Hon STUART NASH (Minister for Small Business): I receive regular reports from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on the performance and rate of uptake in the Digital Boost educate programme. Support to small businesses to adapt, recover, and grow is a priority in our COVID recovery plan. The $20 million Digital Boost programme was announced in Budget 2020 and got under way in December. MBIE have advised me that 9,272 users from 8,992 businesses have registered for support with training and to improve their digital skills and their use of technology—57 percent of the businesses were sole traders or have one employee, 19 percent have between two and five employees, 8 percent have between six and nine employees, and 9 percent have more than 10 employees. Feedback continues to be strongly positive, with almost 75 percent of participants rating the programme four or five out of five. Research from MBIE also shows that businesses who are more digitally enabled demonstrate more resilience and are 18 percent more likely to have financial reserves to survive for several months. 