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6969 - Customer Service - DINE AND DISCOVER VOUCHER PROGRAM

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Customer Service, and Minister for Digital

(1) Regarding the Dine and Discover voucher program, in each month since the program began and disaggregated by local government area:

(a) How many individuals registered?

(b) What is the value of vouchers redeemed?

(c) How many businesses registered with the program?

(2) How many vouchers have been used for purchases under the $25 voucher value to date, disaggregated by local government area?

(3) Where a voucher is redeemed for purchases less than $25, what is the average purchase price?

Answer -

This question is best directed to me as Minister for Finance and Small Business.

(1)

(a) February 2021 – 34,514

March 2021 – 1,603,589

April 2021 – 1,811,847

May 2021 – 664,162

June 2021 – 446,881

July 2021 – 108,175

See Attachment A for breakdown by LGA

(b) February 2021 – 2,668 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $66,261 and total customer spend of $125,080

March 2021 – 396,838 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $9,798,814 and total customer spend of $15,012,975

April 2021 – 3,048,204 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $75,685,139 and total customer spend of $123,295,332

May 2021 – 3,208,123 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $79,673,870 and total customer spend of $129,770,670

June 2021 – 2,887,763 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $71,660,325 and total customer spend of $111,331,619

July 2021 – 622,950 vouchers were redeemed with a total value of $15,479,110 and total customer spend of $22,574,522

See Attachment A for breakdown of vouchers redeemed by LGA. Note that the LGA is the business address provided on registration, which is not necessarily the address at which of the business operation at which the voucher was redeemed.

(c) January 2021 – 2,349

February 2021 – 2,624

March 2021 – 5,809

April 2021 – 2,478

May 2021 – 583

June 2021 – 373

July 2021 – 683

See Attachment A for breakdown by LGA

(2-3) The 10,166,546 of vouchers redeemed as at 31 July 2021 had a total face value of $254,163,650 and were redeemed for a total payment to businesses by the NSW Government of$252,363,520 which is 99.3% of the face value. Total customer spend with businesses when redeeming these vouchers was $402,110,197 which represents an average customer spend of$39.55 per $25 voucher.

Attachments -

Question asked on 27 July 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 549
Answer received on 17 August 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 564