A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the Child Death Review Committee's meeting frequency and the number of deaths reviewed in 2006-07. The Minister's response clarifies the committee's activity and provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 1055Legislative Council
Asked
13 November 2007
Portfolio
Child Protection

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CHILD DEATH REVIEW COMMITTEE
I refer to my question without notice of 13 November about the Child Death Review Committee. (1) Why has this committee not met for nearly five months? (2) How many deaths did the committee review for the period 2006-07? Hon SUE ELLERY

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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
(1) Why has this committee not met for nearly five months? (2) How many deaths did the committee review for the period 2006-07? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
(2) How many deaths did the committee review for the period 2006-07? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. (1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
(1) The information sought in the member’s question without notice of 13 November referred in the opening parts (1) and (2) to the committee’s annual report for 2006-07. Therefore, the answer given to the subsequent question in part (6) was also for that financial and reporting year. I am happy to report that the work of the committee has not ceased at any time since it was created, and that in 2007-08 the committee has met on the following dates: 25 July 2007, 15 August 2007, 5 September 2007, 26 September 2007, 17 October 2007, 31 October 2007 and 13 November 2007. (2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.
(2) In 2006-07, the Child Death Review Committee reviewed the deaths of 10 children known to the department.

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