Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The Government has provided significant support to businesses and workers in response to the Delta COVID-19 outbreak. So far, we have paid out $4.8 billion approximately through the wage subsidy scheme and Resurgence Support Payment since August when the outbreak began. We do know, however, that it has been particularly tough for those in Auckland, and, as part of the move to the new COVID-19 Protection Framework, we've announced an enhanced business support package to help businesses through this transition. The core of that is a significant boost to the Resurgence Support Payment, moving to fortnightly payments at double the current rate, and the first of these will open on 12 November. Currently, the Resurgence Support Payment (RSP) is a three-weekly payment of $1,500 per eligible business and $400 for each full-time employee up to a total of 50 full-time equivalents (FTEs) or $21,500. For the payments starting on 12 November, this will be $3,000 per eligible business and $800 per FTE up to 50 FTEs, making a maximum fortnightly payment of $43,000. The wage subsidy will continue to be available on the current criteria while areas of the country are still in alert level 3, and the cost of providing both the weekly RSP, as it effectively becomes, and the wage subsidy is estimated to be up to $940 million per fortnight through this transitional period.