Hon Wilson Tucker requests a list of reported serious incidents from 2021 to the present date from the Education and Care Regulatory Unit, pertaining to early childhood education services in Western Australia. The Minister provides a table of serious incidents by type from 2020-2023.

AnsweredQoN 1381Legislative Council
Asked
6 November 2024
Portfolio
Early Childhood Education

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COMMUNITIES — EDUCATION AND CARE REGULATORY UNIT
1381. Hon WILSON TUCKER to the minister representing the
Minister for Early Childhood Education:
I refer to the
mandatory reporting of serious incidents to the Education and Care Regulatory
Unit under the Education and Care Services
National Law (WA) Act 2012. Will the minister table a list of reported serious
incidents from 2021 to today's date?

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I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. The following response has
been provided by the Minister for Early Childhood Education. The answer has
been provided in tabular form. I seek leave to have the response
incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave
granted for the following material to be incorporated.]
Serious incidents reported by
services within the meaning of 'serious incident' under Regulation
12 Education and Care Services National Regulations 2012, as per Report on
Government Services:
Serious
Incident by Incident type
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
Any
emergency for which emergency services attended
117
126
159
Child
locked in/out, taken away or unaccounted for
133
163
209
Death
of a child
�0
�0
�0
Injury/Trauma/Illness
1,363
1,592
1,612

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