❓ Hon. Michelle Hofmann asks the Minister for Education for data on reported incidents of a sexual nature within schools, categorized by victim/perpetrator and type of incident. The Minister declines to provide the data, citing resource constraints and the system's design as a notification rather than a reporting system.
AnsweredQoN 1276Legislative Council
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Department of Education—Sexual harassment data
1276. Hon Michelle Hofmann to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to the Department
of Education's online incident notification system that allows schools to
notify the department of incidents of a sexual nature between students and/or
students and staff, and I ask the following for this calendar year so far.
(1) How many incidents have been reported
involving students as both victims and perpetrators; involving teachers as
victims and students as perpetrators; and involving students as victims and
teachers as perpetrators?
(2) What is the breakdown of the data from (1) in
the categories of sexual assault, sexual harassment and any other applicable
categories?
1276. Hon Michelle Hofmann to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Education:
I refer to the Department
of Education's online incident notification system that allows schools to
notify the department of incidents of a sexual nature between students and/or
students and staff, and I ask the following for this calendar year so far.
(1) How many incidents have been reported
involving students as both victims and perpetrators; involving teachers as
victims and students as perpetrators; and involving students as victims and
teachers as perpetrators?
(2) What is the breakdown of the data from (1) in
the categories of sexual assault, sexual harassment and any other applicable
categories?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Leader of the
House, I provide the following response provided by the Minister for Education.
(1)–(2) The Online Incident Notification
System was established as a notification system, not a public reporting system.
The member has requested a significant amount of data that is not readily
available. Collecting it would divert staff away from their normal duties and is
not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources.
honourable member for some notice of the question. On behalf of the Leader of the
House, I provide the following response provided by the Minister for Education.
(1)–(2) The Online Incident Notification
System was established as a notification system, not a public reporting system.
The member has requested a significant amount of data that is not readily
available. Collecting it would divert staff away from their normal duties and is
not considered to be a reasonable or appropriate use of government resources.
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