Benefit figures for May show the number of people on welfare fell by 2295. More than 9000 beneficiaries found work, including around 3000 young people. The number of people on the Unemployment Benefit also fell by 3000.
Our Future Focus changes, which were part of National's 2008 election policy, are delivering positive results. Our requirement that someone on an Unemployment Benefit must reapply after one year has seen more than 5000 people cancel their benefit.
We’ve also seen more than 1000 people leave the Domestic Purposes Benefit to go into work within a month of getting intensive support from Work and Income.
However, as was clear from the Welfare Working Group's report, we’ve got to do more to tackle long-term welfare dependency. The special ministerial welfare group is leading further work on this, which will be announced later this year.
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