Page 732 - Week 02 - Thursday, 16 February 2017
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|
Age group |
Children and Young People |
% of children in residential care |
|
Under 12 years |
8 |
20% |
|
12 to 14 years |
10 |
24% |
|
15 to 18 years |
23 |
56% |
|
TOTAL |
41* |
100% |
* Note: the numbers of children and young people in residential care is ‘point in time’ data, and can fluctuate on a daily basis.
(b) Information about how long children and young people have been in residential care is not readily available, because it is not collected automatically and could only be provided by interrogating individual files and therefore incurring a significant administrative burden. This task would not be possible given the required timeframe.
(2) Data is available using national minimum datasets, which commenced in 2012-13.
|
Year |
Children and Young People |
|
2015 -16 |
123 |
|
2014 -15 |
89 |
|
2013 -14 |
103 |
|
2012 -13 |
107 |
(3) As with Question 1 (b), this information is not readily available, because it is not collected automatically and could only be provided by interrogating individual files and therefore incurring a significant administrative burden. This task would not be possible given the required timeframe.
(4) Please see below for a breakdown of ACT Government expenditure for residential care, per financial year.
|
Year |
Amount* |
|
2015-16 |
$9,146,000 |
|
2014-15 |
$11,241,000 |
|
2013-14 |
$10,054,000 |
|
2012-13 |
$10,151,000 |
|
2011-12 |
$10,762,000 |
|
2010-11 |
$11,511,000 |
|
2009-10 |
$9,319,000 |
*Note: The cost of residential care does not necessarily directly reflect the number of children and young people who spend time in care in any one year (see response to question 2). There are a number of variables to consider when comparing the numbers of children and young people who spent time in residential care with the total cost per financial year. The length of each residential care placement, the complexity and level of support required for each individual child or young person and the timing of payments affect overall expenditure each financial year.
‘A Step Up for Our Kids’ has introduced a stronger focus on early intervention and prevention services in order to reduce the number of children and young people
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