Percentage of rent assistances recipients, amount spent on average

John Smith made this Freedom of Information request to Services Australia

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Dear Department of Human Services,

I seek the following information:

- The number of recipients of jobseeker or austudy payments that claim rent assistance
- The number of recipients of jobseeker or austudy payments that don't claim rent assistance
- The average monthly rent that is declared by people who claim jobseeker payments, when they are declaring their average rent for the purpose of obtaining rent assistance
- The average monthly rent that is declared by people who claim austudy payments, when they are declaring their average rent for the purpose of obtaining rent assistance

Yours faithfully,

John Smith

FOI.LEGAL.TEAM, Services Australia

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Please find attached correspondence in relation to your request made under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

Employment Law and Freedom of Information Branch | Legal Services Division

Services Australia

Email: [1][email address]

 

 

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Dear FOI.LEGAL.TEAM,

I would like to clarify that for this aspect of my FOI request:

- The number of recipients of jobseeker or austudy payments that claim rent assistance
- The number of recipients of jobseeker or austudy payments that don't claim rent assistance

I am requesting the jobseeker numbers, and austudy numbers, separately.

Please do not aggregate the austudy and jobseeker numbers within my request

Yours sincerely,

John Smith

FOI.LEGAL.TEAM, Services Australia

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Dear Mr Smith

 

Please find attached the decision on your request made under the Freedom
of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

 

Kind regards

 

Freedom of Information Team

Employment Law and Freedom of Information Branch | Legal Services Division

Services Australia

Email: [1][email address]

 

 

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