Attachment A
Key Data on Psychosocial Disability and the NDIS as at 30 June 2016
- Across all trial sites 3,615 (10.1%) of all scheme participants have a psychosocial disability, and 2,747 participants (7.7%) have psychosocial disability recorded as their primary disability.
- 37% of all participants with a primary or secondary psychosocial disability have more than one disability listed.
- In the New South Wales-Hunter and Victorian trial sites the proportion of participants with a primary psychosocial disability is 12.2% and 14.2% respectively. In the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australian trial sites, it is 11.3% and 7.6% respectively.
Note: these numbers should be treated with caution as psychosocial disability has only recently commenced being phased into the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australian trial sites, and potential participants continue to approach the scheme.
- 2,173 (79%) participants with a primary psychosocial disability currently have an approved plan.
- Approximately 42% of participants with primary psychosocial disability are recorded as currently receiving services through State/Territory or Commonwealth programs, and 58% are not recorded as receiving services.
Note: Whilst there are limitations with this information, it is with noting that there is a mix of new and existing participants.
- 78% of participants with a psychosocial disability submitting an access request have been found eligible for the scheme (noting that a further 3% are in the process of having their eligibility assessed). This is slightly higher in Victoria and Australian Capital Territory at 81% and 85% respectively, compared to New South Wales and Western Australia.
- Across all trial sites, $147.6m (6.2%) of approved committed supports is for participants with a primary psychosocial disability. Participants with a primary psychosocial disability receive a higher proportion of committed supports in New South Wales (8.6%), Victoria (7.0%) and the Australian Capital Territory (6.3%), and receive a lower proportion of committed supports in Western Australia (4.4%).
This will be investigated further.
- The average annualised plan amount for participants with a primary psychosocial disability is lower compared with participants across the Scheme as a whole. T
- The average annual package costs are lower for participants with a primary psychosocial disability than for participants across all of New South Wales, and much lower for those aged 25-64 years in all of the trial sites Some of the differences in average annualised plan amounts in New South Wales and Victoria between participants with psychosocial disability and participants without psychosocial disability is the large residential centres in these sites.
- At this stage of scheme roll-out, the proportion of participants with a primary psychosocial disability in New South Wales-Hunter, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia combined is lower than the proportion estimated by the Productivity Commission 2019-20 projections (12.0% compared with 13.9%).
Note: However, this result is distorted by phasing schedules in the sites.