2342. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Police:
I refer to children and young people held in police lock-ups, and I ask:
(a) how many incidents of self-harm of children and young people held in police lock-ups were there during:
(i) 2017–18; and
(ii) 2018–19; and
(b) how many incidents of attempted suicide of children and young people held in police lock-ups were there during:
(i) 2017–18; and
(ii) 2018–19?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a) The number of incidents of self-harm of children and young people held in police lock-ups:
(i) 35
(ii) 66
(b) The Western Australia Police Force’s Custodial Management System does not distinguish between incidents of self-harm and an incident of attempted suicide.
NOTES: Figures are subject to revision. Self-harm incidents include those which are recorded as “attempted”, “actual” or “threatened”. A self-harm incident is determined based on an event either being recorded as a “detainee self-harm” event or being recorded as an “other” event and containing terms in the incident narrative which indicate self-harm behaviour. Self-harm incident counts are based on the number of events and means that where multiple incidents have occurred during a single custodial episode, each incident is counted.