CHILDREN IN CARE —
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
1133. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the parliamentary secretary's
answer to question without notice 1098 asked on 7 December 2021 in which he informed the house that one child had been
found and that two other children in care were recorded in a placement
type ''unknown'' and not in regular contact with their
caseworker.
(1) On what date
was the child found, whose whereabouts as of 11 November 2021 had been recorded
as unknown for 259 days?
(2) How long have
the two children in the care of the CEO had their placement type recorded as ''unknown''?
(3) Has either child been placed on
the Australian missing persons register?
Hon KYLE
McGINN replied:
On behalf of the parliamentary
secretary, I thank the member for some notice of the question. The following
answer has been provided by the Minister for Child Protection.
(1) The child was found on 17
November 2021.
(2) As of 8 December 2021, one child has been recorded
in a placement type ''unknown'' for 27 days and one child was
recorded in a placement type ''unknown'' for nine days. This has
since been updated on 2 December 2021 to ''unendorsed placement''.
(3) The child still recorded in a placement type ''unknown''
has been formally reported to the WA Police Force as missing.