A WA parliamentary question on notice seeks data on the Department of Child Protection's referrals to Centrelink for income management, financial assistance requests, and assessments for income management referrals, broken down by district.

AnsweredQoN 5643Legislative Council
Asked
12 June 2012
Portfolio
Child Protection

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(1) During the months of March 2012, April 2012 and May 2012, how many individuals did the Department of Child Protection refer to Centrelink for compulsory income management, by district?
(2) How many individuals with children have presented seeking financial assistance on two or more occasions to the department for the period 1 March 2012 to 31 May 2012, by district?
(3) How many of these individuals have been assessed for the purpose of referral to the income management program by district?

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Answered
14 August 2012
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
63 days
(1) Centrelink data indicates that the Department referred the following number of clients to Centrelink in each of the following months, by district:
March 2012 - 61
Armadale - 2
Cannington - 0
East Kimberley - 18
Fremantle - 8
Joondalup - 3
Midland - 12
Mirrabooka - 3
Peel - 1
Perth - 8
Rockingham - 4
West Kimberley - 2
April 2012 - 29
Armadale - 3
Cannington - 1
East Kimberley - 3
Fremantle - 1
Joondalup - 2
Midland - 7
Mirrabooka - 1
Peel - 0
Perth - 2
Rockingham - 8
West Kimberley - 1
May 2012 - 59
Armadale - 1
Cannington - 4
East Kimberley - 7
Fremantle - 6
Joondalup - 4
Midland - 13
Mirrabooka - 10
Peel - 1
Perth - 2
Rockingham - 7
West Kimberley - 4
(2) Between 1 March 2012 to 31 May 2012, 84 distinct individuals with children have presented, seeking financial assistance on two or more occasions, to the same district of the Department for Child Protection. The break down by district is as follows:
Cannington - 1
Crisis Care - 8
East Kimberley - 3
Fremantle - 7
Goldfields - 2
Great Southern - 6
Joondalup - 2
Midland - 7
Mirrabooka - 8
Murchison - 7
Peel - 7
Perth - 5
Pilbara - 4
Rockingham - 2
Southwest - 5
West Kimberley - 7
Wheatbelt - 3
(3) The Department does not statistically link these clients with assessment for referral to income management, as this assessment process is not able to be captured electronically. Referral statistics to income management are recorded via Centrelink's Unified Government Gateway, which is not a departmental system.
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