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Dear Ms Edgar,

 

Thank you for your email. Please find below information provided by the
subject department at Hospital Authority (HA) Head Office:

 

The requested information about number of child sexual abuse cases
including details on registered cases, demographic data, and perpetrator
information from 2014-2024 is not readily available in the HA.

 

However, relevant information about the child sexual abuse cases can be
obtained from government websites via links below:

 

 1. Child Protection Registry Statistical Report from Social Welfare
Department via:

 

§   From 2014 to 2024:
[1]https://www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/family/...  

 

 2. Statistical Highlights from Research Office of Legislative Council
Secretariat for Child Victims of Sexual Crimes via:

 

§  
[2]https://app7.legco.gov.hk/rpdb/en/upload...

 

We hope the above information is helpful.

 

 

Hospital Authority Head Office

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [3][FOI #1526 email]
<[4][FOI #1526 email]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2025 2:05 PM
To: [5][Hospital Authority request email]
Subject: Freedom of Information request - HA Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Stats 2014-24

 

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Dear Hospital Authority,

 

We would like to request data related to child sexual abuse cases from
2014-2024 broken down by each section:

 

- all registered established child maltreatment cases of child sexual
abuse (ICD-9-CM 995.53);

- all demographic data accompanying these registrations, specifically age
and gender;

-  any recorded data about the perpetrator; as available on the CDARS.

 

Many thanks in advance!

 

Sincerely,

Taura Edgar

[6]https://www.talkhongkong.org/magnitude-o...

 

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Dear Ms Edgar,

 

Thank you for your email dated 26 June 2025. Please find below
information provided by the subject department at Hospital Authority (HA)
Head Office:

 

The provision of the information you requested would involve retrieval,
standardisation, verification and compilation of raw data. Staff in the
departments concerned in the HA Head Office and hospitals would have to be
diverted from their core duties and other more urgent work, which would
affect the execution of the HA’s proper functions.

You may wish to know that for academic research, the HA has in place a
mechanism and standard procedures for handling external data request
applications. [[1]Standard Procedures] and [[2]Personal Information
Collection Statement (PICS)] are applicable to all data request
applications. For details, please visit
[3]http://www3.ha.org.hk/data/Provision/Ind.... In brief, there are two
options under the current mechanism, namely Option A and Option B with
details as follows:

Option A: Expedited Approach

There are five pre-defined datasets on the utilisation of different HA
core services that the requestor can choose from, each with specific data
measures and well-defined classification variables. The output is a set of
aggregate summary count data on specific measures analysed by detailed
classification variables. The turnaround time would be shorter, and the
charge for processing the request (HK$15,000 or above, depending on the
data selection and specification) would be lower as compared to Option B.

 

Option B: Customised Approach

The customised approach is applicable if the requestor requires
patient-based records or aggregate data other than those covered by Option
A. In the case where the application is accepted by the HA, a charge will
be imposed on the requestor for the provision of data which are customised
according to the research protocol (HK$60,000 or above, depending on the
complexity of the request), calculated based on the agreed data
requirements and resources required for generating the customised
dataset(s).

 

The requestor (Note) ^ will need to submit the following documents by
email to the Central Panel on Administrative Assessment of External Data
Requests at [4][email address]:

 

• Project Information Sheet (if opt for Option A) or research protocol
(if opt for Option B);
• Completed Data Request Application Form (Form A or B) in WORD format
to spell out the data specifications and their relevance to the
requestor’s research; and
• Documentary proof of research ethics approval (applicable only to
requests for patient-based records).

 

Note: The principal investigator (PI) of the research must be employed by
a local institution, including: (a) universities; (b) Government
bureaux/departments; and (c) non-commercial organisations according to the
list of charitable institutions or trusts of a public character, which are
exempt from tax under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance.

 

We hope the above information is helpful.

 

 

Hospital Authority Head Office

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [5][FOI #1526 email]
<[6][FOI #1526 email]>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2025 4:56 PM
To: [7][Hospital Authority request email]
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - HA Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Stats 2014-24

 

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Dear Enquiry (Hospital Authority),

 

Thanks for your message.  Indeed we do ask all the departments that come
in contact with CSA cases for their data so that we can a) assess the
nature and scale of cases b) see the flow of cases through the system to
the DOJ.

 

You may be interested in our previous report that details this
information:
[8]https://www.talkhongkong.org/magnitude-o...

 

If the data is not "readily" available, can you tell me why?  We have
excellent digital health records.

 

Sincerely,

Taura Edgar

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Ms Edgar,

 

 

 

Thank you for your email. Please find below information provided by the 
subject department at Hospital Authority (HA) Head Office:

 

 

 

The requested information about number of child sexual abuse cases 
including details on registered cases, demographic data, and perpetrator 
information from 2014-2024 is not readily available in the HA.

 

 

 

However, relevant information about the child sexual abuse cases can be 
obtained from government websites via links below:

 

 

 

  1. Child Protection Registry Statistical Report from Social Welfare 
Department via:

 

 

 

§   From 2014 to 2024:

[1][9]https://www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/family/...

 

 

 

  2. Statistical Highlights from Research Office of Legislative Council 
Secretariat for Child Victims of Sexual Crimes via:

 

 

 

§

[2][10]https://app7.legco.gov.hk/rpdb/en/upload...

 

 

 

We hope the above information is helpful.

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital Authority Head Office

 

 

 

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