Children with Disabilities

In reply to Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (21 July 2014) (Estimates Committee A).

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety): I have been advised:

In 2012-13, there were 5,515 unique clients, with an age of birth to 17 years, reported in the final Disability Services National Minimum Data Set provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the data collected for clients who have received funding under the National Disability Agreement.

The South Australian Home and Community Care data for 2012-13 shows there were 4,490 unique clients aged birth to 17 years.

Clients may be reported in both data sets.

Utilising clauses in our existing contracts, DCSI has requested the names and contact details from providers of all state clients aged birth to 13 years in order to provide this information to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to assist them in contacting clients to facilitate their transition to the NDIA.