❓ Question on Notice regarding suicide/self-harm attempts, out-of-cell hours, and time spent in cells at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 for December 2025 and January 2026. The Minister provided a detailed response in tabular form.

Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 1854.Hon Dr Brad Pettittto theminister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:I refer to youth detention. Will the minister please provide the following information on Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18 respectively for December 2025 and January 2026.(1) What was the number of suicide and self-harm attempts?(2) What were the monthly average out-of-cell hours?(3) What was the number of occasions a young person spent 20 or more hours in their cell?(4) What was the number of occasions a young person spent 22 hours or more in their cell?(5) What was the number of occasions a young person spent four or more hours out of their cell?The President:Similarly, standing order 105 requires our questions to be concise. "Concise" may mean the length of the question, but it might also mean the amount of data sought over a two-hour turnaround period. Let us see if the minister has an answer.

Hon Matthew Swinbourn replied:Thank you, President. I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Minister for Corrective Services has provided me with an answer that is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have those tables incorporated intoHansard.Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.AnswerThe Department advises:1.Table 1. Banksia Hill Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthAttempted SuicideSelf-Harm - SeriousSelf-Harm - MinorDecember 20253032January 20263042Table 2. Unit 18 Attempted Suicide and Self-Harm Instances between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthAttempted SuicideSelf-Harm - SeriousSelf-Harm - MinorDecember 20250011January 20261052.Table 3. Banksia Hill and Unit 18 Average Out-of-Cell Hours between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthBanksia HillUnit 18December 20259 hrs 46 mins9 hrs 1 minJanuary 20269 hrs 32 mins9 hrs 30 mins3.Table 4. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 20 or More Hours in Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthBanksia HillUnit 18December 202571January 20263114.Table 5. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 22 or More Hours in Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthBanksia HillUnit 18December 202530January 2026305.Table 6. Occasions at Banksia Hill and Unit 18 on which a Young Person Spent 4 or More Hours Out of Cell between 1 December 2025 and 31 January 2026, by Month.MonthBanksia HillUnit 18December 20252,046196January 20262,365101 Banksia Hill Detention Centre and unit 18