54704 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

54704 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Further to Question 42681 (2025), how many special needs grant have been declined from 1 July 2025 to 20 November 2025, broken down by month, gender, ethnicity, Work and Income office and reason for the decline if available?

Hon Louise Upston: I refer the Member to the attached tables: • Table 1: Number of declines for Special Needs grants from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by month and gender • Table 2: Number of declines for Special Needs grants from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by month and Work and Income office • Table 3: Number of declines for Special Needs grants from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by month and ethnicity • Table 4: Number of declines for Special Needs grants from 1 July 2025 to 31 October 2025 by month and reason for decline