Mortality and non-mortality exits in the NDIS from January 2020 to today's date
Dear National Disability Insurance Agency,
I request a list of all mortality and non-mortality exits for all current NDIS participants, including those with and without active plans, from January 2020 to the most recent available date. Please include:
1. Monthly totals of all mortality exits, broken down by state/territory, gender and age
2. Monthly totals of non-mortality exits (participants removed from the NDIS), including reasons for exit if available, broken down by state/territory, gender and age
3. Total number of NDIS participants (with and without active plans) for each month, to calculate accurate percentages.
4. Any data or reports on COVID-19 related deaths among NDIS participants.
5. Information on any changes to data collection or reporting methods during this period that might affect the interpretation of trends.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Stewart
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Dear Rob Stewart,
Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement
Thank you for your request of 01 October 2024, made under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), for copies of documents / information held
by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your Request
You have requested access to:
“…I request a list of all mortality and non-mortality exits for all
current NDIS participants, including those with and without active plans,
from January 2020 to the most recent available date. Please include:
1. Monthly totals of all mortality exits, broken down by
state/territory, gender and age
2. Monthly totals of non-mortality exits (participants removed from
the NDIS), including reasons for exit if available, broken down by
state/territory, gender and age
3. Total number of NDIS participants (with and without active plans)
for each month, to calculate accurate percentages.
4. Any data or reports on COVID-19 related deaths among NDIS
participants.
5. Information on any changes to data collection or reporting methods
during this period that might affect the interpretation of trends…”
Irrelevant Information
Section 22 of the FOI Act allows an Agency to redact information from
documents if that information would reasonably be regarded as irrelevant
to a request for access.
Given the nature of your request, it does not seem that NDIA staff
members’ surnames and contact details would be relevant to you. Can you
please send me a reply email confirming that such details are irrelevant
to your request for access?
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period for processing your request commenced from 02 October 2024 This
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Regards
Megan
Freedom of Information Officer
Complaints Management & FOI Branch
General Counsel Division
National Disability Insurance Agency
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