Annual Report 2002–03 Volume I
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- Effectiveness—Take-up/coverage
- Price $521.8 million Disability support: Disability Support Pension, Mobility Allowance, Sickness Allowance and Wife Pension Effectiveness—Adequacy
- Effectiveness—Independence
- Employment assistance and other services—Advocacy
- Employment assistance and other services—Employment assistance
- Employment assistance (Block grant)
- Respite for carers of young people with severe or profound disabilities
Performance informationCommonwealth State Territory Disability AgreementEffectiveness—CapacityProportion of accommodation clients receiving community-based care or support Accommodation refers to accommodation support services outside institutional settings. Nationally, 72.9 per cent of accommodation clients had community-based accommodation or ‘in-home’ support on the snapshot day in 2002. (Source: Productivity Commission, Report on government services 2003, page 13-17). Services provided with Australian Government unmet need funds Under the 2000 bilateral agreements, states and territories were funded specifically for provision of additional services enabling people with disabilities who had ageing carers to remain supported by their families in their local communities. In 2000-01, $50 million was provided and $100 million in 2001-02. From 2002–03 funding for unmet need was rolled into the base payment under the Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement and specific unmet need reporting ceased after 2001-02. Effectiveness—Take-up/coverageNumber of estimated potential population using accommodation services Nationally, 3.0 per cent of the estimated potential population were users of accommodation support services on the snapshot day in 2002. (Source: Productivity Commission, Report on Government services 2003, page 13-22). Effectiveness—TargetingPercentage of clients by disability type: from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds; from Indigenous backgrounds; and by age and gender Clients by disability type Table 51: Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement—number and percentage of clients by primary disability type on snapshot day
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Source: AIHW Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.8. Table 52: Clients from linguistically and culturally diverse background on snapshot day
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Source: AIHW, Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.13. Table 53: Clients from Indigenous background on snapshot day
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Source: AIHW, Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.10. Clients by age and gender Table 54: Clients by age and gender
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Source: AIHW, Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.5.
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Data does not include 1375 clients whose sex was not stated. Source: AIHW, Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.5. QuantityNumber and percentage of clients in different service types Table 55: Clients in different service types
Note: Client data are estimates after use of a statistical linkage key to account for individuals who have received more than one service on the snapshot day. Source: AIHW, Disability Support Services 2002, Table 3.1. Price$521.8 million Disability support: Disability Support Pension, Mobility Allowance, Sickness Allowance and Wife PensionEffectiveness—AdequacyMaximum payments to recipients—Disability Support Pension/Wife Pension is benchmarked to 25 per cent of Male Total Average Weekly Earnings (MTAWE) Disability Support Pension and Wife Pension are adjusted twice a year in line with the consumer price index (CPI). After the CPI adjustment, if the single pension rate (excluding the component added in as part of the New Tax System) is less than 25 per cent of MTAWE, it is increased to that level with a proportional flow-on to the partnered rate of pension. Rent Assistance is also indexed to the CPI. The maximum rate of DSP depends on whether a person is aged under 21 or has dependent children.
The real value of Sickness Allowance and Mobility Allowance is maintained through annual indexation in line with the CPI. Effectiveness—IndependenceAverage duration of payment (at June 2003) Disability Support Pension: 7.3 years (32.3 per cent for less than three years, 22.3 per cent for more than ten years) Sickness Allowance: 35 weeks Mobility Allowance: 225 weeks Percentage of clients with private income and average amount of private income per fortnight (at June 2003) Disability Support Pension: 82 per cent of clients with an average private income of $2427 a year (9.4 per cent or 63 238 clients received income from employment). Wife Pension (DSP): 89 per cent of clients with an average private income of $2589 a year. Sickness Allowance: 67 per cent of clients with an average private income of $26 a fortnight. Effectiveness—Take-up/coveragePercentage of people of workforce age who receive Disability Support Pension or Mobility Allowance or Sickness Allowance or Wife Pension (DSP) 726 080 people received disability-related benefits, or around 7.2 per cent of the Australian civilian labour force population. 92.7 per cent received DSP. 5.2 per cent received Wife Pension (DSP). 1.2 per cent received Sickness Allowance. Of the 44 562 clients receiving Mobility Allowance, 38 597 also received DSP. Of these, 2159 clients were receiving other forms of income support and 3806 clients were not receiving any form of income support. Effectiveness—TargetingPercentage of clients by disability type (at June 2003) Disability Support Pension: musculo-skeletal conditions: 34 per cent psychological/psychiatric conditions: 25 per cent intellectual/learning difficulties: 11 per cent. Sickness Allowance: musculo-skeletal conditions: 17 per cent depression: 14 per cent fracture and crush injuries: 12 per cent.
Disability Support Pension: 16 per cent. Wife Pension (DSP): 22 per cent. Sickness Allowance: Centrelink are unable to provide this data at this time. QuantityEstimated number of clients paid under international agreements, and average value of payments, for Disability Support Pension Total number (as at 1 June 2003): 2805 Average value of payment: $6560.70
Price$6.9 billion—Disability Support Pension $75 million—Mobility Allowance $85.5 million—Sickness Allowance $351.5 million—Wife Pension (DSP) CommentaryOver the past two decades the labour market participation rate of people with disabilities has remained static at just over 50 per cent, notwithstanding that this has been a period of significant social and legislative change. More recent reform efforts announced over the past three Commonwealth Budgets have sought to bring together changes to benefit design and employment assistance, recognising the need for a more integrated social support system for people with disabilities. The AWT Better Assessment and Early Intervention measure was a significant first step. New assessment processes for DSP, Newstart Allowance and Youth Allowance clients applying for an exemption from the activity test were introduced in September 2002. This involves a more holistic approach to work capacity assessment, using a broad range of professional expertise. In addition to informing decisions about eligibility for payment, these assessments are identifying clients’ barriers to participation and interventions, such as rehabilitation and employment assistance, to break down those barriers. The 2002–03 Budget sought to build on the new assessment processes by changing eligibility for all new entrants into the DSP so that people who could work 15 hours or more a week at full award wages would not be eligible for DSP. Significant investments in employment, training, pre-vocational and rehabilitation services were announced to support people affected by the changes. The legislation to reform the DSP has not yet been passed by the Parliament. From 15 April 2003, the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 was given Royal Assent, allowing any combination of approved activities to qualify for Mobility Allowance.
Quality—AssuranceNumber of clients assisted by funded advocacy services—approximately 10 000 Employment assistance and other services—Employer incentivesQuantityNumber of clients assisted under the Employer Incentives Programs of Wage Subsidy, Supported Wage System, and Workplace Modifications Wage Subsidy: 2835 Supported Wage System: 3010 Workplace Modifications: 236 CommentaryThe Employer Incentive Strategy consists of five initiatives to assist and encourage employers to employ people with disabilities. A review sought to determine areas where the strategy was working and identify employer perspectives on the nature of the incentives and employment of people with disabilities in general. Ten broad areas of action were identified to address employer perceptions, information needs and the recruitment processes they use. The report of the review is now available. Employment assistance and other services—Employment assistanceEffectiveness—Early interventionNumber of school leavers (15-24 years) assisted as a proportion of new job seekers (figure is for all funding types) 6884—38.1 per cent Effectiveness—TargetingTable 57: Percentage of clients by disability, age, from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds and by gender
a excludes clients assisted by ACT service that did not provide a census return. Table 57: Percentage of clients by disability, age, from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds and by gender continued
a excludes clients assisted by ACT service that did not provide a census return. Quality—AssuranceNumber of disability employment assistance services certified under the post-30 June 2002 disability service standards Under the new quality assurance system 21 per cent of disability employment services achieved certification by 30 June 2003, which was 9 per cent lower than projected. Legislation was passed in April 2002 and started on 1 July 2002, and an acceptable method for determining transparent wages in business services is in development. Number of disability employment assistance services meeting the pre-1 July 2002 Disability Services Standards All services met the standards in place before 1 July 2002 or had acceptable action plans for meeting the pre-1 July 2002 standards. Service quality was monitored through annual services self-assessment, five-yearly audits and review of standards action plans by FaCS state and territory offices. QuantityNumber of clients receiving assistance from funded disability employment assistance services (both block grant and case based funding) 64 811 (includes consumers assisted by ACT service that did not provide a census return) Average price of employment assistance for 2001-02—$3983
Effectiveness—CapacityPercentage of all clients who have achieved a sustainable employment outcome under block grant funding (13 weeks) 61 per cent (34 682 of 56 529 block grant consumers) Employment assistance (Case based funding)Effectiveness—CapacityPercentage of new job seeker clients who have achieved a sustainable employment outcome under case based funding (26 weeks)—34 per cent by 30 June 2003 Respite for carers of young people with severe or profound disabilitiesQuantityNumber of carers of young people with severe or profound disabilities assisted by Australian Government-funded respite centres—7947 Total price for employment assistance $303.7 million CommentaryEmployment outcomes To help business services progress with quality assurance requirements in regard to the payment of fair wages, FaCS commissioned work to develop a pro-rata award-based wage assessment tool. The new tool for business services measures competency and productivity and links to existing industry award rates of pay based on a worker’s assessed performance in their job. The tool is being finalised for implementation in 2003-04. The Government will fund the cost of assessments using the new tool, reducing a significant barrier to the determination of fair and transparent wages for people with disabilities working in business services. A survey of successful small business ventures in rural/remote communities was completed. The survey encouraged business services to share their ideas about the types of products and services workers with disabilities are involved in. Over 130 different products were identified, and a number of case studies prepared to illustrate how different business services have succeeded.
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