54702 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

54702 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Further to Question 42682 (2025), how many people have received an Advance Payment of Benefit from 1 July 2025 to 20 November 2025, broken down by purpose of the Advance Payment, quarter, gender, ethnicity, and region?

Hon Louise Upston: I refer the Member to the attached tables: • Table 1: Number of clients granted an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit granted from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by quarter and need type. • Table 2: Number of clients granted an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit granted from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by quarter and gender • Table 3: Number of Advance Payments of Benefit granted from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by quarter and ethnicity • Table 4: Number of clients granted an Advance Payment of Benefit and number of Advance Payments of Benefit granted from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by quarter and Work and Income office