FOI 25/26-2441 Document 5
From: s47F - persona Shaun on behalf of media To: s47F - personal , Lucy; s47F - Personal Privacy Leonidas;s47F - personal p , Enya; s47F - personal p , Keely; s47F - perso, Isabella; s47F - pers, Lucy Cc: COLLINS, Jo; s47F - pe Julian; s47F - personal pr , Ellen; media; s47F - perso , Shaun Subject: FOR URGENT CLEARANCE: data for SMH/Age [SEC=OFFICIAL] Date: Friday, 22 August 2025 5:58:01 PM
Hi Lucy and Leon, See below cleared factual data responses for Natassia. She has asked for it back by 6pm. Can you please review and respond ASAP. Regards and thanks, Shaun The Age/SMH has follow-up questions related to this response: In the 2024-25 financial year, the NDIS provided $1.8 billion in payments for participants aged 0-8 with developmental delay and mild to moderate autism. Question:
- How many children does that involve (0-8)? In the 2024-25 financial year, the NDIS provided $1.8 billion in payments for 120,444 participants aged 0-8 with developmental delay and mild to moderate autism.
- What are comparable figures (cost and total children) for the 9-14 age group? In the 2024-25 financial year, the NDIS provided $1.3 billion in payments for 94,421 participants aged 9-14 with developmental delay and mild to moderate autism. ends From: Phillips, Shaun On Behalf Of media Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 2:58 PM To: s47F - personal priva , Lucy ; s47F - personal privacy , Leonidas ; media ; s47F - personal priv Shaun ; s47F - personal priva , Enya ; s47F - personal privacy , Keely ;s47F - personal pr , Isabella ;s47F - persona , Lucy Cc: COLLINS, Jo ; s47F - perso Julian ; s47F - personal privacy , Ellen Subject: FYI - follow-up questions from SMH/Age on children 0-8 Scheme costs [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi Lucy and Leon, See follow questions from Natassia. We’re seeking answers and will send through to you. Shaun
The Age/SMH has follow-up questions related to this response: In the 2024-25 financial year, the NDIS provided $1.8 billion in payments for participants aged 0-8 with developmental delay and mild to moderate autism.
Question:
- How many children does that involve (0-8)?
- What are comparable figures (cost and total children) for the 9-14 age group? From:s47F - personal privacy, Lucy <Lucy.s47F - personal privacy > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 1:39 PM To: s47F - personal privacy Leonidas <Leonidas.s47F - personal privacy >; media <xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx >; s47F - personal priv Shaun <Shaun.s47F - personal privacy >; s47F - personal priva , Enya <Enya.s47F - personal privacy >; s47F - personal privacy , Keely <Keely.s47F - personal privacy >; s47F - personal pri Isabella <Isabellas47F - personal privacy >; s47F - persona, Lucy <Lucy.s47F - personal privacy > Cc: COLLINS, Jo <xx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx >; s47F - pers, Julian <Julian.s47F - personal privacy ; s47F - personal privacy, s2 Ellen <Ellen.s47F - personal privacy > Subject: Re: 1pm request: Response for SMH/Age enquiry on children 0-8 Scheme costs [SEC=OFFICIAL]
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Subject: Re: 1pm request: Response for SMH/Age enquiry on children 0-8 Scheme costs [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Hey Shaun!
Please just continue to hold fire for the moment. We’ll let you know when there are green lights from our end.
Cheers, Leon
Sent from Workspace ONE Boxer On 22 August 2025 at 12:05:02 pm AEST, media media@ndis.gov.au wrote:
Hi Lucy,
Natassia is following up on this one — are you able to let me know thoughts by 1pm? Regards,
Shaun
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Subject: Response for SMH/Age enquiry on children 0-8 Scheme costs [SEC=OFFICIAL] Hi Lucy,
As foreshadowed, see cleared Agency factual response for Natassia Chrysanthos.
| understand you’! let me know thoughts in the morning.
Regards, Shaun Media enquiry ournalist/outlet — |Natassia Chrysanthos / SMH/Age Enquiry topic Scheme costs: “children with development delay or mild to moderate autism: Background + Answering “children with development delay or mild to moderate autism”, information not “early intervention” (Questions As discussed, I’m keen to know how much of the scheme is spent on early intervention
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(Or alternatively children with mild to moderate development delay or autism, but I suspect that is more difficult).
From what I can see in the quarterly report:
- There are 173,466 children aged 0 to 8, with an average annual payment of $19,100
This would make a 2024-25 spend of $3.3 billion on that age group (under 9s)
- I can also see, in another section, that active participant plans under early intervention alone total 235,728 participants. But I can’t see the average annualised payment to that group
Let me know if your team has an appropriate figure on hand? Or if that $3.3 billion figure is too blunt to be accurate? Response On background
In the 2024-25 financial year, the NDIS provided $1.8 billion in payments for participants aged 0-8 with developmental delay and mild to moderate autism.
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