Number of outstanding access requests and access decisions

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FOI 24/25-1236

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Number of outstanding access requests and access decisions

(1 Oct 2023 – 31 Dec 2023)
FY 2023-24 Q2
(1 Oct 2024 – 31 Dec
2024) FY 2024-25 Q2
The number of persons with an access request in progress as at the beginning of the quarter1 18,962 40,913
The number of persons with an access request in progress at at the end of the quarter2 19,652 39,694
The number of persons with access met in the quarter3 14,846 19,449
The number of persons with access not met in the quarter3 4,986 5,072
The total number of access requests received during the quarter4 23,352 25,129

1 Reworded from original request for clarity: “The number of persons with access requests carried over (outstanding) from the previous quarter” 2 Reworded from original request for clarity: “The total number of access requests still awaiting an eligibility decision (outstanding) at the end of the quarter” 3 Access met and access not met are based on a participant’s latest status as at the end of the quarter. This is consistent with Table E.1 in QRDM 2024-25 Q2 Supplement E 4 This metric is measured at the access request level, noting that a person may make multiple requests. All other metrics in this table are at the person level. Therefore, they cannot be directly compared

Participant Service Guarantee (PSG) 2*

Timeframe* FY 2024-25 Q2
Number of access
decisions or request for
further information
FY 2024-25 Q2
Access decisions or
request for further
information (%)
Within 21 days 3,840 15%
22 to 60 days 3,484 13%
61 to 111 days 14,855 56%
112 or more days 4,142 16%
Total 26,321 100%

Participant Service Guarantee (PSG) 4**

Timeframe* FY 2024-25 Q2
Decisions made or
request for further
information after further
information provided
FY 2024-25 Q2
Decisions made or
request for further
information after further
information provided
(%)
Within 14 days 411 26%
15 to 40 days 176 11%
41 to 104 days 708 44%
105 or more days 299 19%
Total 1,594 100%


*Timeframe data is sourced from PSG two and four. The metric only contains data from the new PACE system.

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