CHILD
PROTECTION — MANDATORY REPORTING
875. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's
answers to questions prior to the 2021–22 budget estimates hearing,
which state that all 4 272 mandatory reports received in 2020–21 were
referred to the WA Police Force but that only 656 investigations were
completed.
(1) Does the
minister or the department receive updates from the WA Police Force about the
status and outcomes of these mandatory reports?
(2) If yes to
(1), what is the frequency of these updates?
(3) For the
backlog of 3 616 incomplete investigations of mandatory reports for 2020–21,
are the people yet to be investigated permitted to continue working with
children?
Hon KYLE
McGINN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Child Protection.
It is not possible to provide the
information required within the time frame, but I will endeavour to have a response
for the honourable member on the next sitting day.