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Budget 2017 - Education

Budget 2017 - Education

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

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

The numbers are drawn from Vote Education, Vote Tertiary Education and Vote Education Review

Links to the primary source 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. Also some of the previous items recorded under the heading of Education are no longer included in this section.

Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Secondary School Assessments

Teacher Trainee Scholarships

Actual 2013/14
Actual 2014/15 Actual 2015/16 Actual 2016/17 Education and ERO:
Budget 2017/18
%
NZ$m
NZ$m NZ$m NZ$m   NZ$m  
2.567 2.567 2.567   Ownership Monitoring of Tertiary Education Institutions    
  39.757     Payroll Services    
0.995 1.377     Auckland University Starpath Project    
9.485 9.731 9.432 9.354 Early Childhood Education Services    
1.500       Tertiary Education Institutions Merger Support    
3.598 3.441 4.338 4.285 Quality of Education Reports and Services    
  3.554 11.500   Impairment of Debts and Assets and Debt Write-Offs    
0.400       Reimbursement of Fees to ComputerPower Students    
40.766 42.367 40.362   Managing the Government's Investment in the Tertiary Education Sector    
0.644 0.412 0.264   School Transport Bus Controllers    
0.178 0.178     New Zealand Teachers Council    
8.456 7.649 10.627   Science and Innovation: Engaging New Zealanders with Science and Technology    
2.854       Boarding Allowances and Bursaries    
321.630 336.131 395.657   Special Needs Support    
1.438       Mapihi Pounamu    
33.085 33.743 33.282 37.297 Stewardship of the Education System    
24.021 23.870 28.832   Tertiary Education Grants and Other Funding    
3.837 3.837 3.837   Tertiary Education and Training Advice    
8.231 10.212 7.658   Stewardship of the Tertiary System    
0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 United World Scholarships 0.050 0.0
0.121 0.064 0.069 0.120 Interest Subsidy for Schools 0.120 0.0
0.150 0.149 0.120 0.120 Ex Gratia Payment to the University of Auckland 0.120 0.0
0.195 0.187 0.192 0.200 Youth Workers Training Scheme 0.200 0.0
        Independent Advice on Government Priority Areas 0.500 0.0
0.488 0.430 0.432 0.705 Family Start/NGO Awards 0.705 0.0
1.040 0.800 0.800 0.800 Scholarships for Inbound International Students 0.800 0.0
0.404 1.007 1.070 1.879 Education Review Office - Capital Expenditure 0.830 0.0
16.153 20.140 0.030 1.260 Support to Apprentices 1.036 0.0
0.362 1.083 1.087 1.152 Puawaitanga Scholarships 1.152 0.0
1.288 1.288 1.288 1.288 Remission of Fees 1.288 0.0
0.825 0.744 0.449 1.442 Teacher Trainee Scholarships 1.432 0.0
      1.687 Place-Based Initiative - Te Tai Tokerau, Northland 1.683 0.0
3.008 3.008 3.008 3.008 Education Research Initiatives 3.008 0.0
3.362 3.419 3.621 3.640 Service Academies 3.640 0.0
        National Evaluations and Other Services 3.704 0.0
    1.915 2.890 Teacher-Led Innovation Fund 4.000 0.0
3.916 3.837 3.822 4.126 Scholarships for Students to Attend Private Schools 4.126 0.0
    1.152 3.252 Services to Other Agencies 4.825 0.0
0.942 1.290 0.344 4.590 Awards for Outbound New Zealand Students 5.040 0.0
4.761 4.774 4.774 5.204 Quality Assurance 5.094 0.0
4.255 4.553 4.128 5.128 Home Schooling Allowances 5.128 0.0
        Ministerial Services 5.773 0.0
6.160 4.085 5.168 5.253 Schooling Improvement 5.853 0.0
6.049 6.049 6.129 6.049 Qualifications Support Structures 6.329

0.0

      8.045 Research, Data Analysis and Monitoring 7.521 0.1
5.012 5.700 4.503 9.329 Supporting Parenting 9.329 0.1
      9.551 Students Attendance and Engagement 9.676 0.1
        Monitoring the Education System 9.757 0.1
        Early Childhood Learning Services 9.979 0.1
      2.500 University-led Innovation 10.833 0.1
4.639 8.904 8.799 11.319 Boarding Allowances 11.319 0.1
14.285 11.519 10.601 12.807 Support and Resources for Parents and the Community 11.753 0.1
    4.636 13.586 Contribution to the Education Council of Aotearoa New Zealand 14.249 0.1
12.387 11.683 15.016 14.447 Tertiary Scholarships and Awards 14.732 0.1
14.866 14.667 14.762 14.931 Schools and Other Education Service Providers 15.037 0.1
16.080 13.463 15.038 15.545 Management of Student Loans 15.218 0.1
15.984 14.739 9.903 11.226 Support for Early Childhood Education Providers 15.526 0.1
15.594 11.802 11.158 19.167 Study Scholarships and Awards 19.167 0.1
13.728 14.487 15.517 18.997 National Study Awards 19.543 0.1
18.219 18.975 21.481 21.298 Policy Advice 21.395 0.2
23.140 23.137 24.126 24.335 Provision of Information and Advisory Services 23.175 0.2
      24.216 Access to Tertiary Education 26.449 0.2
26.480 26.730 26.480 26.810 Secondary School Assessments 26.480 0.2
        Research and Analysis 27.022 0.2
      25.378 Tertiary Sector / Industry Collaboration Projects 28.372 0.2
5.581 17.500 28.677 31.150 School Managed Network Funding 28.750 0.2
31.382 31.122 31.638 29.439 International Education Programmes 31.072 0.2
      46.918 Administration and support for the tertiary sector 47.163 0.3
32.754 40.586 50.705 49.800 Centres of Research Excellence 49.800 0.3
54.152 60.094 61.749 57.164 Cirriculum support 54.213 0.4
57.382 63.790 57.744 67.893 Integrated school property 65.055 0.4
50.263 59.524 66.425 74.512 Secondary - tertiary interface 74.512 0.5
61.754 68.046 75.133 72.751 Community Education 77.286 0.5
66.686 73.733 61.546 72.763 Support and Resources for Teachers 80.627 0.5
86.990 98.112 95.645 94.401 Professional Develop. & Support 91.347 0.6
41.000 152.000   43.000 Impairment of Debt Relating to Student Loans 100.000 0.7
107.488 63.445 96.910 96.412 Support & Resources for Ed. Providers 111.918 0.8
176.680 185.157 184.828 183.895 School transport 195.450 1.3
271.610 278.788 238.800 257.373 Interventions for Target Student Groups 258.744 1.7
268.750 281.250 293.750 301.500 Tertiary Education Research and Research-Based Teaching 309.000 2.1
291.893 311.775 314.233 307.716 Training for Designated Groups 320.091 2.1
      413.239 Learning Support 417.989 2.8
539.031 511.105 485.653 476.791 Student Allowance 504.646 3.4
629.539 601.665 659.383 670.000 Initial Fair Value Write-Down Relating to Student Loans 676.000 4.5
1,456.120 1,520.580 1,621.416 1,664.067 School Property Management 1,614.689 10.8
1,536.819 1,623.374 1,720.518 1,814.257 Early Childhood Education 1,845.947 12.4
2,029.642 2,026.064 2,074.030 2,085.205 Tertiary Education 2,084.592 14.0
2,005.682 2,061.746 2,146.492 2,163.569 Secondary Education 2,251.377 15.1
2,737.177 2,846.768 2,963.049 3,045.689 Primary Education 3,210.181 21.5
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$13,236.0
$13,727.8 $14,098.3 $14,507.8 Totals: $14,913.4 100.0

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Sources: http://www.budget.govt.nz/budget/2016/by/vote/index.htm

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