❓ Question seeks data on anti-libidinal medications prescribed to sex offenders in WA over the past five years, broken down by medication type and conviction category. The answer provides a list of medications and the number of offenders receiving each, per year, but lacks the disaggregation by conviction category requested.
AnsweredQoN 696Legislative Council
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I refer to the pharmacological management of sexual offenders in Western Australia, and I ask, for each of the last five calendar years:(a) what anti-libidinal medications have been prescribed or administered to sex offenders, identified by active ingredient; and(b) for each medication identified in (a), how many offenders received the medication, disaggregated by category of conviction?
I refer to the pharmacological management of sexual offenders in Western Australia, and I ask, for each of the last five calendar years:
(a) what anti-libidinal medications have been prescribed or administered to sex offenders, identified by active ingredient; and
(b) for each medication identified in (a), how many offenders received the medication, disaggregated by category of conviction?
I refer to the pharmacological management of sexual offenders in Western Australia, and I ask, for each of the last five calendar years:
(a) what anti-libidinal medications have been prescribed or administered to sex offenders, identified by active ingredient; and
(b) for each medication identified in (a), how many offenders received the medication, disaggregated by category of conviction?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 November 2025
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
8 days
The Department of Justice advises:
(a)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
Cyproterone
Medroxyprogesterone
GnRH agonist – Leuprorelin and Triptorelin
(b)
Year SSRI Cyproterone Medroxy-progesterone Leuprorelin Triptorelin 2020 1 1 2021 2 1 2 2022 1 2 2023 2 2024 1 2025 1
Year
SSRI
Cyproterone
Medroxy-progesterone
Leuprorelin
Triptorelin
2020
1
1
2021
2
1
2
2022
1
2
2023
2
2024
1
2025
1
(a)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)
Cyproterone
Medroxyprogesterone
GnRH agonist – Leuprorelin and Triptorelin
(b)
Year SSRI Cyproterone Medroxy-progesterone Leuprorelin Triptorelin 2020 1 1 2021 2 1 2 2022 1 2 2023 2 2024 1 2025 1
Year
SSRI
Cyproterone
Medroxy-progesterone
Leuprorelin
Triptorelin
2020
1
1
2021
2
1
2
2022
1
2
2023
2
2024
1
2025
1
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