❓ Mr. Kirkup requests a breakdown of assault statistics in WA prisons for 2017-2019. The Minister acknowledges the request but states data comparability issues exist due to recent improvements in reporting standards, except for serious assaults.
AnsweredQoN 5215Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to Estimates Committee B, on Thursday 23 May 2019, and the statistics related to assaults, and ask: (a) Will the Minister provide the information relating to "simple assaults, less serious assaults and serious assaults", broken down by prison and facility for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 year to date?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
10 days
Please note, the Department of Justice has recently tightened its reporting standards, enhanced the software used to record incidents, and strengthened quality assurance processes around incident reporting and recording.
Because of the extensive nature and wide range of improvements made to the Department’s systems, processes and technology, recent data is not comparable to preceding years with the exception of the serious assaults data.
Because of the extensive nature and wide range of improvements made to the Department’s systems, processes and technology, recent data is not comparable to preceding years with the exception of the serious assaults data.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.