❓ This parliamentary question and answer details reported assaults in WA schools from 1998-2001, broken down by assailant type (student, parent, other) and consequences (medical attention, stress leave, charges laid). Data collection limitations are noted.
AnsweredQoN 1237Legislative Assembly
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(b) parents,
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Answered
4 December 2001
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
27 days
1-4) The following table provides the assaults reported by schools. Central data collection only began on 24 July 1998 and information is only current to 8 November 2001. Information provided about stress leave and medical attention probably under-represents the actual incidence, as schools do not always report this as part of an incident report, and it was found to be difficult to correlate workers compensation data with incident reports from schools.
Year/Assault by 1998(from 24/7) 1999 2000 2002(to 8/11)
Student 25 72 74 70
Parent nil 3 3 2
Other (includes ex students) nil 5 6 nil
Medical attention required 5 11 13 13
Stress leave required 3 nil 10 2
Charges laid nil 7 4 7
Year/Assault by 1998(from 24/7) 1999 2000 2002(to 8/11)
Student 25 72 74 70
Parent nil 3 3 2
Other (includes ex students) nil 5 6 nil
Medical attention required 5 11 13 13
Stress leave required 3 nil 10 2
Charges laid nil 7 4 7
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