15308 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

15308 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many grants, if any, have the Ministry of Social Development granted for purchasing sleeping bags in the last 6 months?

Hon Louise Upston: I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development that information about requests for grants for sleeping bags are not centrally recorded and would be held on individual client files. Providing this information would require the Ministry to undertake a substantial data collation, processing and verification exercise that would divert a significant number of staff from their core duties. In accordance with Speaker's Ruling 210/6, I consider that the time, and hence the expense, of answering the Member's question is not in the public interest.