This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned social development spending for the 2022/23 budget year.
Actual spending for the previous five 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.
Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.
| Actual 2017/18 | Actual 2018/19 | Actual 2019/20 | Actual 2020/21 | Estimate 2021/22 | Budget 2022/23 | % | |
| NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | ||
| 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Extraordinary Care Fund | 2.3 | 0.0% |
| 6.3 | 10.1 | 51.7 | 12.5 | 17.5 | Social Work Support | 17.8 | 0.0% |
| 86.6 | 73.0 | 67.5 | 57.0 | 23.7 | Corporate Support Services | 23.3 | 0.1% |
| 16.3 | 17.1 | 28.6 | 30.5 | 47.5 | Extra, Historic & Special Circumstance Payments | 32.1 | 0.1% |
| 0.4 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 | Place-Based Initiatives | 35.7 | 0.1% |
| 23.6 | 22.2 | 29.1 | 33.6 | 41.4 | Programs and Support for Children | 40.4 | 0.1% |
| 47.6 | 49.4 | 61.2 | 64.4 | 57.2 | SuperGold Cards & Senior Support | 67.4 | 0.2% |
| 65.4 | 63.4 | 64.2 | 73.2 | 80.4 | Youth Payments and Support | 84.9 | 0.2% |
| 163.6 | 154.1 | 145.4 | 139.3 | 134.5 | Veterans’ Pension | 131.6 | 0.3% |
| 196.1 | 182.7 | 143.8 | 145.2 | 135.6 | Childcare Assistance | 160.0 | 0.4% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 12,150.1 | 1,578.1 | 5,815.3 | Business & Worker Support Subsidy Covid-19 | 265.3 | 0.7% |
| 165.0 | 224.9 | 248.3 | 293.2 | 314.7 | Orphan's/Unsupported Child's Benefit | 356.5 | 0.9% |
| 207.3 | 277.3 | 316.4 | 349.1 | 334.3 | Recoverable Assistance | 380.9 | 1.0% |
| 242.5 | 225.2 | 270.6 | 92.4 | 387.5 | Administration & Policy Advice | 425.8 | 1.1% |
| 174.5 | 182.8 | 247.3 | 387.1 | 721.8 | Community Support & Services | 498.0 | 1.3% |
| 0.0 | 441.3 | 668.6 | 811.6 | 513.6 | Winter Energy Payment | 518.1 | 1.3% |
| 354.7 | 300.2 | 418.4 | 478.7 | 507.5 | Hardship Assistance | 607.7 | 1.6% |
| 655.1 | 690.3 | 749.9 | 987.5 | 1,447.6 | Improved Employment & Social Outcomes Support | 1,384.8 | 3.6% |
| 1,116.7 | 1,114.6 | 1,230.9 | 1,455.2 | 1,700.0 | Sole Parent Support | 1,818.6 | 4.7% |
| 1,540.6 | 1,556.5 | 1,650.5 | 1,825.7 | 2,045.0 | Supported Living Payment | 2,219.0 | 5.8% |
| 384.3 | 391.3 | 401.0 | 415.7 | 426.6 | Disability Assistance | 2,437.3 | 6.3% |
| 0.0 | 1,277.1 | 1,980.3 | 2,390.7 | 2,464.4 | Housing Services and Support | 2,476.5 | 6.4% |
| 1,985.0 | 2,092.7 | 2,127.7 | 2,211.0 | 2,188.9 | Student loans, Scholarships and Support | 2,514.4 | 6.5% |
| 1,700.0 | 1,856.5 | 2,285.7 | 3,223.6 | 3,345.8 | Jobseeker Support and Emergency Benefit | 3,427.8 | 8.9% |
| 13,698.7 | 14,562.3 | 15,521.5 | 16,568.7 | 17,775.4 | New Zealand Superannuation | 19,528.7 | 50.7% |
| 22,831.4 | 25,769.3 | 40,865.3 | 33,625.9 | 40,533.5 | Total spending | 39,454.7 | 102.5% |
| Less: Recoveries | |||||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Interest Revenue | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | -0.2 | Income Related Rent Underpayment Recoveries | -0.7 | 0.0% |
| 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | Maintenance Capitalisation | 0.5 | 0.0% |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Benefit Recoveries - Liable Parent Contributions | 0.6 | 0.0% |
| 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.3 | Student Loan - Administration Fee | 9.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 24.1 | Programme Recoveries | 24.9 | 0.1% |
| 105.3 | 104.5 | 94.0 | 95.0 | 98.9 | Benefit Recoveries - Non-Current Debt | 106.0 | 0.3% |
| 96.5 | 107.3 | 101.7 | 132.5 | 113.5 | Student Loans - Repayment of Principal | 126.7 | 0.3% |
| 248.3 | 257.9 | 279.9 | 309.9 | 339.4 | Benefit Recoveries - Current Debt | 337.3 | 0.9% |
| 289.0 | 315.2 | 332.8 | 338.5 | 353.6 | Overseas Pension Recoveries | 362.2 | 0.9% |
| 749.5 | 794.7 | 818.9 | 900.0 | 938.1 | Total Recoveries | 966.5 | 2.5% |
| 22,081.9 | 24,974.6 | 40,046.4 | 32,725.8 | 39,595.4 | Net Social Welfare | 38,488.2 | 100.0% |
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Source:
Social Development: https://www.budget.govt.nz/budget/2022/data-library.htm#forecasts
3 Comments
Brilliant, and easy to consume thank you.
$13.5 billion of our $22.8 social welfare spend goes on Superannuation, 5% of our GDP, and yet no politician will touch it. Weak
Winter energy payment is half a billion a year. Think what else they could have done with that! 3 boomer relatives of mine were talking about what they are going to do with theirs the other day, none of them needed it for power, one of them is loaded. How is this a good use of my tax money?
Then you add the Gold Card on top of that. And the landlord subsidies.
But no, it's the horrible poors who are the problem.
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