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MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister of Veterans' Affairs (M75)
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 of Veterans' Affairs is responsible for appropriations in the Vote for the 2009/10 financial year covering the following:
- a total of $450,000 to process and pay veterans'-related pensions and allowances, and
- a total of just over $189 million for Veterans' Pension (administered through the Ministry of Social Development).
Details of these appropriations are set out in Parts 2-6 for Vote Veterans' Affairs - Social Development in the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations.
Details of Appropriations#
Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 |
Departmental Output Expenses | |||
Processing and Payment of Veterans' Pensions (M75)This appropriation is limited to the processing and payment of Veterans' Pensions and related allowances. | 427 | 427 | 450 |
Processing and Payment of Pensions (M75)The purchase of processing and payment of War Disablement Pensions and related allowances, veterans'-related pensions and concessions and payments under the Rehabilitation Loan Programme. | 487 | 487 | - |
Total Departmental Output Expenses | 914 | 914 | 450 |
Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses | |||
Veterans' Pension (M75)Provision of income support for ex-service people in a declared war or emergency who have either reached the qualifying age for New Zealand Superannuation and are on a 70% (or greater) War Disablement Pension, or are prevented from undertaking employment for a substantial period due to disability and who fulfill the New Zealand citizenship and residency requirements as set out in the War Pensions Act 1954. | 176,464 | 175,951 | 189,494 |
Total Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses | 176,464 | 175,951 | 189,494 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations | 177,378 | 176,865 | 189,944 |