Children in Care

121 121Mr TEAGUE (Heysen—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (30 August 2023). Are there plans for any new residential care facilities to be established in the 2023-24 financial year, and if so, how many children will they cater for?

The Hon. K.A. HILDYARD (Reynell—Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Minister for Women): I have been advised of the following:

Since forming government, we have been committed, through a number of programs, to building capacity within the department to better respond to the needs of children and young people in contact with the system.

These programs have led to a decrease in the number of children and young people in residential care. In the last financial year, the number of children and young people in residential care decreased by 4 per cent.