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Asked by
Ricardo Menéndez March
List MP · Green Party
Questions
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12161
How many, if any, of the people who received the Supported Living Payment at the end of September 2025 had dependent children and received their benefit abated due to other income?
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12162
How many, if any, of the people who received Sole Parent Support at the end of September 2025 had dependent children and received their benefit abated due to other income?
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12163
How many, if any, of the people who received Jobseeker Support at the end of September 2025 had dependent children and received their benefit abated due to other income?
Answered by
Hon Louise Upston
Member for Taupō · National Party · Minister for Social Development and Employment
Answer
I refer the Member to the attached table, which provides the number of working age clients receiving Supported Living Payment, Sole Parent Support and Jobseeker Support with children included in their benefit as at the end of September 2025. I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development that information relating to income abatement is not centrally collated and would be on individual client files. Providing the Member with income abatement information would require substantial collation and engagement and divert Ministry staff from their core duties. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210/6, that the time, and hence the expense, of answering the Member’s question is not in the public interest. This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 12162 and 12163 (2026).
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