❓ Question on Notice regarding the number of people on the public housing waitlist and priority waitlist who receive the disability support pension. The answer provides data from June 2020 onwards, stating earlier data wasn't centrally collated and would require significant resources to obtain.
AnsweredQoN 761Legislative Council
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I refer to the public housing waitlist and priority waitlist, and I ask: (a) how many people on these waitlists received the disability support pension as at: (i) 30 June 2017; (ii) 31 December 2017; (iii) 30 June 2018; (iv) 31 December 2018; (v) 30 June 2019; (vi) 31 December 2019; (vii) 30 June 2020; (viii) 31 December 2020; (ix) 30 June 2021; (x) 31 December 2021 ; and (xi) 31 May 2022?
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Answered
9 August 2022
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
11 days
(a)
Applications containing a disability support payment indicates that at least one person on the application receives this payment. This does not necessarily indicate that all people on the application are in receipt of the payment.
(i) – (vi) Information of this nature was not collated centrally in reports prior to 2020. Obtaining this data would require manually reviewing individual files and would thus require significant resources.
(vii) As at 30 June 2020, there were 2,776 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 508 applications were priority listed.
(viii) As at 31 December 2020, there were 3,007 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 662 applications were priority listed.
(ix) As at 30 June 2021, there were 3,293 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 826 applications were priority listed.
(x) As at 31 December 2021, there were 3,585 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 913 applications were priority listed.
(xi) As at 31 May 2022, there were 3,816 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 1,056 applications were priority listed.
Applications containing a disability support payment indicates that at least one person on the application receives this payment. This does not necessarily indicate that all people on the application are in receipt of the payment.
(i) – (vi) Information of this nature was not collated centrally in reports prior to 2020. Obtaining this data would require manually reviewing individual files and would thus require significant resources.
(vii) As at 30 June 2020, there were 2,776 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 508 applications were priority listed.
(viii) As at 31 December 2020, there were 3,007 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 662 applications were priority listed.
(ix) As at 30 June 2021, there were 3,293 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 826 applications were priority listed.
(x) As at 31 December 2021, there were 3,585 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 913 applications were priority listed.
(xi) As at 31 May 2022, there were 3,816 applications on the public housing waitlist identifying at least one household member in receipt of a disability support pension or payment. Of these, a total of 1,056 applications were priority listed.
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