Human Services Department

182 Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (21 July 2020). For the period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 what was the average wait time for each type of child, vulnerable person or other check conducted by the Department for Human Services?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government): The Minister for Human Services has provided the following advice:

Average processing times for the vast majority of screening applications completed in 2019-20 were:

*excludes less than 2.5 per cent of screenings requiring complex screening and risk assessment, which may involve seeking additional information from third parties and procedural fairness considerations.