Report on Government Services 2019

Performance reporting currently focuses on assistance provided by governments through specialist disability services under the National Disability Agreement (NDA) as well as the broad social and economic outcomes of people with disability. Performance information on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will be developed for future reports.

In 2017-18, total government expenditure on specialist disability services provided under the NDA was $6.4 billion — a real decrease of 17.8 per cent from 2016-17. There was $7.7 billion support committed to the NDIS for 2017‑18. As the NDIS is progressively implemented to replace services under the NDA, funding for the NDIS will increase.

Nationally in 2016-17 (2017-18 data were not available for this Report), the number of people with disability using NDA specialist disability services as a proportion of the estimated potential population was:

• Community support, 20.7 per cent (127 751 users)
• Respite, 13.5 per cent (35 534 users)
• Open employment, 9.3 per cent of people who had an employment restriction (128 950 users)
• Community access, 7.8 per cent (48 218 users)
• Supported employment, 6.0 per cent (18 354 users)
• Accommodation support, 5.3 per cent (33 083 users).

In 2016-17, 28 534 people who used disability support services under the NDA were identified as transitioning to the NDIS. As at 30 June 2017, there were 52 348 NDIS participants who were existing State/Territory service users (that is, had transferred at some time from NDA services).

The Australian, State and Territory governments aim to ensure that people with disability and their carers have an enhanced quality of life, enjoy choice and wellbeing, achieve independence, social and economic participation, and full inclusion in the community.

The performance indicator framework provides information on equity, efficiency and effectiveness, and distinguishes the outputs and outcomes of government funded services for people with disability. The performance indicator framework shows which data are complete and comparable in the 2019 Report.

An overview of the Services for people with disability performance indicator results are presented. Information to assist the interpretation of these data can be found in the indicator interpretation boxes in the Services for people with disability chapter and attachment tables.

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Notes

These data and caveats for these data are available in chapter 15 and attachment 15A.

Some percentages reported in these tables include 95 per cent confidence intervals (for example, 80 per cent ± 2.7 per cent).

* Indicates the estimate or proportion has a relative standard error between 25 per cent and 50 per cent and should therefore be used with caution.

na Not available. np Not published.

Performance indicator data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this chapter are available in the attachment tables listed below. Contextual data and further supporting information can be found in the chapter.