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Thursday, 28 June 2001
Page: 29093


Ms O'Byrne asked the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, upon notice, on 4 June 2001:

(1) How many recipients of a Veterans' Affairs pension reside in the electoral division of Bass.

(2) How many of these pensioners reside in each of the postcode areas within the electoral division of Bass.


Mr Bruce Scott (Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) As at 9 June 2001 there were 3468 pension recipients residing in the electoral division of Bass.

(2) The table below illustrates the number of these pensioners residing in each of the postcode areas within the electoral division of Bass.

Postcode

Disability Pensioners

Veteran Service Pensioners

Partner Service Pensioners

War Widow(er) Pensioners

Orphan Pensioners

Income Support Supplement(ISS)

Social Security Age Pensioners

Net Total Pensioners

7212

1

2

1

1

0

1

0

5

7248

141

195

137

123

0

104

2

478

7249

173

225

160

159

0

116

4

566

7250

576

695

526

455

2

336

3

1818

7252

14

14

11

6

0

2

0

36

7253

50

60

40

36

0

31

2

150

7254

4

5

2

1

0

1

0

10

7255

16

13

6

5

0

5

0

30

7257

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7258

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

5

7259

6

3

2

1

0

1

0

10

7260

26

39

28

30

0

24

0

100

7261

10

11

10

4

0

3

0

30

7262

28

35

25

23

0

19

2

93

7263

4

3

0

5

0

5

0

10

7264

4

5

6

2

0

1

0

14

7265

2

2

1

2

0

2

0

6

7267

4

4

1

2

0

2

0

9

7268

6

8

6

4

1

4

0

21

7277

25

31

24

10

0

7

0

77

Total

1091

1352

988

869

3

664

13

3468 *

ยท Some pensioners may receive more than one Veterans' Affairs pension. For this reason the total number of pensioners will not match the sum of the different pension types.