Hon Peter Collier asks about the number of random breath tests (RBTs) conducted in Western Australia between 2016 and 2021. The Minister provides figures for each year, including a year-to-date number for 2021.

AnsweredQoN 267Legislative Council
Asked
1 September 2021
Portfolio
Police

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I refer the Minister to the number of random breath tests (RBTs) taken throughout Western Australia, and I ask: (a) what was the largest number of RBTs in Western Australia in: (i) 2016; (ii) 2017; (iii) 2018; (iv) 2019; (v) 2020; and (vi) 2021; and (b) what was the actual number of RBTs completed in the years listed in (a) with 2021 to date?

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Answered
13 October 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Police
Response time
12 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a)   The largest number of RBT’s in Western Australia between 2016 and 2021 was in 2017/18, and was 2,331,842 tests.
(b)   In 2015/16 it was 1,753,832 tests; in 2016/17 it was 2,283,009 tests; in 2017/18 it was 2,331,842 tests; in 2018/19 it was 2,197,537 tests; in 2019/20 it was 1,665,472 tests; in 2020/21 it was 1,711,597 tests; and between 01 July 2021 to 08 September 2021 it was 270,388 tests.
Notes: Figures are preliminary and subject to revision.

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