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Budget 2023/24's spending allocations for Education from early childhood, to vocational and tertiary levels
26th May 23, 12:11pm
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This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned Education spending for the 2023/24 budget year.
Actual spending for the previous five years is on the left.
The numbers are drawn from Vote Education, Vote Tertiary Education and Vote Education Review Office.
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.
Figures for each allocation are in millions of NZ$.
| Actual 2018/19 | Actual 2019/20 | Actual 2020/21 | Actual 2021/22 | Estimate 2022/23 | Budget 2023/24 | % | |
| NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | NZ$m | ||
| 0.0 | 5.6 | 21.1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | Education Providers with COVID-19-Related Losses of Income | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 23.6 | 53.3 | 42.3 | 69.4 | 0.0 | Access to Tertiary Education | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | Careers System Online | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 4.0 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 4.3 | University-led Innovation | 0.8 | 0.0% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 9.3 | Home Schooling Allowances | 9.4 | 0.0% |
| 2.1 | 14.4 | 5.7 | 17.8 | 13.8 | Contributions to Other Agencies | 12.4 | 0.1% |
| 13.9 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 13.8 | Scholarships and Awards for Students | 13.6 | 0.1% |
| 50.6 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 19.5 | Stewardship and Oversight of the Tertiary Education System | 14.5 | 0.1% |
| 20.6 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 19.5 | 20.1 | Tertiary Scholarships and Awards | 20.6 | 0.1% |
| 0.0 | 27.1 | 67.1 | 21.2 | 41.0 | Vocational Education | 22.9 | 0.1% |
| 23.1 | 26.1 | 34.3 | 42.8 | 26.7 | Tertiary Sector / Industry Collaboration Projects | 27.1 | 0.1% |
| 28.8 | 28.8 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 29.8 | School Managed Network Funding | 29.3 | 0.1% |
| 102.8 | 35.2 | 25.4 | 91.0 | 45.8 | Support for Place-based inititatives | 32.0 | 0.1% |
| 36.5 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 37.7 | 33.0 | International Education Programmes | 32.5 | 0.2% |
| 33.8 | 22.0 | 34.9 | 18.4 | 32.4 | Scholarships and Awards for Teachers and Trainees | 36.4 | 0.2% |
| 7.9 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 20.0 | 28.7 | Schooling Improvement | 36.4 | 0.2% |
| 134.3 | 141.1 | 21.4 | 19.4 | 29.6 | Supporting Parents & the Community | 37.2 | 0.2% |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 18.9 | 2.1 | Impairment of Debts and Assets and Debt Write-Offs | 46.2 | 0.2% |
| 49.8 | 49.8 | 17.3 | 49.8 | 49.8 | Centres of Research Excellence | 49.8 | 0.2% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.2 | 65.0 | Workforce Development Councils | 65.0 | 0.3% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.5 | Strategic Support for National and Regional Priorities | 77.4 | 0.4% |
| 69.2 | 70.0 | 92.8 | 77.2 | 80.5 | Administration of Tertiary Education and Careers Systems | 90.9 | 0.4% |
| 119.9 | 149.2 | 148.1 | 145.6 | 139.0 | Oversight and Administration of Qualifications & Education System | 137.5 | 0.6% |
| 205.9 | 207.6 | 216.3 | 209.8 | 243.7 | School Transport | 248.2 | 1.2% |
| 316.5 | 331.0 | 321.0 | 321.0 | 315.0 | Tertiary Education Research and Research-Based Teaching | 315.0 | 1.5% |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 350.8 | Fees-free Payments | 318.3 | 1.5% |
| 292.2 | 314.6 | 322.1 | 402.0 | 428.4 | Improved Quality Teaching and Learning | 458.6 | 2.1% |
| 759.6 | 859.0 | 1,136.8 | 1,276.4 | 1,400.9 | Outcomes for Target Student Groups | 1,444.1 | 6.7% |
| 1,043.4 | 1,107.2 | 1,492.6 | 1,618.4 | 1,720.4 | Capital Expenditure | 2,005.2 | 9.3% |
| 1,887.7 | 1,996.9 | 2,123.2 | 2,241.0 | 2,376.9 | Early Learning | 2,665.8 | 12.4% |
| 1,989.4 | 2,076.6 | 2,022.8 | 2,480.2 | 2,797.5 | School Property, Furniture and Equipment | 2,831.4 | 13.2% |
| 2,605.7 | 3,911.3 | 2,019.0 | 3,205.1 | 2,852.1 | Tertiary Tuition and Training | 2,955.3 | 13.7% |
| 5,638.3 | 6,062.9 | 7,035.4 | 7,147.5 | 7,490.8 | Primary and Secondary Education | 7,493.1 | 34.8% |
| 15,465 | 17,594 | 17,365 | 19,682 | 20,705 | Total Spending | 21,527 | 100% |
| Less: Recoveries | |||||||
| 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tertiary Investments - Interest | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 20.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | Tertiary Recoveries | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | Miscellaneous Revenue | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | Asset Sales | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 0.5 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 17.7 | 1.4 | Miscellaneous Receipts | 2.3 | 0.0% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 | Overseas Students' Fees | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 4.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | Export Education Levies | 4.0 | 0.0% |
| 32.0 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 24.3 | 7.4 | Total Education | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 15,433 | 17,583 | 17,350 | 19,658 | 20,698 | Net Education | 21,521 | 100% |
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Sources: https://www.budget.govt.nz/budget/2023/data-library.htm#forecasts
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