Hon PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN (Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment) on behalf of the Minister for Social Development and Employment: There were 62,019 additional main benefit recipients in December 2021, compared to December 2017, who had been receiving a main benefit for a year or more. At the beginning of our COVID-19 response, Treasury forecast benefit numbers would peak at 487,500 in January 2021. However, due to the Government's quick actions and investment in things like the wage subsidy, the highest number of people receiving a main benefit was 391,227 in January 2021—96,273 fewer people than forecast. To the second part of the question, this Government recognises the negative impact of child poverty and we're committed to addressing it. We have raised incomes for low-income workers and those on benefits more than any other Government and have invested heavily in employment and training programmes to support people back into employment. This has led to 39,916 more people moving off a benefit and into work in the year ending December 2021 when compared to December 2017, and this is the highest number of exits into work for a December quarter since electronic records began in 1996. 