28269 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment

28269 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many individuals, if any, have accessed the Transition to Work Grant in each of the past five years, broken down by quarter, ethnicity, gender, and region?

Hon Penny Simmonds: I refer the member to the attached tables: • Table 1: The number of hardship grants and declines for Transition to Work during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2025, by MSD region • Table 2: The number of hardship grants and declines for Transition to Work during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2025, by gender • Table 3: The number of hardship grants and declines for Transition to Work during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2025, by ethnicity