19626 (2026). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

19626 (2026). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Further to Question 54705 (2025), how many Advance Payments of Benefits have been declined in the quarter ending December 2025 and the quarter ending March 2026, broken down by purpose of the Advance Payment, gender, ethnicity, reason for the decline and Work and Income office?

Hon Louise Upston: • Table 1: Number of clients who have been declined an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit declined from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 by quarter and need type • Table 2: Number of clients who have been declined an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit declined from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 by quarter and gender. • Table 3: Number of Advance Payments of Benefit declined from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026, by quarter and ethnicity. • Table 4: Number of clients who have been declined an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit declined from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 by quarter and Work and Income office. • Table 5: Number of clients who have been declined an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of benefit declined from 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 by quarter and reason for decline.