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From: Lucy Goodman <[FOI #31086 email]>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2025 8:53 PM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Number of Community Services Card holders nationwide during 2022 to 2024

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I would like to know the following statistics describing Community Services Card (CSC) holders for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024:

1/ the total number of CSC holders nationwide.
2/ the number of CSC holders nationwide aged: 16-24; 25-34; 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65-74; 75-84; or 85+; and the gender (or sex, as available) of the people in each age group. (e.g. for age group 16-24: the number of males, the number of females, and the number of gender diverse) 3/ the number of CSC holders nationwide broken down by ethnicity.

Yours faithfully,

L Goodman

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