Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) (a) 35.

(b) An application can only be assessed once all supporting information is provided by the applicant. Under Round Three of the Scheme it took on average 8 to 10 weeks to assess a fully compliant application.

(c) The longest time taken to complete the assessment of a Round Three application deemed fully compliant was 34 weeks.

Factors contributing to delays in the assessment of this application included that:

For this application, the applicant received a partial offer of Incentives on 22 December 2010 (at 25 weeks) prior to the final offer being made on 28 February 2011.

(d) Table of successful applicants under Round Three can be found at Attachment A.

(2) (a) 297.

(b) 3,726 Incentives have been offered as at 12 July 2011.

(c) 201 applicants have been notified as to the status of their application where a decision has not been made within six months of the date the application was received.

(d) Table of successful applicants under Round Four can be found at Attachment B. Note: While all offers made to successful applicants are included in this table, not all successful applicants have accepted the offer made to them as at 13 July 2011.

(3) There has been no decision on any further call for applications.

(4) The Minister determines the parameters for each call for applications based on advice from the Department, and in consultation with states and territories and other stakeholders. Assessment criteria must be prescribed by Schedule One of the National Rental Affordability Scheme Regulations 2008.

Attachment A

Attachment B

* Data current as at 13 July 2011. Data is subject to change