❓ Question on Notice regarding the number of family and domestic violence incidents reported to police and the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (DCPaFS), both state-wide and in the South West region (Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River). The answer provides data on incidents responded to by the Department following police involvement.
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I refer to family and domestic violence incidents, and I ask: (a) how many family and domestic violence incidents were reported to police and in turn were reported to the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (DCPaFS) in each of 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014 to date; (b) how many of the incidences identified in (a) occurred in: (i) Bunbury; (ii) Busselton; and (iii) Margaret River; (c) how many family and domestic violence incidents responded to by police were reported to the DCPaFS in each of 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014 to date; and (d) how many of the incidences identified in (c) occurred in: (i) Bunbury; (ii) Busselton; and (iii) Margaret River?
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Answered
3 December 2014
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
41 days
(a) The Department for Child Protection and Family Support (the Department) does not record data on the total number of incidents reported to Western Australia Police.
The table below contains the number of family and domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department across the state as a result of police involvement:
Timeframe:
Domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support
2011-2012
14,343
2012-2013
15,569
2013-14
20,871
1 July 2014 - 31 October 2014
7,718
(b-d) The table below contains the number of family and domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department as a result of police involvement, within the South West region, as represented by the Department's district boundaries. These figures are drawn from the Department's South West district data, which includes Busselton, Bunbury and Margaret River:
Timeframe:
Domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support in the South West district
2011-2012
954
2012-2013
1,277
2013-14
1,248
1 July 2014 - 31 October 2014
450
The table below contains the number of family and domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department across the state as a result of police involvement:
Timeframe:
Domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support
2011-2012
14,343
2012-2013
15,569
2013-14
20,871
1 July 2014 - 31 October 2014
7,718
(b-d) The table below contains the number of family and domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department as a result of police involvement, within the South West region, as represented by the Department's district boundaries. These figures are drawn from the Department's South West district data, which includes Busselton, Bunbury and Margaret River:
Timeframe:
Domestic violence incidents reported and responded to by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support in the South West district
2011-2012
954
2012-2013
1,277
2013-14
1,248
1 July 2014 - 31 October 2014
450
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