719. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Minister for Disability Services:
I refer to young people with disabilities housed in aged-care facilities.
(1) How many people under the age of 65 years are currently housed in aged-care facilities in WA?
(2) If the Disability Services Commission does not hold this data —
(a) which agency does; and
(b) will the Disability Services Commission undertake to seek out this data?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) The most recent data in the “Report on Government Services” states that 513 people aged 0 to 64 years were in residential aged-care facilities in WA in 2015.
(2) (a) The Productivity Commission produces the “Report on Government Services” and sources its data from the Department of Social Services.
(b) Not applicable.