Performance Information for Appropriations Vote Tertiary Education
MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment (M14)
ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Ministry of Education
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTRY OF EDUCATION : Minister of Education
Part 1 - Summary of the Vote
Part 1.1 - Overview of the Vote
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment is responsible for appropriations in Vote Tertiary Education for the 2012/13 financial year covering the following:
- a total of nearly $13 million for services from the Ministry of Education
- a total of just over $2,787 million for student achievement component and research funding provided to tertiary education institutions, educational services from the Tertiary Education Commission and services from the adult and community education sector and other non-departmental providers including Education New Zealand
- a total of just over $15 million for tertiary scholarships, international education and other grants, and
- a total of nearly $4 million for miscellaneous grants to the sector.
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 below.

