The request sought information on:

A.  The number and estimated value of income support financial penalties by financial year since2018 – the commencement of the Targeted Compliance Framework (TCF) – for participants in jobactive, Workforce Australia and ParentsNext, including:

• total number of financial penalty events disaggregated by:
  • unique participants who had financial penalties applied
  • type of income support payment
• estimated value of financial penalties
• number of financial penalties by penalty type (1 week, 2 weeks, or 4 weeks).

B.  The number and estimated value of income support suspensions by financial year since July 2018 for participants in jobactive, Workforce Australia and ParentsNext, including:

• total number of suspensions disaggregated by:
  • unique participants who had their payments suspended
  • type of income support payment
• estimated value of income support payment suspensions
• number of suspensions which covered the day when the participant was due to be paid their income support (ie the recipient did not receive their payment on the day they normally do)
• number of suspensions applied before the weekend and lifted after the weekend.

C.  The time periods during which mutual obligation requirements were temporarily suspended on a national basis, such as due to COVID-19 or the Workforce Australia transition periods.

D.  The cost per commencement for the Transition to Work, ParentsNext, jobactive, and Workforce Australia programs since the programs commenced and over the forward estimates period.