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Question Without Notice No. 721 asked in the Legislative Council on 29 August 2018 by Hon Charles Smith

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

POLICE — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT REPORTS

721. Hon CHARLES SMITH to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

(1) Can the minister advise how many domestic violence incident reports were submitted by police in the previous 12 months?

(2) How many DVI reports were linked to an assault offence with an identified person of interest?

(3) How many of those POIs were male and how many were female?

(4) How many children were listed as ''victim'' in those DVI reports?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Police.

It is not possible to provide a response to this question within the required time period. If the honourable member puts the question on notice, I will seek further information from the Western Australia Police Force.