DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES
— STAFF — WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS
47. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's
media statement ''New processes to strengthen Working with Children
Checks'' released on 3 February 2020 in which it was stated that the
Department of Communities has —
taken action to ensure all Department
of Communities employees who work with children are compliant with WWCC and
reviewed its practices to further assist family and foster carers with meeting
WWCC requirements.
(1) How many Department of
Communities' employees work with children?
(2) Further to (1), how many do not
have a current working with children check?
(3) How many family or foster
carers do not have a current working with children check?
(4) Further to (4), how many
currently have children in their care.
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. Because of the limited time frame, I am unable to
provide an answer today, but I will endeavour to have a response to the member
by Tuesday, 18 February 2020.