How many children, if any, placed into social housing through the Priority One category have subsequently returned to emergency housing, since January 2024?

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development has advised me that this information is not being centrally recorded. Obtaining this information would require substantial manual collation of scanning Priority One client records and checking if clients have subsequently returned to emergency housing. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210/6, I consider that the time, and hence the expense, of answering the Member’s question is not in the public interest.