Mr Alan Ashmore
By email only to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Ashmore,
I am replying to your email of 26 July 2023. You requested under the
Freedom of Information Act that
the VRB respond to your enquiry: “
It would be appreciated if you could supply me with the number of
new appeals to the VRB on a month by month basis since 1 January 2021” .
The VRB prepares, and reports on, data concerning the number of new applications for review that it
receives each financial year rather than on a monthly basis. Accordingly, we cannot provide a monthly
breakdown of applications for review received at the VRB since 1 January 2021.
However, we can provide the following data in relation to your enquiry:
During the 2020-21 financial year there were 2,772 new applications for review received at the
VRB
For the 2021-22 financial year there were 2,781 applications for review received at the VRB
Lodgement data for the 2022-23 financial year is not yet available. This data will be included in
the upcoming VRB annual report for 2022-23. After the report has been tabled by Federal
Parliament it will then be made available on the VRB’s website.
I am providing this information to answer your request outside of the FOI process in the interests of
efficiency.
Thank you for your enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Mark
Finance & Business Services Manager
17 August 2023
National Registry Level 2, 280 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010 ·
GPO Box 1631, Sydney, NSW, 2001
Phone: 1800 550 460 ·
Email: xxx@xxx.xxx.xx