Official reply:
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 282/2013
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Date of publication on internal question paper: 01 March 2013
Internal question paper no: 04
282. Mrs P C Duncan (DA) to ask the Minister of Social Development:
How many people have been convicted, (a) during the period 1 November to 31
December 2010, (b) in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2012 and (c) since 1 January 2013,
for elder abuse as stipulated in the Older Persons Act, Act 13 of 2006?
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Reply:
The Department of Social Development is not in a position to indicate how
many people have been convicted in (a) 2010 in (b) (i) 2011 and (ii) 2012
and (c) since 1st January 2013 for elder abuse as stipulated in the Older
Persons Act, Act 13 of 2006.
Currently, the Department is managing a manual register which is informed
by reported elder abuse by social workers from respective provinces.