Budget 2017 - Social Welfare

26th May 17, 1:21pm by Suraj Varma

This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned social welfare spending for the 2017/18 budget year.

Actual spending for the previous four years is on the left.

The numbers are drawn together from the Vote Social Development.

Links to the primary sources used, from Treasury's website, can be found at the bottom of the page.

Please note that some of the allocation titles have been shortened for the sake of space. Included in the previous year's totals were ACC and Senior Citizen items which in the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 budgets are no longer included in the Social Welfare pool.

Also note that some welfare and benefits are delivered through the tax system, and the costs of those items are set out here >>

Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.

Actual 2013/14	Actual 2014/15	Actual 2015/16	Actual 2016/17	Social Welfare:	Budget 2017/18	%
NZ$m	NZ$m	NZ$m	NZ$m		NZ$m
3.290				Mainstream Supported Employment Programme
52.355				Invalid's Benefit
1.146	0.871			Management of SuperGold Card
5.036	4.943			Administration of Community Services Card
2.899	2.921	2.847		Youth Development
128.663	131.049	130.781	95.528	Youth Justice Services
0.945	0.950			Assistance to Disadvantaged Persons
		2.257	0.700	National Leadership and Administration of Social Sector Trials programme, and Individual-led Social Sector Trials
350.190	376.349	381.656	316.957	Care and Protection Services
		5.111	1.411	Non-Governmental Organisation led Social Sector Teams and Contracted Programmes and Services
13.440	13.478			Collection of Balances Owed by Former Clients and Non-beneficiaries
			0.610	Place-based initiatives - national support
17.674	18.675	18.773	16.879	Counselling and Rehabilitation Services
2.334	1.996			Policy Advice - ACC
8.235	7.615			Development and Funding of Community Services
3.906	4.000			Prevention Services
8.543	8.421	8.382	9.279	Education and Prevention Services
0.427				Processing and Payment of Veterans' Pensions
83.877	84.696	84.509	84.913	Family Wellbeing Services
149.573				Provision of Housing and Related Services for Tenants Paying Income Related Rent
2.039				Forgiveness of Interest on Veteran Trusts' Loans
510.439				Purchase of Housing and Related Services for Tenants Paying Income Related Rent
16.696	20.124	19.926	24.783	Immigration - Refugee and Protection Services
4.956				Research and Evaluation
0.009	20.351			Improving Employment Outcomes - Assistance
5.185	7.314	8.588		Services for Young People
0.074				Income Related Rent Subsidy for Community Housing Providers
35.019	34.516			Services to Protect the Integrity of the Benefit System and Eligibility for Income Related Rent
6.956	6.866	2.345	1.972	Integrated Whanau Social Assistance
29.209				Sickness Benefit
1.213	2.277			Administration of Trialling New Approaches to Social Sector Change
2.381	2.382			Strengthening Providers and Communities
5.554	8.137	12.505	8.780	Children’s Action Plan
108.212	109.355			Strong Families
		1.518	9.018	Designing and Implementing Social Investment
		0.664		Support for the Provision of Social Housing Supply
35.735	36.852			Family and Community Services
0.964	0.954	0.540		Support for Veterans and Their Families
			17.540	Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquake Employment Support
13.410				Support for Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment recipients
	5.090			Improving Work Readiness - Assistance
19.287				Support to prevent disengaged young people from coming on to benefit at the age of 18
0.889	0.884	0.439		Youth Development Partnership Fund
226.604				Tailored Sets of Services to Help People into Work or Achieve Independence
14.045	7.298			Connected Communities
4.762	5.590			Trialling New Approaches to Social Sector Change
6.294				Forecast, Modelling, Information Monitoring and Analysis
28.546				Unemployment Benefit and Emergency Benefit
	11.589			Information, Evaluation and Analytics Services
165.250				Veterans' Pension
62.916				Domestic Purposes Benefit
23.392				Vocational Skills Training
18.560	15.343	39.940		Benefits Paid in Australia
119.467	50.327			War Disablement Pensions
254.635				Impairment of Debt Relating to Child Support
2.223				Widow's Benefit
			0.040	Administering Support for the Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot	0.040	0.0
0.002		0.003	0.050	Government Superannuation Appeals Board	0.050	0.0
				Evaluation and Auditing Expenses for the Reducing Youth Reoffending Social Bond Pilot	0.075	0.0
0.041	0.037	0.037	0.088	Special Annuities	0.089	0.0
	2.725		0.203	Fair Value Write Down on Veteran Trust Loans and Thirty-Year Endowment	0.203	0.0
			0.205	Place-based Initiatives - Tairawhiti Local Leadership	0.225	0.0
0.216	0.195	0.339	0.364	Other Advice	0.269	0.0
	0.528	0.384	0.588	Processing of Veterans’ Pensions	0.443	0.0
				He Tikanga a-Whanau mo te Whakakore Tukino (Whanau-centred Family Violence Interventions)	0.550	0.0
			0.241	Mental Health and Employment Social Bond Pilot	0.633	0.0
0.351	0.326	0.428	0.650	Management of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund	0.728	0.0
1.835	1.298	1.082	0.900	Child Tax Credit	0.900	0.0
0.941	0.978	0.887	1.010	Promoting Positive Outcomes for Seniors	1.022	0.0
0.466	0.445		0.490	Ministerial Services	1.156	0.0
		0.001	0.065	Transitional Assistance	1.313	0.0
	0.693	1.542	2.308	Extraordinary Care Fund	2.308	0.0
			2.682	Administering Youth Development	2.339	0.0
	3.617	3.247	2.323	Work Assistance	2.423	0.0
2.157	2.157	2.157	2.157	Children's Commissioner	2.657	0.0
				Connection and Advocacy Service	2.900	0.0
5.310	8.501	5.675	4.045	Promoting Positive Outcomes for Disabled People	3.716	0.0
5.230	5.381	6.058	6.344	Planning, Correspondence and Monitoring	4.494	0.0
4.182	4.242	4.531	5.053	Victims' Services	5.387	0.0
				Reducing Youth Reoffending Social Bond Pilot	5.398	0.0
6.032	6.032	6.032	6.032	Support and Assistance provided by Victim Support to Victims of Crime	6.032	0.0
		6.176	4.879	Management of Service Cards	6.705	0.0
6.526	6.971	6.998	5.793	Adoption Services	7.247	0.0
5.782	6.092	5.782	6.682	Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Retirement Commissioner	7.522	0.0
			2.000	Claims Resolution	7.683	0.0
			7.833	Increasing Youth Development Opportunities	8.253	0.0
		3.909	8.591	Veterans' Independence Programme	11.246	0.0
12.173	11.935	11.438	11.044	Special Circumstance Assistance	11.269	0.0
	7.778	7.801	10.650	Assessments, Treatment & Rehabilitation	11.593	0.0
14.275	15.975	13.765	13.000	Minimum Family Tax Credit	12.000	0.0
10.305	9.869	12.331	14.092	Families Commission	12.639	0.0
		11.150	13.170	Data, Analytics and Evidence Services	12.855	0.0
				Prevention	13.372	0.0
16.727	7.134	12.652	11.107	ACC - Compensation Entitlements - Treatment Injuries for Non-Earners	13.891	0.1
16.763	16.701	15.680	17.356	Management of Student Support	16.459	0.1
17.852	18.899	20.357	21.276	Policy Advice	18.826	0.1
19.396	18.188	18.124	19.410	Out of School Care and Recreation Programmes	19.473	0.1
			32.728	Transformation Programme: Investing in New Zealand Children and their Families	21.624	0.1
17.640	20.967	30.480	30.000	Parental Tax Credit	29.000	0.1
			13.224	Supporting and Developing Providers and Services	35.463	0.1
37.788	36.595	36.787	43.781	Income Support and Assistance to Seniors	37.150	0.1
28.758	27.932	35.114	35.000	Government Superannuation Fund Authority – Crown’s Share of Expenses	38.000	0.1
		49.249	49.209	Investigation of Overpayments and Fraudulent Payments and Collection of Overpayments	49.808	0.2
39.211	41.646	41.088	46.195	Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment	58.360	0.2
49.040	23.323	26.903	50.391	ACC - Compensation Entitlements	58.941	0.2
9.106	53.198	67.252	84.969	Improving Work Readiness Outcomes	86.339	0.3
	64.741	106.698	97.440	Veterans Support Entitlement	90.915	0.3
65.127	59.675	-0.661	97.891	Debt Write-downs	96.933	0.4
			25.000	Corporate Support Services	105.500	0.4
121.559	132.020	142.893	152.267	Orphan's/Unsupported Child's Benefit	161.730	0.6
	177.503	185.849	174.853	Veterans’ Pension	162.002	0.6
106.873	111.995	111.303	158.078	ACC - Case Management and Supporting Services	167.716	0.6
185.596	183.095	182.138	197.345	Childcare Assistance	197.320	0.7
			24.587	Early and Intensive Intervention	251.076	0.9
147.535	306.874	298.466	289.438	Administering Income Support	266.514	1.0
241.595	265.078	279.501	279.000	Child Support Payments	291.000	1.1
121.064	257.627	294.655	299.246	Improving Employment Outcomes	309.519	1.1
96.815	180.286	216.824	282.000	Paid Parental Leave Payments	338.000	1.2
270.835	276.884	289.558	341.979	Hardship Assistance	343.761	1.3
379.444	377.001	376.943	377.022	Disability Assistance	379.491	1.4
			110.789	Statutory Intervention and Transition	503.087	1.8
613.744	684.125	581.360	524.200	Government Superannuation Fund Unfunded Liability	538.597	2.0
533.266	511.186	513.245	566.000	In-Work Tax Credit	561.000	2.1
	703.207	755.268	847.994	Part payment of rent to social housing providers	900.451	3.3
1,221.895	1,186.493	1,152.990	1,163.696	Sole Parent Support	1,116.799	4.1
1,145.875	1,128.850	1,163.674	1,128.656	Accommodation assistance	1,217.767	4.5
1,421.910	1,514.559	1,523.016	1,529.520	Supported Living Payment	1,530.887	5.6
1,691.007	1,683.877	1,671.316	1,694.839	Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit	1,662.932	6.1
1,965.263	1,854.048	1,793.410	1,763.000	Family Tax Credit	1,823.000	6.7
10,913.103	11,591.026	12,266.832	13,043.729	New Zealand Superannuation	13,670.779	50.0
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*$24,128.1*	$24,611.7	$25,091.5	$26,345.2	Totals:	$27,337.8	100%

Note that some welfare and benefits are delivered through the tax system, and the costs of those items are set out here >>

You can get back to the main page that summarises all government spending here >>

Sources:

Social Development: https://budget.govt.nz/budget/2017/by/vote/socdev.htm

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