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Vote Social Development

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister for Disability Issues (M23), Minister for Social Development and Employment (M63)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Ministry of Social Development

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: Minister for Social Development and Employment

Overview of the Vote

The Minister for Social Development and Employment is responsible for the appropriations in the Vote for the 2010/11 financial year covering the following:

  • a total of over $467 million on Child Youth and Family related services including responding to and preventing child abuse and neglect, managing adoptions and youth justice services
  • a total of over $570 million on services to assist people into employment, and to assess and pay the appropriate entitlement of social assistance to beneficiaries, and to protect the integrity of the benefit system, including collection of debt
  • a total of nearly $79 million on specialised services, including services for students, seniors and administration of community services and SuperGold cards
  • a total of nearly $48 million on social policy advice and crown entity monitoring
  • a total of over $43 million on leadership and coordination services to support and strengthen families, communities and whanau
  • a total of over $292 million on services from other organisations
  • a total of nearly $16 million purchasing services from the Children's Commissioner, the Retirement Commissioner, and the Families Commission
  • a total of $947 million on debt write-downs, and a series of assistance programmes
  • a total of $8,822 million on payments of New Zealand Superannuation
  • a total of $4,878 million on payments for the working age benefits - Domestic Purposes, Unemployment, Sickness, Invalid's and Widow's benefits
  • a total of $1,957 million on payments for assistance with expenses related to accommodation, disability, hardship and entering or remaining in the workforce
  • a total of $732 million on payments to assist people to obtain a qualification or independent youth to continue education/training or obtain work
  • a total of $511 million on other forms of financial assistance such as childcare, care of unsupported children, payments to Australia and special circumstances
  • a total of $1,616 million on payments for student loans, and
  • a total of $179 million on advances of benefits and other recoverable payments to assist with hardship.

The Minister for Disability Issues is responsible for the appropriation in the Vote for the 2010/11 financial year covering the following:

  • a total of just over $1 million on promoting positive outcomes for disabled people.

Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Social Development in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.

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