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Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods: high level statistics to 31 May 2021

The Best Start Grant consists of three different benefit payments: Pregnancy and Baby Payment (applications taken from 10 December 2018), Early Learning Payment (applications taken from 29 April 2019) and School Age Payment (applications taken from 3 June 2019). The Background section has further detail about these different payments. This publication provides information on applications and payments for Best Start Grant from 10 December 2018 to 31 May 2021.

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