Number of outstanding access requests and access decisions

FOI 24/25-0322

DOCUMENT 1

Number of outstanding access requests and access decisions

Q1 The number of persons with access requests carried over (outstanding) from the previous quarter. 1 (1 Jan 2023 - 31 Mar 2023) FY 2022-23 Q3 (1 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2023) FY 2022-23 Q4 (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2024) FY 2023-24 Q34 (1 Apr 2024 - 30 Jun 2024) FY 2023-24 Q4
Q2 The total number of access requests received during the quarter. 1 33,344 35,219 25,482 30,285
Q6 The number of persons with access met in the quarter 2 21,782 23,756 13,528 12,167
Q7 The number of persons with access not met in the quarter 2 6,598 7,507 2,746 2,207
Q5 The number of persons with access requests carried over (outstanding) at the end of the quarter. 17,787 18,703 27,055 40,765

Participant Service Guarantee (PSG) 2*

Q3 Timeframe 4 FY 2023-24 Q3 FY 2023-24 Q3 FY 2023-24 Q4 FY 2023-24 Q4
Q3 Timeframe 4 Number of access decisions or request for further information Access decisions or request for further information (%) Number of access decisions or request for further information Access decisions or request for further information (%)
a Within 21 days 6,798 48% 4,903 28%
b 22 to 60 days 5,154 36% 5,491 31%
c 61 to 111 days 2,002 14% 6,776 38%
d 112 or more days 302 2% 592 3%
Total 14,256 100% 17,762 100%
  • PSG 2 - Make an access decision or request further information, had a performance against the 21 day service guarantee of 96% and 100% respectively in the March 2023 and June 2023 quarters.

Participant Service Guarantee (PSG) 4**

Q4 Timeframe 4 FY 2023-24 Q3 FY 2023-24 Q3 FY 2023-24 Q4 FY 2023-24 Q4
Q4 Timeframe 4 Decisions made or request for further information after further information provided Decisions made or request for further information after further information provided (%) Decisions made or request for further information after further information provided Decisions made or request for further information after further information provided (%)
a Within 14 days 669 51% 567 38%
b 15 to 40 days 355 27% 492 33%
c 41 to 104 days 239 18% 327 22%
d 105 or more days 41 3% 119 8%
Total 1,304 100% 1,505 100%

** PSG 4 - Make an access decision or request further information after further information recieved, had a performance against the 14 day service guarantee of 96% and 97% respectively in the March 2023 and June 2023 quarters.

1 Persons may make more than one access request. 2 Access requests can be closed without a decision. 3 The implementation of the new computer system has resulted in significant changes to the way access requests are captured, with earlier visibility of prospective access into the NDIS. 4 Timeframe data is sourced from PSG two and four. The metric only contains data from the new PACE system.

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