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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-07-20" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Early Learning Strategy</name>
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          <heading>Early Learning Strategy</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-07-20">
            <name>Early Learning Strategy</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4363">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>(24 June 2021).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-07-20">
            <name>Early Learning Strategy</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  The Minister for Education has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The first phase of the three-year development and piloting process to increase the reach and schedule of developmental checks for children will involve further scoping and design.</inserted>
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          <inserted>This will include consideration of what information is collected, how it is collected and how it may be shared. This is a critical part of the expansion to ensure all providers are consistently capturing the outcomes of the health checks and they are shared with relevant services.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Confidentiality and appropriate use of information is paramount. It is anticipated that data collected and shared through this initiative would occur under the protections and authority of existing legislation.</inserted>
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