About 700 survivors of child sexual abuse who have applied through the national redress and compensation scheme remain in limbo because the organisations they named have not signed up to the program.

Key points: Federal Government confirms 10 per cent of redress applications have been put on hold

Federal Government confirms 10 per cent of redress applications have been put on hold Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says that is because organisations have not signed up

Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says that is because organisations have not signed up She is threatening to take a "big stick" to organisations that fail to sign up by June 30

A national redress scheme was set up in response to the scale of abuse uncovered through the royal commission into Australian institutions.

The Federal Government encouraged survivors to make an application to the scheme, which offers counselling, help in securing a personal response and a redress payment.

So far, about 7,000 people have made an application for compensation payments of up to $150,000.

But not every institution has signed up to the scheme ahead of a June 30 deadline to do so.

"At the moment, about 10 per cent of the applications that we've received from survivors have had to be put on hold because we don't have an organisation signed up to match them up to," Social Services Minister Anne Ruston said.

The Minister said that equated to about 700 abuse survivors.

In some cases, the organisation no longer existed and state and territory governments were stepping in to be the "funder of last resort".

Organisations could lose charity status

But Senator Ruston said federal, state and territory governments were also looking at ways to increase pressure on organisations that were not yet a part of the redress scheme.

"We will be looking at every option that we have to make sure that an organisation that we believe should be signed up is signed up," she said.

"And if that means that we have to take a big-stick approach to it, that's what we'll be doing."

Among the big-stick approaches could be stripping organisations of their charitable status if they refuse to join the program.

Her comments come after Swimming Australia confirmed it had not yet joined the scheme. It also has not declared an intention to take that action before the June deadline.

Australian swim great Shane Gould says transparency and commitment to redress by Swimming Australia would raise sport participation rates. ( Dean Lewins, file photo: AAP )

Olympic star Shane Gould has urged the swimming body to join the scheme, arguing the lack of action would erode faith among parents about child safety.

The Australian Olympic Committee's chief executive Matt Carroll defended the lack of action, suggesting some sports organisations could risk insolvency if they took part.

He also said Swimming Australia and other sporting groups were "fully committed" to dealing with survivors.

"The issue is being able to meet the financial requirements of the scheme, and also even if we did that, to be able to ensure that the sports can actually meet those [requirements]," Mr Carroll told the ABC.

Senator Ruston will hold talks with Mr Carroll next week.

"I would just say to anyone, do not be fearful of signing up," she said.

"There is a process here, no-one's going to send you broke.

"But these people who have suffered this trauma deserve this redress and we will do what needs to be done to make sure they get it."

A parliamentary committee has been investigating the way institutions have responded to the recommendations of the royal commission.

Last year, the committee recommended penalising institutions that failed to sign up by stripping them of their charitable status and suspending tax concessions.

Senator Ruston has provided her response to the inquiry which is expected to be published on the inquiry website later today.