 children placed in non-government group facilities in the following districts:
Armadale - 29
Cannington - 20
Fremantle - 6
Joondalup - 14
Midland - 13
Mirrabooka - 13
Perth - 17
Rockingham - 10
East Kimberley - 2
Goldfields - 5
Great Southern - 7
Murchison - 2
Peel - 13
Pilbara - 1
South West - 5
West Kimberley - 8
Wheatbelt - 6
(3) As at 28 February 2011, there were 1,332 children placed with departmental relative foster carers and 1,075 children placed with departmental non relative foster carers, in the following districts:
Armadale - 105 relative, 137 non relative
Cannington - 125 relative, 86 non relative
Fremantle - 126 relative, 57 non relative
Joondalup - 69 relative, 88 non relative
Midland - 79 relative, 61 non relative
Mirrabooka -100 relative, 100 non relative
Perth - 67 relative, 75 non relative
Rockingham - 49 relative, 61 non relative
East Kimberley -71 relative, 11 non relative
Goldfields - 78 relative, 25 non relative
Great Southern -72 relative, 45 non relative
Murchison - 69 relative, 44 non relative
Peel - 66 relative, 76 non relative
Pilbara - 67 relative, 14 non relative
South West - 56 relative, 98 non relative
West Kimberley - 78 relative, 24 non relative
Wheatbelt - 55 relative, 62 non relative
Accommodation and Care Services - 0 relative, 11 non relative
(4) As at 28 February 2011, there were 297 children placed with non-government organisation foster carers, in the following districts:
Armadale - 51
Cannington - 33
Fremantle - 29
Joondalup - 23
Midland - 37
Mirrabooka - 37
Perth - 38
Rockingham - 18
East Kimberley - 1
Great Southern - 2
Murchison - 1
Peel - 3
Pilbara - 1
South West - 7
West Kimberley - 5
Wheatbelt - 11
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